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I'd just make sure that my kid had enough beer and alcohol to befriend the bullies. If that didn't work I'd make sure she was armed. Alcohol and guns solve so many problems.
Seriously though ... I do talk about this with her. If she has a problem with a kid at school I try to make sure that she is confident enough to talk with me about it. It's a hard lesson ... and a lot of times kids are intimidated to bring it up for fear of retaliation.
On the other hand, kids (especially young kids) have been known to lie about things like this to get out of going to school or just to be mean to another kid.
It's difficult to monitor them all the time. The best thing I can do is to make sure I communicate with my daughter's teachers and principals--these are your allies. My daughter is in public school here in Memphis and I honestly believe that her teachers really care about her and watch out for her (and all the kids).
Litigation is definitely on my list of things to do in the event that my child is bullied ... I don't know that I'd even bother trying to "talk" with the parents. It really depends on the situation.
BTW, I was bullied throughout my childhood (thanks to the violin lessons). I was bullied by kids but I was also bullied by a "teacher" or rather a coach ... motherfucker. To this day I really can't stand coaches or people who call themselves coaches.
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