Lately, there has been so much attention to bullying in schools but,  it has been around for a very long time.  The reason it is getting so much attention is becaue of the fact that now it is being done on the internet.  Facebook and Twitter have opened up a whole new avenue for kids to attack someone for the sheer thrill of distoying another students self esteem.  Self esteem is recognized as the single most important protection that a person has against bullies intimidating and beating a child into depression or worse, suicide.   Schools should  teach children daily how to build their self esteem.   The bullies are as needy of self esteem building as those they are bullying.  Their actions may be how they are asking for help with being bullied themselves at home.  Self esteem building is finally being put on the front burner where it should have always been.   Bullying is a form of abuse.  It is as hurtful as the hardest blow and can cause just as much pain.   Let’s hope that children who are bullying others realize that they are hurting themselves too.   Bullying will stop when bullys start having more respect for themselves and stop needing to take their frustrations out on someone else.