Adding fuel to my fears was the inescapable truth that my 13-year-old son, who says I can write about him if I use his stage name, Jamal, shares many of the traits bullies commonly have.

At each one an Overlord will eventually drift in and drop a Drone that slowly morphs into a big Zerg Virophage.

I Googled "My son is a bully" and was rewarded with lots of stories about how bullies behave like that because of what happens at home, which can't be right, unless it's my husband's fault.

My first instinct, I'm not proud to admit, was to surreptitiously look around to see if anyone was watching.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Both bullies and their victims take more trips to the nurse's office than other students - but not just for the obvious reasons.