person A: I feel terrible about not listening to my child's complaints about being picked on. What was I thinking?
person B: Sorry to hear that.  How old is he / she
person A: He is 13 and now he doesn't want to go to school any more. Bullying is such a terrible thing. I now listen to everything he tells me.
person B: Yes though it's something everyone goes through...especially if he's going to be a man..I used to be the nerdy fat Asian kid who got picked on til I sucker punched the bully as hard as I could...and never got picked on again