The Untold Truth Of Amy Roloff

Growing up, Amy Roloff faced many challenges, and she talked openly about them in her memoir, "A Little Me." For example, as The New York Journal of Books noted, because she had ulcerative colitis, Roloff was frequently ill and missed many school days due to hospital stays. That's hard enough to deal with on its own, but even when she could attend school, she had to put up with harsh bullying from her peers.

Bullying is a huge problem for many people, especially while in adolescence, and unfortunately, this was very much the case for Amy Roloff. Not only did she endure standard schoolyard teasing, but some of her bullies were particularly relentless and cruel. Amy and her brother, Roger, discussed her experience with bullying during an episode of "Little People, Big World." Although Roger admitted to teasing his sister himself when he surpassed her in height, he was still there to stick up for her when it came to her bullies. The harassment got so bad that Roger sometimes left school early to walk his sister home safely. One bully, in particular, used to follow Roloff home, and it wasn't until Roger fought the boy off that he finally left her alone.

Talking to the cameras, Roloff said, "Things from your childhood can affect you for the rest of your life. And I know it's affected me for a long, long time, allowing other people's opinions and thoughts [to] matter more than what I truly thought about myself."