Evening weecalf,
Bullying is, sadly, an every day occurrence, at not just schools but colleges, universities, work environments and many more....If in your hypothetical scenario that one or both of the parents of the child bully was also bullying, when younger, does that necessarily mean that the child will become one as well? It doesn't.
If you were to notify authorities what you mention, what are they going to do about it?
Probably not alot.
Saw a lot of bullying at most schools I went too
when a child, never really bullied myself apart from first week there, when getting 'summed up' whether I would take it or not. And because the bullies knew, first hand, I would fight hammer and tongs with them, and not be placid and quiet when challenged, so I was left alone in my many school years.
Some mates and I used to protect some vulnerable and quiet pupils, and have a 'discreet word' with the bully to leave them alone....or else!.....one fight was all it would sometimes take for you to be left alone.
It is appalling that the young girl, you heard about, was bullied so badly it left her with serious problems in her life now, and is on medication.
Hope she gets over it.
What must be done, and is being rolled out, in schools in my area, at least, and probably throughout the country, is, any type of bullying will just not be tolerated....at all.
Headmasters/Headmistresses/School Authorities deal with it very seriously here in the South, leading up to expulsion if needed....
We have four children, youngest now 16 and moved onto College, but all of them schooled in Sussex, and none of them were bullied at school.....the Authority takes it very seriously.
If you're being bullied wherever, please let the appropriate person or authority know about it as soon as possible....so the bullies can be stopped.