It is not unusual that the target goes home and tells her parents that bullying happened right in front of the teacher, but the teacher did nothing in response. The teacher's take is that all he saw was some mean giggling, and he is not deliberately covering up anything. If the parent complains, the teacher may view the complaint as a categorical overreaction. Teachers do not necessarily see “bullying” per se; what they see are gateway behaviors, which may or may not indicate bullying. One reason that schools may appear indifferent has to do with our expectations about privacy and confidentiality. Schools may also appear deceptively indifferent to bullying because of the overuse of the term. A bully can obey an edict to not speak to or look at targets, and still succeed in making them feel small. Parents need to accept the reality that in some circumstances, they cannot completely stop bullying.