No, seriously - For generations we've been teaching kids not to hit back, but I think most of us know from experience that the bullying consequence of getting a fist in the face was never replaced with another, equal or better response.

[jwcph@helvede.net]

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No, seriously - For generations we've been teaching kids not to hit back, but I think most of us know from experience that the bullying consequence of getting a fist in the face was never replaced with another, equal or better response.

I think we might have made a mistake - if I were to bring up my daughter all over again, I would be sure to let her know that using the martial arts she studied to take out the trash would be a perfectly acceptable response if she was ever bullied.

#resist

[jwcph@helvede.net]

Full disclosure: She was in fact bullied for a while & then one day I picked her up from daycare I saw her looking at that boy with fear in her eyes & walked over & put the fear of God into him, quietly but with the sound of my rushing blood filling my ears & my vision tinted red.

Later I felt guilty, as an adult towering over a child & presenting as a threat, but he never bothered her again & honesly, looking at the world today I'm not sure I did anything wrong.

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@jwcph
Good job.