If you REALLY want to stop bullying...
...quit punishing kids for fighting back against it.
Anti-bullying laws only INCREASE bullying, the same way gun laws increase gun violence.
I’ve worked in the school system for 15 years. When two kids get in a fight, both are punished. Doesn’t matter if it’s a jerk kid who comes up and pushes another one, and the second tries to ignore it or walk away. If the first is persistent, and resorts to physical violence, he KNOWS that he can get the second in trouble just by making him defend himself. At least, that’s the way it works in my state.
So the good kids, who try to obey the rules, can be manipulated by the bad kids, many of whom are just looking for an easy suspension so they can stay home and play Xbox.
Just change the law to protect self defense, and bullying goes away overnight. Even the biggest kid won’t mess with a little scrapper who’s more than willing to fight back. Bullies are cowards, and they’ll move on to an easier target, or just give up on it altogether.
Any other attempt to stop it will just make it worse.
Thank you for an intelligent comment. I also see a lot of anti homosexual comments. I find it interesting that 3 of the bullies who tried to make my life miserable were constantly calling each other, and others, “fruit, fruit”. Perhaps the most rabidly anti homosexual are haunted by doubts about themselves at an early age, and have to swagger around and act macho?