how can we stop bullying?

this is a really really tough topic every parent deals with. unfortunately many parents actually teach their children to be the bully. i think they feel that it's better to walk all over someone else than to be walked all over. how many parents have you heard say "you don't have to put up with someone picking on you, do something to stop it." children don't view this statement in the same way parents do and parents need to realize that. teach children how to deal with those who pick on them by quietly avoiding those people. but what do you do in a situation where your child is actually in danger due to bullies, you can't tell them to simply walk away when the bully's seek him out...i would personally inquire to this childs name and find where he lives and confront the child, with the parents, without my child present. i would be calm and simply state concern and i would also let them know that the law WILL be called if anything were to happen.