When I think about the topics that are on the minds of schools today, bullying is right at the top of the list. It's a societal concern, and it's certainly a concern for parents, teachers, and schools. But I don't think there's any more bullying now than there was 41 years ago when I started at the Center for Early Education. I think there's misinterpretation about what happens with kids socially. Of course there are situations where kids are bullied. Every school deals with a situation occasionally when there is sustained and relentless aggression directed at another child that is unkind and thoughtless. And we have to step in in those moments when there's real bullying and we have to put an end to it and not let any children become a victim. But I think an unkind word said at the lunch table or the lack of an invitation to a birthday party for a child is not an act of bullying. And I think we need to be more discriminatory about something that's just unkind in a single or a slightly repeated act and what is sustained and often pervasive cruelty among children. As schools have become more diverse, there is the opportunity to notice differences. And kids are always the first people to know differences and similarities. They begin to understand that as 2 year olds. But I think in schools often, the unkind remark that a child makes is not bullying; it's thoughtlessness. I think we also need to do some education about what bullying really is, because victims of bullying are victims of the worst kind of cruelty in society. And we often pick on those children who feel different already, when in fact we should be going out of our way to make them feel like viable, vital, welcome members of our schools and of society. So parent education is important. Professional development for teachers is important. And I think as a society, whether we're in schools or businesses, we need to be more watchful.