We clicked on this thread this morning to show the Young One, and video was pulled from youtube. Honey found it on another site. VERY TIMELY video.
We've taught and believed that you walk away every time you can, but at some time, you might have to stand up and fight back.
Our school district has the Zero-Tolerance policy, but they take it to the next level.... they are teaching the children to run away if at all possible and to find an Adult to take care of the situation. The only reason to ever fight back is if the child is cornered and there is nowhere to run away to and no one else to help. Then it is OK for the child to fight back.
(hypothetical scenario here) so the Bully gets smart about where and when he targets the kid, (not even including the online venues for such things now-a-days----)
what is the kid supposed to do when he encounters the bully at the community park? Who's going to protect the kid from the bully then? Where is the kid supposed to "run" to?
Hmmmmm, don't teach discretion, compassion, strength and wisdom- teach run away and let someone else handle the problem!
Whatever happened to putting a bully in his/her place?
I suppose a lot of the attitude of the present school districts are so focused on keeping the children safe with all the new threats that used to be not an issue.
It used to be, if there was a beef between kids, something would happen, someone would get punched or a fist fight would occur,...a couple black eyes, bloody nose... off you go! Issue done. It ain't that way anymore. Now, if there's a beef between kids, there is a real chance some kid pulls a knife or a gun.