yes!!! lived in california while my son was in school. he was being bullied by a wannabe gang during high school as he was a big and kind of intimidating looking teen and they were trying to recruit him. when he refused they ganged up on him. when he came home injured he begged me not to do anything but no can do! besides, i was an officer for the district attorney so i had access to law library as well as able to discuss with attorneys. discovered that i could use the stalking laws of the state to prosecute not only the kids but their parents. and, since the school did nothing when it was initially reported, i could also use it against the school district and individuals who had been aware of it and still did nothing. when i called the superintendent of the district and informed him of this it took less than two hours to get the little b*stards written up and transferred to alternative school as they had had many complaints but no action had been taken.

Work place bullying needs to stop being tolerated. I’m a nurse and it’s amazing how vicious some nurses are to each other. I still support unions but they really do protect the lowest of the low. I had a coworker once who killed his girlfriend (another coworker) come to find out he had been abusing, stalking, and harassing women for 18 years. He was caught a few times and plead down to a misdemeanor. The union didn’t stop protecting him until he had been in jail for murdering his ex gf and stabbing her 5 yr old for 4 MONTHS.

Not everywhere. New Jersey has a very strict anti-bullying policy. Kids at my school were saying "You're bullying me" for no reason, as always, and my teacher told them to stop because she legally has to report it. Also, there is a bullying assembly about every month, where they have actual police talk to kids.

Saw an article the other day were a 12 year old boy committed suicide because he had been bullied so badly. His school and parents knew and left him in the same class with the bully.

Ya I remember at one school, we moved around a lot, & I told a teacher about a relentless bully. He told me daily I should die, I was ugly, disgusting ect. Horrible Horrible s**t. She said it wasn't that bad & that he probably had a crush on me.... He did not have a crush. I never could figure out why my very presence offended him so much. It only stopped after the first panic attack I had, in 6th grade, in the full cafeteria, sitting by myself. No one helped me then either, just stared. When I finally calmed down, I quietly finished my lunch & hid in the bathroom until the bell rang.

I was bullied to the point of nervous breakdown in toxic workplaces. Still have PTSD from it. Fortunately Australia has WorkSafe system so I was able to take my case there. I won and was paid substantial compensation, which meant I was able to afford expensive but important therapy. Look into "workplace bullying" - it's an eye opener, and may help you if you are being bullied.

This! The psychological damage it does!

My friend was bullied. And when she went to her teacher about him assaulting her, the teacher said "he isn't the type to do that." He ended up going through on his punishment if she tried to tell anyone and it lead to her taking her life. And then the kids at school celebrated and praised her twin sister for "getting the b***h to finally kill herself." There was also abuse going on at home and the therapist thought the twins were making it up. Even with physical proof, the cops let the mom go because she "passed a lie detector test" and it lead to the death of my friend's twin sister. We have terrible protections for bullying and abuse in America. And even when I said my brothers bullied me, my therapist flat out said it's sibling rivalry while I was sitting there crying. I have so much I could tell, but people do not protect people from bullying. Even the teachers that cared about my friend did nothing to help her.

The person getting bullied gets punished, as if it was their fault.

The “authorities” are usually harder on the ones being bullied who fight back than they are to the actually bullies.

In junior high, 86-88, bullying was no picnic but I would never trade that for what traumas kids experience today.

I hate that the punishments are so light for bullies, but as soon as the victim stands up for themselves everyone gets punished harshly.

The catch-22 in schools is that if you try to ignore the bully, they keep at it. You defend yourself and the school punishes you for standing up for yourself. I was always afraid to stand up to my bullies in school because I knew the consequences and didn't want to get in more trouble at home for fighting at school. So i just endured years of name-calling, blatant exclusion, and just overall being forced to feel horrible about myself during my formative years. I HATE the public school system for this.

And social media has made it so much worse. You can’t just go home and escape the bullying for awhile. It follows you night and day.

Some aspects of society are incurable.

millennials, gen x, boomers.... we got bullied - some of us HARD - and literally nothing. No justice.

My mom STILL brings up my bully's name and ask if I have thought about her lately, or seen her on social media. Like, WTF?!? WHY would I want to?!?

especially in schools.

I was told by my old elementary school teacher that because they annoy other people (ANNOY not BULLY) I’m just being targeted not bullied. F you Mrs P!

Trumpism would come under this one.

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The easiest way to handle bullying is to kick their a*s or simply tell them to f**k off. Don't be such a wimp.

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You have to confront your bullies, otherwise, it will never stop. Never be a bully but don't be afraid to punch them either. Even if you get beat up, you have stood up for yourself and that is something to be proud of.