Comment Re:Insecurity (Score 1) 226
Note that childhood premise about bullies being insecure isn't really believed anymore, many bullies have too much ego supporting their behavior.
As adults, bullies tend to be unaware of their bad behavior or why it is bad, as it gained their success (they became boss). They then manipulate or abuse that power feeling they have earned it.
So I wouldn't operate on the outdated premise folks would use to reassure kids.
In an old Batman comic from I'd have to guess the 40s or 50s, one of those reprinted in the Greatest X Stories Ever Told collection that came out in the early 1990s, that had a throwaway PSA in the middle of it about how thugs and criminals were really cowards when relieved of their firearms. Batman explained this concept, Robin (the Boy Wonder) demonstrating.
And I had to wonder - what exactly are you hoping that the readers (kids) take away from this comic?
Anyway it comes to mind re: bullies because "if you confront the bully, they'll back down" only works if you can actually back it up enough that they think they might lose. Otherwise, you should be prepared for an ass-handing (physically, psychologically, verbally, etc.).
