If a kid hits another, even in self defense, they'll be punished for it.
All this touchy-feely bullsh*t has painted the kids into the corner.
Time to chuck the sociology texts, dump the dimestore counseling and psychology, and let the victims kick the crap out of the bully on the playground early on. Everyone will be better off for it.
The advice to throw a punch may work with a single bully. WHat I am hearing is bullies run in gangs and that is a whole other story.
When my grandson was 4, there was a kid at nursery school who would walk thru the bathroom and knock him off the pot. No kidding. He did it every day!! Then my grandson got up one day and threw a punch right in his face, bloodying his nose. Grandson got sent to the head man, parents called in for a “serious” conference and the head man gave them a lecture on violence and then said, “good job,,this will stop that little creep” and winked.
But that doesn’t happen nowadays.