How best to fight back?
The D.C. Council is preparing some of the nation's strictest regulations against bullying in public schools and public buildings. Readers gave a range of responses on PostLocal.com. savkobabe: You only have to stand up for yourself one time and the bullying stops.</br></br>lwilliamson1: It amazes me how people these days act as if bullying is some sort of a new phenomenon, when, in truth, it's been around for ages - it's just human nature.</br></br>I think . . . at some point in our lives, we all have had to confront a bully. Traditionally, there has been only one way to resolve this traditional problem: Kids have to stand up to a bully and fight back, because bullies, after all, thrive on cowardice and fold in the face of courage and strength.</br></br>[The District school system] needs to overhaul its general discipline policies and practices. That's how you deal with bullying, not by passing a law that addresses only one form of behavioral problem.</br></br>zcxnissan: Parenting and teaching can control bullies from developing - not that this policy will have any effect on bullying, since it is human nature. Government should stay out of this.