2011-03-14, 04:22 PM
ShiKage Wrote:What do you expect a kid to do? Take a beating and not say a word or not even flinch? The kids who are bullying the child won't learn a thing. They can make the kid cry, they can make the kid bleed... they won't give a flying f'uck and this is how it was for me my entire life. No matter who the bully it was, it was the same story. The only way to solve your problem is to take your fists and start swinging away.
YOU may have learned differently through your own actions, but that doesn't mean others will do the same. In fact, it's a 99% guarantee that others won't learn that what they're doing is wrong.
For one, we don't live in the same world we did when you were a kid. Bullying intolerance is at an all time high so there ARE other options. Schools are being mandated to take action the moment they learn about this sort of thing and it's constantly being brought to light when they don't. Their jobs and livelihood are the line when they don't take action.
If a child is being bullied they need to be encouraged to tell an adult and then let the adults deal with it. If the parent of the bully doesn't take action then the law will. Parents need to be involved and support their kids in the RIGHT way, not by teaching them to go pound the pomegranate out of other people. Saying 'that's the way it's been done forever!' doesn't justify poor decision making.
But maybe you're right in that 99% won't get it, because you clearly don't.