It seems as though life has gotten much more accommodating for younger generations.

They have become spoiled as their gratifications are made more instant and a lack of accountability is replaced by some authority figure — like government — holding their hand.

Being bullied as a child is emotionally and sometimes physically painful. But I would go as far to say that it is a necessary evil.

Bullying is a part of life. It is a part of adolescence and growing up. Life is full of adversity, and how you handle it creates the character you become.

I agree that there should be a sort of initiative to bring about bully awareness, but it’s just one of those things that is not going away. Humans are constantly in conflict, and with a child’s lack of a fully formed conscience, conflict is everywhere.

Louisiana’s new anti-bullying legislation is hardly that. It’s red tape for our public institutions.

Our teachers do not need some bogus, bureaucratic training in order to be more aware of bullying or to be educated on how to handle it. They’ve been in elementary school before; they’ve dealt with it — and I’m sure even dealt it.

What we need is more proactive initiatives on building our youth’s confidence and esteem — especially those who are considered the bullies.

More often than not, bullies are children dealing with the self-image problems. They lack the confidence in themselves, so they build it up with degradation of the kind-hearted.

A question may be raised regarding LGBTQ students as they may be receiving a sizeable amount more bullying. But why should we treat them any differently?

It would be counterproductive to accommodate one specific demographic and I would argue that in our culture, LGBTQ students need more grit.

The new anti-bullying law constitutes “making faces” as bullying and requires that all incidents be reported. Consequently, the procedure for when an incident is reported calls for the school to begin investigating in one business day, with 10 school days to close it.

Investigators must interview the reporter, the bully and the victim, along with any witnesses. In addition, the school must attain any “copies or photographs of any audio-visual evidence.”

The president of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents Michael Faulk told The Advocate he believes there will be a need to hire additional staff.

Additionally, victims of bullying will be allowed to transfer schools more easily.

What are we teaching the children? That it’s easier to run than confront?

I think we’re giving bullies too much credit here.

This legislation does not help prevent bullying — it only helps to report it. It’s like in nations where terrorists take over; there is always a lack of education on the problems within the nation’s infrastructure. You can report it all you want, but that will not stop it.

Our younger generations need to be taught to confront their problems. We should not give them an avenue out of the situation.

I am not saying we should fold and give the bully free reign. We need to focus our attention on the little man.

The teacher cannot always be there to stick up for him, but the little man is always there. We need to teach him to take that grain of salt and give it right back to them.

Life lessons are learned through adolescent confrontation.