Criminal charges for 13-year-old bully

Sadly there will be no satifactory end result, the bully will not face any real punnishment and will return to school to bully again. I don't think criminal charges are the answer to things like this, I don't know what the answer is but minor charges in the youth justice system won't deter anyone.

The criminal charges aren't the answer because if she if locked up, she'll just be bullied by the other inmates, learn how to bully even better, or become the top bully herself. That's what's wrong with sending kids to jail, they just become toughened up by the system and learn how to be better criminals.

Better to have the school get involved. Do group stuff with the kids to make them better connected with each other.

The answer in my mind is for the target of the abuse to "show" the bully that they will not take their crap anymore.

How they "show" them that is completely up to them, but if the bully no longer considers their target to be weak and helpless usually they will move on.

Bullies are cowards at heart, I've seen this proven more than once.

Bullies often travel in groups and pick on outsider kids who have no one to back them up. Or they're physically more mature, bigger and throw their weight around that way. In high school I never saw one bully that was operating just by themselves, it was always a group thing.

Bullies often travel in groups and pick on outsider kids who have no one to back them up. Or they're physically more mature, bigger and throw their weight around that way. In high school I never saw one bully that was operating just by themselves, it was always a group thing.

If the target continues to cower the abuse is likely to continue. It may take a little courage to stand up to them, but in my experience it is the one of the few ways to go.

Involvement of parents and school administrators often fails to solve the problem.

Bar that the authorities may be the only other option.

The criminal charges aren't the answer because if she if locked up, she'll just be bullied by the other inmates, learn how to bully even better, or become the top bully herself. That's what's wrong with sending kids to jail, they just become toughened up by the system and learn how to be better criminals.

Better to have the school get involved. Do group stuff with the kids to make them better connected with each other.

I doubt jail would even come into play, assault charges involving minors rarely get jail sentences unless the assault is brutal, most likly some sort of probation and community service will be the outcome and possably the bully being expelled from that school, in which case she will just move on and target someone else.