Parent to Parent: Talk to your kids about bullying   by KING 5
News  Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:36 AM  An estimated 13
million American children will be bullied this year. National
bullying expert Rosetta Lee explains why this is a topic all
parents need to discuss with their children.  Boys and girls
experience bullying differently  Much of bullying surrounds
society's expectations and stereotypes about girls and boys and
what they are supposed to be.  There is so much focus on a
girl's looks and relationships, and they are pressured to be
nice and polite and not express direct aggression. The focus for
boys is on their physical power and strength, and they are
expected to be bellicose and physical.  These differences affect
how bullying occurs. Girls are targeted around things like not
being pretty enough or popular enough, the social collective
that can bully are cliques, and the tools of bullying are
indirect (eye rolling, rumors, avoiding, etc). Boys are targeted
around being not big enough or tough e