Thank you for tagging me.* I can add nothing except my
   agreement.* I hold to the (perhaps naive) notion that bullies
   are usually people who want to have friends, but don't know the
   proper way to make them.* They're drawn to people they consider
   interesting.* An interesting person can become a friend.* Or...
   an enemy, but rarely neutral. Divisiveness like litigation does
   not solve the problem but creates a warzone. If nothing else,
   coping skills is key.* For me, making myself the most
   interesting person to myself on the planet was a huge help.* I
   found interests that were interesting to me, and I learned to
   amaze myself at every turn. Narcissistic?* It may seem so, but
   it's no more narcissistic than feeling like a victim.* What
   always happens when someone overcomes a difficult situation?
   They feel empowered and no longer a victim.* What better
   empowerment than making yourself SO INTERESTING that a bully
   becomes a positively boring thing. But that's extreme and a
   goal. Tolerance of bullies does not mean tolerance of their
   behaviors; but rather treating them as valuable, interesting
   individuals WHO HAPPEN to be exhibiting behaviors that are (or
   should be) socially unacceptable.* Helping the bullies become
   better people helps everybody and keeping the victim from
   feeling as if they are a victim (and reeducating both families
   and the environment (school and neighborhood) is also critical.
   No easy answers, it's true.* But even if a problem can't be
   solved immediately, a few good steps in a good direction is
   something.* A few bad steps in a wrong direction can lead to
   making a problem far worse than it was initially. I could say
   more, but suffice to say that I'm proud of you for stepping in
   and saying something.