Honestly part of what I think is wrong with kids is our fault. I will explain. When I as a kid we were left to work things out unless it was going to get crazy. We dealt with our problems. If it was so bad that we couldn't work it out, we duked it out bare knuckle one on one and were usually done with with a handshake after wards.

No a kid can't say boo without fear of being arrested or kicked out of school etc. They have been told that all violence is bad even if you are defending yourself. In fact if a good kid defends themselves against a bully they get punished the same as the bully. The problem is if the kid being picked on is a good kid and student they have a heck of a lot more to lose than the bully. So in essence the bully gets to do his thing knowing the other kid stands to lose more by standing up for themselves than just taking it.

In my opinion that makes stuff just build up in a kid who is emotionally immature, probably hormonal and doesn't have the life experience to deal with this stuff.

Think about it. There is a reason that we don't get in fist fights as an adult. Not just because it hurts and it takes longer to heal. As a kid I didn't mind fighting a bit. I moved around to a lot of schools. After you taught a few bullies a lesson it stopped. Everyone understood that I wasn't a bully but I also don't take being bullied. Problem solved.

We need to get away from the emotional counseling and crazy B.S. and let people start being people again. Normal people aren't going to go nuts and start a lord of the flys thing if we let people solve their own problems. I'm willing to bet people will start to be less violent in general after a generation or two of a less draconian school system and less litigious population.