[R. Scott]

Pull hair? Why not teach her how to throw a good punch?
When my daughter was in middle school I received a call from school saying she was suspended for three days for fighting and banned from the school bus. I rode to the office and checked it out. I found out a boy had grabbed her crotch and she decked him – and gave him a good shiner. I was told that violence wasn’t allowed under any circumstances. I asked if sexual assault was allowed. Her suspension was lifted and she was allowed on the bus. She was never bothered again.

[Persevero]

“Pull hair? Why not teach her how to throw a good punch? “

I believe she has the right to self defense, of course.

But I wouldn’t promote the good punch as the first solution.

The first solution, just like if someone grabbed you in the crotch at the office, is, for the crotch grabber to be expelled.

If our children have to go to a school where the profane, the hitters, the spitters, the food throwers, the beaters, are left to roam the halls rather than expelled -

I think we should pull them out.

Not expect them to throw food back and hit and punch and etc.

Would you throw food, hit, punch, pull hair, kick at work if the bullies at your work weren’t fired?

No, you’d quit. And probably file a lawsuit with the Employment Commission, and rightly so.

It really burns me up that we expect kids to just fight bullies when we don’t expect adults to do so. Adults are far better protected at the workplace than kids are at schools.

There is going to be some bullying. The bullies need to be immediately removed. Our daughters should not have to brace to return assault every day as their only defense.