Use of physical force

MomofWildChild
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:15:57 +0000

Maybe this is why I have a WildChild, but I would support your son laying the kid out flat. Anything he did was justified and was in support of his own rights and those of his girlfriend. I am not a proponent of fighting, but sometimes it has to happen. My angel (really) of a daughter wound up slapping a boy in the 5th grade after he repeatedly shoved her, pinched her and bullied her (he was the son of a famous Dallas Cowboy, by the way). She came home in tears after getting a detention. I will tell you that there has never been an angrier parent than I was- after the teacher got to hear the whole story and how things were going to be, I taught my daughter how to throw a strong punch. None of this slapping stuff for MY kid. Sorry- but I believe in self-defense.