Agreed.
One common “remedy” for that approved by most of the fathers/parents in the old neighborhood was for other boys to grab such “drama kings”, rough them up a bit*, and then toss them into the nearest trash bin/dumpster.
- Sometimes, this took the form of the other boys grabbing some live roaches and sticking them right in the face of the "drama king" as he was being held down by other boys.
Granted, this particular action was also sometimes used by older boys as a dare to see whether we were tough enough to be nonchalant about it or prove ourselves to be weak by being squeamish/disgusted by it. Only difference was that in the dare scenario, the ones going through with the dare weren’t being held down as it was supposed to be “voluntary”.