Amazulu

Damn right I do - and he does.

spartacus

Same here.

Deancm_MKII

If you want to kill a snake you cut off it's head. Take the leader out and the followers will no longer follow. Go for the followers and you'll end up fighting them all.

Deancm_MKII

What are you trying to do, teach kids to kill people? A punch to the larynx is one of the most dangerous techniques you can do. Can cause serious damage (perforated windpipe) if not kill someone (inability to breathe).

Deancm_MKII

It's a hell of a lot better than a Saffa accent. Right?

Amazulu

It hurts like f**k though - any bully would think twice about a bullying career after receiving one.

Amazulu

He's never had one so it's better than the pommy one he had when we emigrated.

HelenTD

We've experienced bullying at school. The schools' responses have been (1) ignore the issue, (2) when it happens again and you insist on action, they talk to the victim and the bully/bullies, or (3) talk to the whole class where there have been several victims and several bullies. They do not talk to the parents of either the victim or the bully. I found out about it from my child(ren), who were the victims, so I know about it, but the parents of the bully are not informed, so they don't know that their child is bullying. The behaviour tends to continue, as it is not properly being dealt with.

Wendy

When my daughter called one of her classmates names I was told about it. They rang me straight away and asked me to come in to see them. Then they made my daughter tell me what she had done in front of them (she was 7 at the time) - she hasn't done it again.

Officer Dibble

The other side of this bullying issue is the over-protective parents who think little Johnnys being bullied just because some kid snatched a crayon off of him.

HelenTD

This is the sort of approach I would prefer. It's a difficult issue, when some schools seem to accept a culture of bullying and don't even try to change, apart from issuing a lip-service school bullying policy.

HelenTD

Yes, there are a few parents around like this. Both my children have been bullied, but only once has one of them been accused of bullying. My youngest, 6 at the time and the smallest and youngest in his year, was accused of bullying another boy, who is the tallest in the class and one of the oldest. This other boy is very, how can I put it, "theatrical", and likes my son (a lot) and kept trying to kiss and cuddle him. My son told the other boy not to do it, but was ignored. Eventually, in desperation, he waved his snack at the other boy, saying "watch out, it's got nuts in it" (the other boy has an allergy problem). It worked like a charm, but the other boy's mum objected and complained to the teacher. I thought my child was creative in dealing with the issue, bless him.

northernbird

My daughter was in pre-primary when she called another girl a nerd. She was reprimanded by the Principal and I got an ear blasting from the mother of the other child. She hasn't done it again either.

northernbird

Absolutely. I am not condoning bullying but some parents seem to want their kids to be wimpy and do not teach them how to deal with tough social situations which they will have to deal with the whole way through school and beyond. Teaching them coping strategies starts at a young age. Obviously there is a huge difference between assault (which the OP is clearly having to deal with) and a bit of name calling. Sticks and stones and all that.

HelenTD

This was in yesterday's West Australian, but it's about Queensland:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...llying-expert/