A little bit of Bullying is good for kids.
Nope. Hardships, sure. Bullying is completely unnecessary.
As I said I never had a male role model and copping shit on construction sites genuinely helped me. Really nasty bullying is wrong however. The kids should be taught to stand up for themselves instead of relying on the state.
I'll say it once again: Sometimes it's impossible to do anything about it completely alone. Or well, it's not, there's an easy solution to all this: Shoot up your bullies. Can't believe I didn't think about that
. And no kid is being told to rely on the state, they are told to rely on teachers and grown ups, people who are mature and should be able to help. But I'd wager that too many adults either give the same advice you do: "Just do something about it yourself", don't want to intervene, or won't know what to do. In these cases, the only way to stand up for oneself is to seek support in others.