Sadly, it is taught in many churches..
The person I knew who was the biggest proponent of that kind of thinking had kids who were bullies and were the kind who you needed to defend yourself against.
My only conclusion was that she didn’t want anyone fighting back against her babies.
As far as my kids, I told them that they if they needed to defend themselves, to do so with whatever it took and then to find an adult and get it stopped. And if they saw someone else being bullied, they were free to protect them by whatever means.
But heaven help them if I EVER found out THEY started it or were bullying someone.
The person I knew who was the biggest proponent of that kind of thinking had kids who were bullies and were the kind who you needed to defend yourself against.
My only conclusion was that she didn’t want anyone fighting back against her babies.
As far as my kids, I told them that they if they needed to defend themselves, to do so with whatever it took and then to find an adult and get it stopped. And if they saw someone else being bullied, they were free to protect them by whatever means.
But heaven help them if I EVER found out THEY started it or were bullying someone.