Nowadays being parents is very tough. We are worried our kids get bullied and also worry that our kid will bully ppl.

Hey, I recall old days when my younger sister get bully by her classmates. Myself being 2yr older (at standard 4), I bring along a group of my classmates and went to my sister's class. Call for those kids (who bully my sis) and warn them. After that, my sis never complain that she get bullied anymore.
But that was old days where kids are less agressive and scare of elder. I doubt this way can work anymore now. Even the parents confront the bully... I scare ended up they bully the victim even more.

Well, yes.. we will try our very best to teach the kids to be kind, gentle and all sorts of way to be good ppl.. but on top of that we still have to teach them to be strong and brave.
Yes, we doesn't want our child to be bullies.... but being too gentle.. they might end up be the victim. Parenting is tough.

As for the case of the girl's hair being cut by bullies. Besides 14 days suspension and apologies.. the only thing that the ministry did is transfer the victim to new school. I think this is not a good move. They should transfer the bullies and not the victim. Letting the bullies in the same school will just leave them to bully another victim.. that doesn't solve the problem at all. But if separate the bullies and transfer them to new school.. making them to be newbies in a new environment could change them. And this could be a good lesson to other students that being a bullies.. you will be send out away.. not going to have the same gang anymore.