Respond to Raiissah's post: mum - she hit me!!!

I like the point you make about it not always being just kids from broken homes who become bullies - it can sometimes be the case that bullies are spoilt people with problem-free lives who pick on others through boredom or just because they can. Interesting point also about the stereotype of what a bully looks like - perhaps some people find it comforting to imagine that bullies are easily identifiable whereas in real life it isn't so simple; bullies come in all varieties. And, sadly, I agree that bullying will always go on and nothing we can do will stop it - as long as there are people there will also be bullies. I do think that people should try to take action on individual cases of bullying asap (whatever form that action takes, removing the bully from the school or workplace for instance) and we should help victims of bullying in whatever ways possible.