Best kid fight I saw was in 6th grade. It went on for a good half hour. Multiple forehead knots, bloody lips and bloody noses. Two guys toe to toe till it ended in a standing draw.
Best girlfight was in the 7tth grade. Started in the girlsroom and spilled out into the hall. Black eye suffered by one of the combatants. Both were attractive, popular girls fighting over a boy. Lucky guy.
My only kid fight was in the 7th grade. Took one punch to the mouth and returned favor to the guys nose. Ended up in head-locks on the pavement.
Confine adolescents in a public center of learning with a natural instinct to compete and this is just a necessary bi-product of the maturing process.
Today she is prettier than most models, gets told all the time that she looks like Grace Kelly. It was very hard for her then, but she found some friends and they are, to this day, still the closest of friends. She has developed a strong sense of right and wrong and empathy for others who find themselves in the same sitation she had to overcome. I hated to see her so hurt, but sometimes when we don't allow our kids to overcome adversity, we rob them of an opportunity to grow.
Most of the girls (there were some boys) who were so mean to her did not go to college or dropped out if they did. A couple of the girls got pregnant and dropped out of high school. One of the girls came to her after they were in high school and apologized for her behavior. They are friends today.
Amanda's in the top 3% of university students and about to graduate with honors from Texas A&M. She will be headed to one of the best graduate degree program in the fall. She has blossomed into an accomplished and beautiful young woman. I am blessed beyond measure.