[trebb]

Freaking amazing - when I was a kid, the response to name-calling was, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." It was a sane response and served a good purpose. Now days, they get some psycho psychologists to determine that it's easier to protect kids from life instead of teaching them to deal with it. End result - a citizenry of emotional cripples that are told that it's OK to be emotional cripples because life really should be kind and fair.

[Puppage]

End result - a citizenry of emotional cripples that are told that it's OK to be emotional cripples because life really should be kind and fair

And, who they hope, will vote democrat.

[gidget7]

Not only that, it teaches kids not to be discerning. As a result it makes them much more vulnerable, to troubled kids who otherwise might have been detected by the instincts of other students, ie: something is wrong here. Not to mention instincts as far as someone targeting them, sexually. What ever happened to stranger danger?? What ever happen to if someone makes you uncomfortable, listen to your instincts, and get away, tell you parents or a police man?

[Euro-American Scum]

when I was a kid, the response to name-calling was, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me."

When I was a kid, the accepted practice -- well, maybe not accepted, but effective -- was going up to the kid and breaking his nose with your fist.

You'd be surprised how well that worked.