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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow
So we encourage our kids to just roll over and take it?? That, in my opinion, is a very large chunk of what I don't like in this country these days.
Anyway, your example wasn't a very good one. Any decent parent would have known better. Proper response would have been to call the police.
Which is why I won't be allowing my kids to be online until I think they will be able to handle it. (once i get around to having them that is  ) |
No. I don't think that kids should roll over and take it. I was simply giving a reason schools can't take action when rules are broken. You create an environment where fighting is acceptable...and a bunch of kids who claim they are standing up for themselves trying to avoid punishment (Bullies themselves using this excuse).
A good parent will talk to their kids about ways to resolve these kinds of problems and use good judgement. Sometimes standing up for yourself may require getting physical.
My example was just that a recent example that is in our local news. The parent is an ahole agreed...It just shows how things can get out of hand very quickly and have tragic, lasting consequences. But wouldn't calling the police be the same as telling a teacher? (BTW, I agree the way to handle it would be to call police, but others in the thread say that "tattling" will make is worse...wouldn't that be the same the next day at school to be teased the next day?)