Bullies don't want to be caught. Kids who are being bullied should have the opportunity to sit down with their parents to discuss social status issues, and see if there are reasons why other children are picking on them. Appeals to be nice don't work because it all boils down to social status. We can never try too hard to help make our kids' lives safe. But we need to be careful what we show to our children as examples, including any sort of culture that glorifies violence to gain social status.
Every parent sends their children off to school with some anxiety.
We try to prepare them by making sure they are people who will make friends and choose co-operative ways to solve problems. They encounter more violence in their lives, such as schoolyard fights, than we do. We as adults often forget that. To return to previous link please click on this Back button. If your browser does not support JavaScript please follow this link.