Hilly Holbrook is the character audiences love to hate in "The Help," a box office favorite nominated in the Academy Awards categories of best picture and best actress. She is a master manipulator and equal opportunity bully.

Lack of empathy, of which bullying is the most violent expression, is a critical issue facing our youth today. To many educators, the problem has almost taken on a life of its own, and surfaces in the classrooms, hallways and playgrounds in the form