I am with you on this. My youngest son at about age 9 had a problem with a neighborhood boy two years older than him sneaking up on him and whistling as loud as he could in my son’s ear. Once he told me, we both walked over to their home and I told his father what his son had been doing. It never happened again.
That works with a decent and responsible father (parent). But so often bullies are the products of irresponsible parents.
My older Brother and a friend took care of my bully!
But God did one better,. The Bully became a Proctologist, made a lot of money.
Then his wife took it ALL in a divorce! He died broke.