School bully getting worse?

REAL TALK… Why am I hearing & reading so much about school bullying?

I am reading about it almost everyday in the media/social media.

It comes up almost everyday in conversations I’m having with parents & kids & in general.

Is it simply because I am in the realm of martial arts & self defence? Maybe it’s the volume of people I speak to, it’s bound to come up?

Or is it that it is in the news a lot at the moment? (I read this week that politicians use it as a tool for personal interest) is that true?

OR IS IT REAL & GETTING WORSE?

Surely schools are on top of bullying?

I’m perplexed as to how there seems to so much conversation about how it is ‘out of control’.

I’ll admit in my day, the schools I attended had little idea of how to handle it & I was part of a group that would ‘sort’ bullies out, with our teachers blessings. We literally helped keep bullying to a minimum, as kids.

That was 25 years ago…

What’s it like in schools now?

What’s happening for me to be reading headlines reading “School bullying out of control’.

What’s missing? What’s needed?

Do children simply have to learn to defend themselves physically & mentally whilst in school?

My kids & teens program is growing at Trojan Academy, but is this a good thing?

If anyone has any ideas, feedback or experiences I’m all ears.

I’m frightened as to what I’m going to read, but we can’t fix a problem unless there is first, a conversation.

I’d be happy to have the conversation with a ‘key player’ on my podcast to. Wether it’s teachers, principals or even the police.

In my opinion, school bullying can not be stopped but it should at least be under control, right?