Isn’t it time we start using science to solve this problem instead of teaching kids platitudes like – ignore them and they will go away – which doesn’t work because it triggers an extinction burst (meaning it makes things escalate and get worse), without telling people what to do after they trigger the frigging extinction burst.
What is the difference between bullying, harassment, cyberbullying, stalking and retaliation? Not much actually. From a behavioral perspective, they are all part of the same behavioral continuum.