You can stop defending kids not reporting bullying to me , I already said multiple times I don ' t expect that level of maturity from all kids everywhere , my point about inaction in reporting is purely about adults i . e . parents and teachers so its irrelevant to me as its not a position I ' m defending . You can keep saying that reporting it does nothing but that ' s just not true . Yes kids can react poorly to being dobbed on but the point of reporting it is not for the kids to realize themselves they are being dicks , its so the school is actually aware of the issue and can do something about it . Bullying is not accepted in schools anymore by any means socially or legally and when a school or teacher fails to live up to that then its even more important that they have been made aware of a bullying problem in the first place so they can be held accountable themselves too if they choose to ignore it or handle it poorly . You are only giving a out for responsibility by telling kids they shouldn ' t do anything about bullying . That ' s just bad advice .