School Bullying and Academic Coaching: Helping Teens Rebuild After Reporting

“I can finish the homework,” Maya says, staring at the timetable on her phone. “I just don't know how to walk into that classroom tomorrow.”

She is fifteen. For weeks, a group chat has circulated cruel jokes about her, classmates have moved their seats when she sits down, and someone has posted an edited photo designed to humiliate her. Her grades have slipped. Her parents have responded by asking for more revision and less time online. A well-meaning adult has told her she needs thicker skin.