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RE: Should You Teach Your Kids To Fight Back Against Bullies? My Story of Bullying
I have to entirely agree with you. I have a 4 year old son. Fortunately I was never bullied but I do believe that learning to defend your self is a must. Sometimes kids tell the teacher and the principle and nothing happens and the bullying continues, so if no one else takes the matter into hands then they have to learn to defend themselves. I don't believe violence to be the answer either, but as you said, sometimes there is no other way.
Absolutely. I think the problem is teachers can't really do much these days. If a child says a teacher so much laid a hand on them, the teacher would get in trouble. it's a fine line they have to walk, I can understand exercising caution by getting involved and being accused of something.
Sometimes there are situations that you can walk away from. But in my case, I had situations where if I tried to walk away I would have still been bullied or hurt (especially in the locker situation).
It's a dangerous world for people, especially women. I think if schools had some kind of self-defence in the curriculum where everyone was taught respect and how to defend themselves, it might change the dynamic.