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Originally Posted by Combwork
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What would you do if the local school bully persistently hurt your daughter, and his parents were unwilling (or unable) to control him?
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I would do exactly what you did. I though I had made that clear.
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If you saw him hurting her again would you haul him off her and when he used foul language and promised to 'get her when your back was turned', maybe lose your temper and hit him?
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I sure as hell would.
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I'd had enough so I 'phoned the boys parents, spoke to his mother (his father was out) and told her if her son ever went near my daughter again, I'd bounce him up one side of the school playground and down the other. Half an hour later her husband 'phoned me back and said if I ever touched his son he'd put me in hospital (your attitude?)
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No. If my kid was the aggressor I would handle it and make amends for his actions.
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Amazingly, when I got there no blows were exchanged; instead we started to talk. Turns out his son though physically strong, was weak willed and did what his sister told him to do (she was a seriously nasty piece of work). The father was badly beaten by HIS father when he was a child so would not even raise his voice to his son. The mother ruled the roost and thought both her children were 'little angels'. Since I talked to both parents, the boy never touched my daughter again so tell me. What would you have done in my situation?
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I think you make an excellent case for not beating kids.
As to cops or teachers hitting kids, ridiculous and a recipe for abuse.
There is a thread here dealing with schools that still practice this archaic ritual. It seems the same folks who resit all change what to keep smacking 40pound kids. Go figure, not mine.