Any behaviour or action with the intention to hurt, harm or humiliate is now defined as bullying. At least 60 per cent of children will experience this at some point during their school lives.
While childcare experts are reluctant to label very young children as bullies, they recognise that bullying cultures can begin to flourish at a surprisingly early age.
John Quinn, development director at support organisation Beat Bullying, reports that the issue of early intervention was a hot topic at a recent transatlantic video conference which brought together young people from the UK, US and Ireland to discuss anti-bullying strategies.
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