Another problem is that kids are being taught "this will never happen to them, so why should they learn to deal with it" to many things like bullying. The amount of people who laugh at the idea of learning to fight, because they don't think that they will ever have to deal with situations where they will need to fight, and it applies to other areas too. Then the people find themselves in that situation and they are stuck, not knowing what to do.
And there is SO much focus on "rules" and "School's policy to not tolerate bullying" when in reality they won't care, as long as results are high. SO many try to hide behind the rules instead of confronting the situation, handling the problem and dealing with it. But it's just our society today, it's gone down the toilet.