Nepal, Jan. 2 -- Look for physical marks such as unexplained bruises, scratches, broken bones, and healing wounds. Be alert when your child fears going to school or joining school events.

The thought of bullying takes me back to the day I got slapped, trying to make friends in a park, in Kolkata, around the late fifties. I was six years old.

The next was in the late sixties as a ninth grader. I was the only Nepali girl in school, and the older girls wanted to dominate me. I tolerated their harassment for a few days, then one day, I had enough. I yelled at the other girl so loud, she was shocked, and started crying. She did not expect that of me. Later, I apologized. That was the last of being bullied. It is sad but bullying happens.

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