responsibility for taking care of themselves and their close ones than would be appropriate for their age. The special film programme on the rights of the child also included debates in the cinema hall with participation of different experts on child issues as well as young people concerned by the topics of the films. 8. Advisory committee to the Ombudsman for Children An advisory committee to the Ombudsman for Children was established in 2011 to involve children in the work of the ombudsman. Participation in the work of the advisory committee provides children an opportunity to express their views on issues which they find important and draw the attention of society to problems about which children are concerned. The work of the advisory committee is regulated by a statute. Members of the advisory committee are children under 18 years old, representing different children’s and youth organisations. The advisory committee includes representatives from the following organisations: youth assembly of the Estonian Guides Association, the Estonian National Youth Council, the Estonian Scouts Association, Eesti 4H, Girls’ corps “Home Daughters” of the Estonian Defence League, youth assembly of the Estonian Union for Child Welfare, Young Eagles, the Assembly of Student Councils, the Estonian School Student Councils’ Union, and the association Ühise Eesmärgi Nimel. In 2014, members of the advisory committee met once. The debate focused mostly on school safety as this is an important topic for young people. A safe childhood is one of the priorities for the Ombudsman for Children and in the promotional work during the reporting year the focus was precisely on the issues of bullying-free education. The discussions also revealed that in the worst cases bullying may last for years. This is also confirmed by surveys. Disconcerting was the assertion by young people that many children do not tell about bullying to their parents, or even if they do the parents often do not dare, do not know how or do not want to interfere. The young people found that if parents were prepared to interfere this often had a result and the bullied child got help. In the opinion of the young people discussing and counselling helps. Furthermore, they added that in case of problematic children it is important to see their positive qualities and to support them – in this regard a lot depends on the dedication of teachers. The ideas and opinions expressed by young people gave inspiration to the Ombudsman for Children in preparing the informational brochure and the website „Bullying-free School“. The young people also helped in preparing the conference „Bullying-freed Education“ for school and kindergarten managers. Members of the youth association Eesti 4H belonging to the Advisory Committee prepared video footage based on observations by pupils about bullying and recommendations to help make the school environment safer. The summary of the video footage was also presented at the conference „Bullying-free Education“, with participation of the authors of the video material. 64