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Originally Posted by 4X4
Some kids are probably better off being ignored rather than have a mommy pussifying them. Hug the bully? lol Are you trying to get your kid's *** kicked? Sometimes you need to push back. Show some spine. It's like George McFly getting picked on in school and going on getting picked on all his life. If you don't stand up for yourself at some point, you're going to go through life with no confidence, and you're going to get picked on and relegated all your life.
Some people are just so oblivious it's embarrassing. BrodieFan, I can't believe you'd punish your fat kid for slamming that skinny little son of a ***. If I was fat kid's dad, I'd take him out to a game or some kind of father son thing, and spend the drive talking about how important it is to stand up for yourself sometimes, and that he did a *** commendable job of it that day.
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I don't have a fat kid.
My son is very tall, muscular, and he's very athletic and very popular with his peers and his teachers.
I'd be angry with him for slamming a kid less than half his size because I'd be afraid he'd hurt him. He knows better than that. If some wimpy little turd is going to slap him, the appropriate thing to do would be to push him away, punch him back, or restrain him. I would hope that my son would know not to slam him in the concrete. I really doubt he'd ever be in that position in the first place. As I said, the big kid in the media right now didn't know any better. Yes, maybe the bullies should have known better than to pick on such a big kid and yes, maybe the big kid 'showed him.'
Every kid is different. I guess you'd just have to know me and my kids to understand what I am saying. I asked my husband about it and his initial reaction was the same as everyone's basically 'Good for the big kid!' Then I asked him what he'd do if our oldest son reacted that way to some little twerp and he said 'I'd kill him, he'd kill the poor kid. He knows better'
I am assuming you all know my family and understand where I am coming from, where really, only a few people on these boards know me. My mistake in getting too personal.
If you would read the thread, you will see I DID say
1) The 'big kid' (I NEVER called him 'fat') should have defended himself.
2) Bullying is not okay
No one seems to bother reading what I write, so I'll just stop here.
I really hope the best for the bigger kid and I hope he gains some self esteem and starts to participate in sports. Like my husband says, he'd be a hell of a lineman.