Bullied Kids to Have Bodyguards

This is incredible:

South Korean students who have trouble with school bullies can soon call on the government to provide them with bodyguards.

South Korea plans to start a trial service next month to cut down on school violence. As a part of that, it will provide personal protection for those bullied students who seek it as they travel to and from school, an official said on Tuesday.

"We are going to try to protect the student who is being bullied and find out who is doing the bullying," said Park Jung-hee, an education ministry official.

Park said the bodyguards — which local media said were likely to come from the police, private security firms and volunteers — will not sit with students during class.

The funding and services are being provided by companies wanting to help cut school violence, Park said.

Sound like the exporting of parenting to the bodyguards.