I spent far too much of my childhood running away from bullies.
My parents were Christians who were devout pacifists. They told me to always turn the other cheek and tell the teachers.
All that did was make me a tattletale who was still bullied and ostracized for being a tattletale. After many years of bullying, in 7th grade, I finally turned around after being hit in the head with a rock and landed a lucky punch square on the jaw of one of the instigators. He dropped like a sack of potatoes and no one ever bothered me again.
IMHO, it’s worth a suspension to get these punks to stop.
If I’d stood up to the bullies when I was 10, my life would be much better. Being a punching bag really screws you up.
Sorry you had such a hard time when you were a child. You were really a good kid in the middle some bad kids.
Sometimes things sound good in theory to parents but in practical terms they needed to intervene and handle it with the teachers, teach you to fight or move you disciplined school where bullying is not permitted. You can’t just let your kid be harmed.
When I was a young child we had to move every year. With so much practice I got real good at avoiding bullies but if I got attacked I had no self restraint and I knew how to fight,
Sorry you had such a hard time when you were a child. You were really a good kid in the middle some bad kids.
Sometimes things sound good in theory to parents but in practical terms they needed to intervene and handle it with the teachers, teach you to fight or move you disciplined school where bullying is not permitted. You can’t just let your kid be harmed.
When I was a young child we had to move every year. With so much practice I got real good at avoiding bullies but if I got attacked I had no self restraint and I knew how to fight,