Bullying has been an on going issue in the school system for years. It happens in and out of school everyday around the world. There have been hundreds of cases of kids committing suicide due to the issue of bullying, yet it still happens. So how does one stop bullying? How can bullying be resolved? How do parents protect their children from being bullied? Unfortunately, there is no solution, and there may never be a solution. The best way to stop bullying is to speak up, defend the victim, tell someone, or make sure you are not acting as a bully would.
why/how does bullying happen?
You have probably been told the generic ways why bullying happens. Someone is jealous of you or wants something you have. The bully has a bad life and the only way for them to be happy is bringing others down. Or the bully is simply just a mean person that finds pleasure in hurting others. Bullying often happens in school time or online. Or bullying can happen outside of school in a situation that you and the bully are connected like step siblings. The most common form of bullying is verbal. This is when the bully will gossip about you to other people and spread rumors. But they will rarely say anything to your face because they can only feel powerful if they say it to other people. In other words, the bully won;t say anything to your face because they are cowards.
Another common way bullying happens is online through social media. They may make up a fake profile of you, send you mean direct messages, and so on. I think that they best way to avoid this issue is to simply block them or de activate your account. Yes, the bullying will still be online because once you put something on the internet it is there forever, but it is the best option to try to stop it. If someone is sending threats via social media, I think it is smart to take screenshots of the messages and show them to the authority so you have proof of what is happening.
will there ever be a solution?
Maybe there will be a solution to bullying one day. It is going to be a difficult road to get to the point where bullying does not have to be an issue anymore, but if schools an parents took control of bullying situations it could be fixed. It is hard for schools specifically to take control of bullying because in order to do something they have to be notified of the situation. However, once a situation is brought to the school, the should do something and not neglect the claims.