I think people have an understanding that a person must go through suffering and trials to mature and develop into a functioning adult (suffering produces character etc),
But to then say "oh kids should be bullied because it'll make them mature" is 100% a pendulum swing. That is an unnecessary extreme. There are other ways of raising up a child and there are other ways of maturing one; for example, good parents, hard work, good adult role models, being taught accountability and responsibility. Bullying destroys a person, nurturing builds them up.
seeing people claiming to be Christians openly support bullying children is so sad and twisted. i don't know if i will ever understand...