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Have you ever met a parent that beats their kids? I'd imagine you haven't because your attitude is so blase on this matter it's a bit sickening. But I have. I've met a fair number of them. It always starts with a joke, until you realise it's actually happening. And what's clear about this...

Fair enough. But there is a professional context behind why I think that in that I have seen the consequences of children who are taught that violence is okay. The results are never positive. And as replied to the specific poster earlier - where is the line? How does a child know where the line...

So where is the line? How far should your child go when "sticking up for themselves"? Do they just punch the "bully" back once? What if the bully punches them back after being punched? Do they escalate the situation? Do they grab a weapon to even the fight? And at what point does something...

Point 1) there's no difference between promoting violence and promoting sticking up for yourself. How do you kids know the difference? At what point do they stick up for themselves? After one comment, a week or comments, a push, a punch, months of abuse? Where is the breaking point that violence...

As stated in my reply above, the story was poorly written (a rush job over lunch), and I apologise for that, but it was just one of many, many examples of violence breeding violence that I've seen. But the reality from the story is that both children were victims. The bully had learned to be the...

You should've seen the original post... But I apologise for the poor state of the story. However, it's one of many examples I've seen as both a teacher and welfare officer at schools where children suffer because they take on learned behaviour from parents who believe that violence is the...

Excellent, a father that promotes violence... Let me tell you a little story. I'm an ex-teacher and I taught at a less than pleasant school for a few years. In my first year, it became clear that one pupil was bullying another when some less than savoury words were exchanged by one, much...