Bullying of any kind is wrong and sad and should always be condemned, but it will never ever go away. Thus, reaching kids to cope should be more important than teaching kids to stop bullying.
as a victim a bullying when I was growing up, I have to strongly disagree here. Yes, teach kids to cope. But it is not more important than teaching kids to stop bullying. YOU NEED TO DO BOTH. When I was being bullied, the focus always seemed to be on correctly my reaction to the bullies rather than correcting the bullies themselves. Instead of going after the bullies they kept telling me to “just ignore them and they will stop”. This always had the effect of making me feel like it was my fault rather than the bullies. It is like blaming the rape on way the victim dressed and where she was walking and at what time, rather than the rapist. Every time I couldn’t react to the bullies the everyone kept telling to react, I felt like I had failed. It only added to the low self esteem and other bad emotions I was feeling due to the bullying itself. I felt like such a loser because I couldn’t handle the bullies the way I was supposed, that the reason I was being bullied was because of me, rather than because the bullies were just jerks. I feel that was let down by my teachers, the school, and my parents. Yes try to teach the kids to cop with bullies, but also go after the bullies themselves. No, there is no way to totally stop bullying, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try hard as you can to stop them.