Parenting 101

[Raider Nation Fisher]

"Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Not his interpretation. However I feel it justifies what I'm trying to say.

“HATE FOR HATE — AND RUTH FOR RUTH,

EYE FOR EYE — AND TOOTH FOR TOOTH,

SCORN FOR SCORN — AND SMILE FOR SMILE,

LOVE FOR LOVE — AND GUILE FOR GUILE,

WAR FOR WAR, — AND WOE FOR WOE,

BLOOD FOR BLOOD — AND BLOW FOR BLOW.”

Ragnar Redbeard

This sums it up best of all!

[quanjig]

Wow! All of this for a little pinch on the playground! Believe me, always being the little guy, you take your licks. I guess you really have to teach kids that some things deserve retaliation, some require you to just walk away, while others still, need a warning "do that again, you won't be able to use those fingers for a while!" Escalation of violence should only be a last resort. You might get over on me once, don't be stupid and think it will be as easy or happen a second time!

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I can see 16 years later...

 

Son, make sure you bring your gun to the knife fight!

A chain works better than a knife. It allows you to get some distance. I ain't talking about some goofy wallet chain. I'm talking about a 24 or 28 inch logging chain. Something that weighs about four or five pounds with a Master Lock on the end of it. I carried one for years. Still do on occasion. Hard to stick someone when your eye sockets are shattered. They call chains "Smileys" for a reason.

[flyfisher]

I thought they called them smileys because of the shape of the bruises they leave....

 

If i ever lived in a place that i thought i needed a 5lb piece of chain with me to feel safe i think i would move and i have lived in some pretty rough spots without having a weapon or any sort.

[Brian Needham]

I can see 16 years later...

 

Son, make sure you bring your gun to the knife fight!

 

actually it would be(with me at least): "son, you can't carry a gun until your 21, after that if you own it you need to carry it, everyday."

[fadetoblack21]

I tend to tell my child to stop being a baby and go play, and its amazing how quickly she gets over it. If it were a continuous problem (bullying) then maybe I would give her your advice. Pinching and things like that are just things that kids do, and they can get over it just as quickly as it happened. 

[MCS]

My boys are going to bed...supposed to be at least...so the 6 yr old hurt the 3yr olds arm. So my wife showed him how to do an Indian burn lol. The little The 6 yr old was like W T F lol. Now she is holding an Indian burn 101 in our room lol now that is parenting

[pbizzle]

I've dealt with bullies my whole life. Dangdest thing about it though none of them were bigger than me. It is always the small wanna be badass that comes gunning. It happened in elementary and middle school, now it happens at bars. Hence why I only go to one bar now. Anyway. I discovered long ago that if you beat the first guy to the floor and beat him bad enough. Then the next ten guys will think twice before trying it. I didn't put up with kids bullying other kids at school when I was there, and I don't put up with it now. I don't want the bully to respect me. I want him to hate and fear me. 29 years in it has worked out quite well.

That is the lessons I'm trying to bestow upon my son. You don't start a fight physically, but by God you end it if it does get physical. You DO NOT pick on people, don't follow the crowd. You stand up for the little man. Some of my best friends to this day are "nerds", that I stood up for and kept people from picking on.

Violence may not be the best option. But it is still an option. -Thorin-

That's how I dealt with my bully problem in 6th grade. Same deal too. I was a lot bigger than him even though he was a year or two older. He always used to shoot on me while we were running laps during wrestling practice. He always made fun of my southern accent and since his dad was a doctor and his mom was a lawyer that he had the right to call every one poor. Well, sadly my great grandfather died that year and his funeral was on the same day as our wrestling tournament. Do you know what that butthole did? The next day at practice he started picking on me for missing the tournament and then had the balls to push me knowing that I was still pretty upset about the whole deal. That was the final straw, I was so upset that I turned around and knocked him in the jaw with the strength of Samson. There was a really loud crack mixed with a thud sound that still makes me smile today. And even though I knocked him down my hand was super swollen. I didn't get in any trouble because in the words of my coach "that (feminine hygiene product) had it coming" and we never told mom. But the moral of the story is that if you're going to stand up for yourself don't punch in the head unless you only want to hurt yourself. My dad actually broke his hand in high school when he punched some body.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

That's how I dealt with my bully problem in 6th grade. Same deal too. I was a lot bigger than him even though he was a year or two older. He always used to shoot on me while we were running laps during wrestling practice. He always made fun of my southern accent and since his dad was a doctor and his mom was a lawyer that he had the right to call every one poor. Well, sadly my great grandfather died that year and his funeral was on the same day as our wrestling tournament. Do you know what that butthole did? The next day at practice he started picking on me for missing the tournament and then had the balls to push me knowing that I was still pretty upset about the whole deal. That was the final straw, I was so upset that I turned around and knocked him in the jaw with the strength of Samson. There was a really loud crack mixed with a thud sound that still makes me smile today. And even though I knocked him down my hand was super swollen. I didn't get in any trouble because in the words of my coach "that (feminine hygiene product) had it coming" and we never told mom. But the moral of the story is that if you're going to stand up for yourself don't punch in the head unless you only want to hurt yourself. My dad actually broke his hand in high school when he punched some body.

It tends to hurt when you jack someone in the head. Always aim for the jaw. It has more give.

Thata way to stand up for yourself. I knew a bunch of people like that. Fought a bunch of them too. After awhile everyone else tends to get the message of, "Talk (poop) get hit.)

[pbizzle]

It tends to hurt when you jack someone in the head. Always aim for the jaw. It has more give.

Thata way to stand up for yourself. I knew a bunch of people like that. Fought a bunch of them too. After awhile everyone else tends to get the message of, "Talk (poop) get hit.)

I try to turn the other cheek.... but I've only got two.