Why do you think being the "victim" of bullying has grown "popular"?

These days it seems that every childhood quarrel,disagreement or bit of teasing is considered bullying.Unless it is serious,sustained, or a group ganging up on one child ,involves violence or the like it is not bullying but part of growing up. With minor things the children sort out their differences long before the adults have,if you call that bullying and involve parents and teachers it drags on forever but the children involved have made up and become best friends again. Children are not always nice and can be quite cruel to each other but it is not necessarily bullying .it is just children learning how to cope when things don't always go their way ,how to negotiate and how to resolve differences all skills they will need as adults.