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Teach your kids to punch back...

Is it OK to teach your kids to hit back?

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When I was in junior high a kid was pestering me on a daily basis. It was always in gym class, if you can call it that.

I reported it to the teacher who did nothing.

One day I had had enough and it got physical.

We were both pulled into the vice-principals office, I think it was, and was asked about it.

I told him that if something had been done when I reported it, I wouldn't have had to do what I did.

That ended the conference and we were sent back to class.

I never had a problem with that kid again.
 
One thing I don't like about living in Canada is that we aren't allowed to hit someone, even in self-defense. You could be charged with assault. A court will dismiss it if your defense was proportional to the attack (which I agree with), but that's up to the court to figure out and initially you may get detained. This is wrong.

I've learned martial arts since a young age and ironically, despite all this training, I've never had to use it. I guess that's its gift. A scenario when both people walk away uninjured is a winner IMO.
 
SDET said:
Only rarely should anyone hit back, especially if there is risk of getting caught. There are harder "punches" than physical: A school or criminal disciplinary record comes to mind.
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That is my plan here. Keep documenting the kid in tge school system and get him sent to secial ed AND report any relevant issues to the police.
 
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