Anybody dealt with bullying?

It's not exactly in my line, but bullying sure comes up a lot with fiances and spouses who bring their children along.  I have a small collection of publications at http://www.londonelegance.com/visa-assistance/bullying.zip
 it's 1.3 meg.

Bullying, abuse, holiday stress, in-law stress, depression, homesickness, culture shock...  all total it's about 52 meg of stuff...  

Mindy - what you describe is exactly (except for the computer related things) some things I went through as a kid. These kinds of things happen to kids all the time in every generation. My parents never interfered. When I told them what was going on - they said to "turn the other cheek" - ignore it, etc. I had a girl corner me in the locker room in middle school and threaten to smash my face with her brush. She was serious. I just stood there and stared into her face. She backed down.

And probably a lot of it depends on the indivual kid.  Some kids could have coped with this.  My daughter couldn't.  I honestly wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.  Bullying is real, it has very real and devastating effects.  And I know from personal experience what a struggle it can be to get the school and other people to take it seriously.  I'm glad you were able to come out unaffected but not everyone does. 

Here's a link to Kidscape, a registered charity that deals with bullying. 


http://www.kidscape.org.uk/childrenteens/childrenteensindex.shtml