There are many different responses to bullying. When a group is bullying a kid, there are three typical responses: the kid who just walks away, the kid who stands by and does nothing and the kid who cheers on. We want to introduce a fourth response: the kid who ends the bullying by telling a grown up. Sometimes there is that kid, but too often there isn’t and the bullied kid just keeps on getting bullied.
The kid who takes action to stop bullying is the one who tells a grown up. It needs to be taught to kids everywhere that telling a grown up about such a situation is indeed a heroic act. It is this action that can stop the bullying.
Awareness needs to be developed. Kids need to understand what is right and wrong and kids need to know how they can react in such a situation.