Bully for Attention

Online bullying is definitely a problem that shouldn't be ignored, but when handling how to approach bullying, some different perspectives and solutions come about. Is there any right or wrong way in approaching a bully?The act of bullying is never just a black and white issue. The bully typically has a terrible home life and gets abused in his or her own way, and the person getting bullied typically has self esteem issues that root deeper than the bully is even aware of. Kids are impressionable and sometimes purely evil when it comes to how they treat others. There is no way in truly containing the bullying epidemic because of the grey area involved and the psychological issues that go deeper than someone calling a person fat or ugly because they think it is funny. 

I feel like no laws or punishments will be severe enough or effective enough to get people to stop bullying. Bringing attention to the bullies just highlights their behavior, and bullies can mistake that attention for something positive. Bullies usually are attention seekers so it is just adding more unnecessary fuel to the fire. Only when people start accepting therapy and psychological help, will bullying begin to die down. There is no law that will stop them and bringing more attention to it will only worsen the situation. Support groups for victims of bullies like this one can start opening the conversation and closing the bullying window.