Not to be too simplistic — or a Luddite — but, reading this New York Times story, I can’t help but think: What about creating an in-person reality for kids? Part of what’s so great about Elayne Bennett’s Best Friends program is it keeps kids busy. They don’t have the time to get into trouble.

The New York Times reports:

According to the Anti-Defamation League, although 44 states have bullying statutes, fewer than half offer guidance about whether schools may intervene in bullying involving “electronic communication,” which almost always occurs outside of school and most severely on weekends, when children have more free time to socialize online.

So we work to get rid of the free time . . .