My kid was getting constantly picked on at school. One day, he came home with scratches all around his throat and said one of his "friends" tried to strangle him. So I went to the school and bitched at them, figuring that should be the end of that.
He came home 3 days later with more scratches and a goose-egg on his kneecap. So his father and I gave him our blessing to retaliate. The next day, the bully grabbed him by his pantlegs and tripped him, but while he was down there, I guess he used the other boy's nutsack as his own personal punching bag.
I didn't want to raise a bully - I was on the other end of that stick growing up and it's no fun to be the one getting picked on. But I won't sit back and watch my kid get picked on and beat up because the school sucks at monitoring the children.
He came home 3 days later with more scratches and a goose-egg on his kneecap. So his father and I gave him our blessing to retaliate. The next day, the bully grabbed him by his pantlegs and tripped him, but while he was down there, I guess he used the other boy's nutsack as his own personal punching bag.
I didn't want to raise a bully - I was on the other end of that stick growing up and it's no fun to be the one getting picked on. But I won't sit back and watch my kid get picked on and beat up because the school sucks at monitoring the children.