This is a very personal post by Dan Pearce, who writes the blog single dad laughing. He shares his on experience and perspective as someone who was bullied, and as a single dad. Please note that he wrote some follow up articles, linked at the end, to clarify some of his points that some readers took issue with.
http://www.danoah.com/2010/10/memoirs-of-bullied-kid.html
And here are survey results of teens’ views on bullying: