Johnny s parents have withdrawn him from school and are trying Home Schooling after Johnny was hit by a bully everyday for the first month of school. At another school, two victims of years of daily bullying came to school with firearms to solve their problem. Something must be done. In some states, schools have been required to address bullying in their policy manuals. This seems to parallel the requirement to develop policies addressing earthquakes and severe weather.
Bullying is a behavior and behavior can be controlled, changed or managed.
What is needed is training rather than directives. The victim of bullying can loose interest in school because it becomes an unpleasant place to be or even to think about. In the extreme cases , victims suffer mental health trauma that may last for years or a lifetime. And in the very worst of cases, the victim turns the tables and becomes the bully, often with deadly consequences such as the recent school shootings. The bully is acting out of some need that he or she may not understand.