My thoughts on bullying

When we thinking of bullying we just imagine a big boy beating up a much smaller boy for his lunch money. Bullying has come along way now there are all sorts of ways to bully people whether its through physical violence, verbal assault, or cyber bullying. The problem with bullying is that people automatically protect the victim and shun the abuser with out ones asking themselves why that person is a bully. Many bullies have tough homes or come from bad neighborhoods where being mean and aggressive is a necessity in order to have a safe lifestyle. A person who is a bully can also have many underlying problems due to an abusive household. I say that next time we catch someone bullying another person we try to find a way to help both the aggressor and the victim because if we just punish the bullies with out rehabilitating them then we are not really finding a solution to the problem but simply directing somewhere else.