[SatinDoll]

They should check out older, larger students who have been held back from advancing to a higher grade level. Some of these kids have severe emotional problems, though, of course, not all of them do. But when they do have emotional problems, often it is the smaller children who are the targets and usually without provocation.

It happened to my nephew in a Roman Catholic private school and the agressor was two years older and had been permanently expelled by the local public school district. What this older kid found out too late was that my nephew had been in Kung-fu training for quite some time. Surprise! We pulled my nephew out of parochial school because HE WAS PUNISHED FOR DEFENDING HIMSELF!

[xtinct]

My son, now 32, was bullied by an older boy in first grade.
His dad told him to punch the kid in the nose if he tried to bully him again.
Got called to school by the nun pricipal after my son socked the kid.
The kid had also been punching little girls in the stomach for their lunch money as well as abusing other little boys.
Our policy as told to the nun principal --> son will defend himself against bullies
found out our statement was a part of my son's * permanent record * when we moved to Oklahoma...
Explained the situation to son's new principal. Principal removed the * permanent record * text :o)

Hope things turn out ok for the little guy in the above article...

[CaliGirl-R]

My daughter defended herself and the school was going to give her a ticket with a fine of $200.00. They said new ZERO Tolerance policy. Soon after that, I pulled her from the high school and put her in home studies. No longer was I scared for her everyday that I dropped her off at that high school. Then to go home and worry myself sick over her safety.