And has been pointed out, not every kid or person has it in them to stand up to bullies. Should there be no help for those kids? Just let them commit suicide? Is teaching them to go against their nature and fight back the only reasonable answer?
And one downside I can see of standing up to a bully is sometimes the bully is willing to escalate further than someone can stand up for themselves.
Sure you can stand up to the bully, but what happens when the bully returns with 5 friends? Or they do something that ends up seriously damaging or even killing the kid being bullied? It happens, is teaching your kid to stand up for bullies worth the risk of them being seriously or permanently injured or killed?
Hard questions, I don't look forward to having to deal with it.
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