Bullying

Bullying. It's been on my mind a lot. I have had a couple of friends whose children have gone thru this, as the ones getting bullied. With all of this education supposedly happening in the schools about preventing bullying, why is this still going on? I feel like it is the trendy thing to do, put up posters and have parent meetings on bullying. But it is still happening, yes, the education is out there to report bullying is someone sees it. If your child witnesses bullying they should report it. But if it is your child being bullied, what then? We contact the staff, the parents, try to talk things out; ok I get that. But what happens after this "talking"? The child can be hurt to the core, that doesn't go away. I still remember being bullied in Jr. High...it changed me for a long time...sometimes I still have flash backs to that feeling of being hurt.  Things other people say when you are child chip into you, sometimes leave a scar. How can we make that stop? Would educating children on what the effects of bullying have on people help? Rather than just say "don't bully", how about say, "how does this person feel when it's all said and done. Wow, look at the papers and magazines...suicide because of bullying. I am constantly thinking there has got to be a better way to help these children that are victims of bullying. Even more so, educate the actual bullies that what they do is detrimental to a persons life-their character, how they feel about themselves, how they will grow up.....How do we educated the parents of these children? To not say, "oh my kids wouldn't do that." and walk away. More thoughts on this later. It's late and my mind is fading....