Bullies!!!

[Nochowderforyou]

My son is one of the sweetest kids EVER, and he had been getting picked on in school. Particularly during basket ball practice. Anyway, we sat down and talked about it the other night, and I told him that he needs to stand up for himself. I don't know if this was the right thing to do, but he took my advice, and got in a fight during practice today, err yesterday. My son said he won the fight, but I told him that winning and losing a fight doesn't really matter. I said what matters is you stood up for yourself, and didn't let some bully push you around. I told him I was proud of him because I know how scary some people seem, and it took a lot of courage to stand his ground. I think I'll take him out pizza and a movie next time he comes to see me.

Oh yeah, the two are friends now, lol! Go figure.. ..

Do you all think I did the right thing by telling him to stand his ground, or could/should I have handled it a different way? It all seemed to work out. I don't want to encourage violence, but bullies are a different breed, man. I think my son handled it the only way he could.


Junk~

Wow, sounds like me when I was younger, only I hid my sadness really well and my mother knew nothing about what was really happening at school. They didn't know what was wrong with me as I was depressed. It was only a few years later that I told them everything that those kids did to me. Daily ass kickings for me. It was horrible, so I stopped going, simple as that.

I know if I would have told my mom, that she would have phoned the school, etc, then I would get an asskicking twice as hard the next day. So I hid it.

My dad on the other had would have told me to kick some ass.

I think you did the right thing. Now he has that bully off his back, and probably won't have that problem ever again. There is only one way to stop a bully, and that is to kick the shit out of them. Seriously. Puinishing them won't work at all, and neither will words, but kicking the crap out of them in front of everyone, is a whole newfound pleasure.

I'm just glad he didn't let it go too far where he ended up snapping, like I did. After a full semester of black eyes and busted lips, I finally lost it on my one of many bullies, and knocked him into oblivion. I don't mean 1 punch, I mean I was on top of him slamming both my fists into his face one after the other. Ahhh, I can still feel the warm blood on my hands and the caving in of his nose.

I got suspended, then expelled for life shortly after.

Bullies can do a lot of damage, and they did to me, but they paid the price for it in the end...but so did I. I quit school and didn't graduate until I was 22.

I'm glad he kicked his ass, and it's nice to see they are friends. I just hope they don't team up for dueling bully action. Nah, I'm just kidding. I'm sure he's a good kid.