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Originally Posted by DementedReality
i have told my kids to stand up for themselves and tell bullys to bugger off and if need be defend themselves.
i wouldnt tell my kid to apply potentially lethal force to prove a point.
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We can sit here as adults and say the kid didn't need to use so much force but really the kid is still a kid.
He probably has no idea how strong he is and he probably had no clue the type of damage he could do to the little kid.
The reason the big kid is being bullied is because he has probably never used his strength before and had no idea how strong he actually is. Also the fact that the slam was so awkward looking and dangerous was because he had no idea how to fight back.
It is unreasonable to sit here after the fact and say that the big kid should not have used such force due to the aforementioned reasons and especially since when in the heat of a confrontation you aren't really thinking, he had been attacked and clearly snapped after initially trying to stay calm.
I say good on the kid for standing up for himself and fighting back against what was clearly a group of kids picking on him and trying to show off.