The difference between parents cheering on their kids in sports and parents cheering on their kids in a schoolyard fight is lost on you?
“The difference between parents cheering on their kids in sports and parents cheering on their kids in a schoolyard fight is lost on you?”
I see a difference. Sports are optional, and therefore unnecessary at base. Self protection in the wake of an illegitimate government’s collapse of authority and control is not.
There’s a very high risk factor involved in all three. Both of my dad’s shoulders are pretty screwed up from wrestling in college, and that was over 40 years ago for him. Not to mention he’s broken his nose multiple times, though probably not all from wrestling.
Separated shoulders, broken bones, possibility of concussion, it’s always there.
While screaming like that definitely shows something wrong, I’ve never seen anybody on this website NOT say that the way to deal with bullies is to do it the old fashioned way.
The father was right in telling his kid to defend himself and kick the snot out of ANY bully.....but the cheering stuff? Lame.
Maybe if Dad had done a better job of teaching his kid the fundamentals he wouldn't have felt the need to coach from the sidelines.
There is little more frustrating than being a father and having some pencil-necked weenie ignore reports of bullying day after day, unless you are the victim himself.
At some point, the school was a dismal failure at taking care of the problem, so the kid did the job. I can see dad cheering that on after heaven only knows how much BS, whether it seems tacky from the cheapseats or not.
Dad couldn't do anything directly, and no matter how tacky it sounds, it exposes the level of dad's frustration, too.
The failure isn't the father, it is the d@mned school system hiding behind ineffective "anti-bullying programs" and "conflict resolution" which did nothing to curb the abuse which led to the boy fighting back.
The judge is taking this out on the wrong person, imho. Where were the people "in control" of the school? Who cites them for allowing the man's son to be abused by the bully?