Bullying

I have to write a blog about this, cause it's something that is really disturbing to me.  I think most of us at one time or another has been bullied.  I have myself, and the reason for it was a nothing issue, not even a problem, a stupid she said, she said, and told someone else kind of deal.  But I did get threatened to get beat up.  I was terrified at school, and of course, at the time, I didn't have friends that would back me up, partly because they themselves where terrified.  This happened in middle school.  I don't remember there ever being an "understanding", but I do remember eventually the girl forgot about it, and it was ok.  When I got into high school, I was in a play with the girl, and she said, "don't I know you?" and I told her that she had once threatened to beat me up in middle school.  She didn't remember doing that she said, but she laughed and said she probably did and she was sorry.  Something that terrorized me and she didn't even remember doing it.  Makes me wonder how often that is the case.  Are the bully's really angry?  Do they realize what they are doing to the other person?

The "bully" situation has gotten way out of hand though.  Kids are tormented in their own minds some time, and a wrong word, or picking on and teasing someone could end up in a life ended.  I watch children for a living, different age groups and it seems so hard day to day for kids.  My oldest son wears glasses, forgot them one day, and they spent the day teasing him cause one of his eye goes in toward his nose sometime.  Older, bigger, boys picking on little girls, threatening to kick their butts.  I was always taught boys NEVER hit girls, and we are to protect those smaller than ourselves.  It breaks my heart to see a girl terrified to get on the bus.  Scared to go outside of her own house for fear of running into a neighbor that might threaten to hurt her.  

PLEASE teach your kids that this is not ok.  This is such a sad problem and it has to stop!!