Kids have gotten way more into other forms of bullying AFAICT.
I told her.. why don't you teach kids the truth.. the words don't matter. If a someone calls you stupid, and you aren't, who cares? If a bum calls me a loser, do I get upset? I move on. Only if someone you respect has a critique of you should you even pause for a split second and think about the critique.
If some dude calls you fat, personally I would think "what kind of wierdo harps on someone's weight.. there must be something wrong with him. Thus, I don't care what he even says."
But we instead teach kids "words matter!" So when they do get teased and bullied, they take the words to heart. So stupid.
If you can do that, it sounds great. For most people, they cannot do this and cannot be taught to.
Apply that to every other idiot.
Unless what they're saying is actually true, well then that's up to you. I've been a bit fat before. A few people, friends and my mother, called me out on it. It was a helpful reminder that other people see it too. Now I'm not longer fat. Now, if they kept saying it to me daily... I'd think "ok these people are just being mean spirited.. that's not a good person.. and I don't care what mean spirited people have to say because they'll always find something."
I think it's a skill worth learning, instead of reminding both victims and their abusers that the words do matter. It hurts the victims more and empowers the abusers.
I think it's better to help the nicer kids.
Words only have power over you if you let them. Otherwise they are meaningless.