Bullying, what advice did your parents give?

My oldest son was in sixth grade when I got a call to go to the school because he had gotten in trouble. When I got there we went right into a meeting with the superintendent, principal and guidance counselor. They told me he had been in a fight . I asked my son what happened and he told me that two other kids were bullying a special ed kid. He jumped in to protect the special Ed kid and it turned into a fight. When I asked what happened to the two who were doing the bullying I was told they both said my son started it. I then asked if they had questioned the kid who was getting bullied. They said he wasn't capable of saying anything. I stood up, told my son to do the same and said that this was all done and if the administration had been doing their job, none of this would have happened. I told them I was proud that I had raised a son who protects the more vulnerable kids.

With my older sister bullying me daily I was told that I was old enough to take up for myself. (It wasn’t recently started but they never did anything to stop it when I was growing up) I was 15 years old by then and the next time she ordered me to do something I told her no. She ordered me again and I told her to get up and get it herself. She punched me in the arm with her fist and the fight was on. Then as we were on the floor fighting we were told to stop and that we were going to kill each other. I got up and pointed to them and said “You told me to take up for myself and the first time I did you tell me to stop! I won’t stop the next time it happens and I only give her a small fraction of what she had coming to her if she ever hits me again.” After that my sister refused to look me in the eye, she would cower down when she was walking past me. I thought to myself she is like a dog that has to be whooped in order to be put in her place. She eventually left home & dropped out of school. I wasn’t sorry for that. She should have never been allowed to bully me or anyone else when we were growing up. Anyone who habitually bullies others needs to be put in their place. She would bully boyfriends (and she went through a lot of them one after another) and eventually married twice. Bullied her husbands until they left her and had a couple serious long-term relationships with good & decent men who also got fed up and eventually left.

My dad didn't let us go to school.. he was bullied there and the teachers did nothing

Its bs

I never had to deal with it since I was one of the toughest kids in school. My son did have a problem with one kid. When the bully was pestering him one day on their bikes, I gave my son a piece of rope and told him to throw it at the bully's bike spokes. He did, and the bike came to an abrupt stop, sending the bully over the handlebars to the pavement. Blood and tears resulted, but he never bothered my son again.

My mum told me to NEVER start a fight, "but if someone hits you - hit them nack twice as fast and twice as hard."

Im not a great fighter , but i did grow fast, was fat and did about 3 sports in school - so i was bulky, taller and strong.

I took her advice.



I do have a great story though about my brother.
Hes got asbergers, so he's...... different to most people, in quite a few ways.

He used to get buliied a lot.

Anyhoo - there was this particular bully who used to taunt him when he walked home from school.
One day, my brother had had enough. (This guy was saying shit things to him while riding his bike on the other side of a tall chain link fence, (you know thr type that go around tennis courts).
Anyway, this guy keeps at it , and my brother goes "do it again and you'll regret it."'

The guy jist smirks and keeps up his taunting.

My brother stops and turns to him. The other guy stops and comes close to the fence to abuse him face to face.

Now as I mentioned - my brother is different: his relationship to his body is different - he has high tolerances and can tap into endurance or strength in a wierd way. He can control his muscles like no one i know.

Anyway....this dude is mouthing off on his bike inches away from his face - so......



.....my brother threw up on him 😂😂😂





To this day.....this is the Sweetest Revenge on a Bully story that i know

......and the bully NEVER bothered him again 😌

Blamed me for it.

My dad told us to never start a fight but to always finish them

Ignore it ....pffft

I didn't...I'd bully the bullies

I'd bully my friends bullies too ...no one messed with me again ...didn't even have to raise a hand to do it ...

It helps being quick witted and sarcastic...

My Mom enrolled me in a White Dragon Kung Fu school.
Jeet Kune Do was kool.
I just didn’t have problems with bullying.
The lesson I lived by was,
He who hits first, hits the hardest and doesn’t stop until the threat is not a threat anymore wins.
Then out loud you tell the bullies that if you catch them doing it to anyone you will break bones, several.
When did our children become sheep ?

My parents were my bullies half the time. They told me to ignore them and they'll go away but that didn't work. I ended up switching schools

Walk away three times and then aim for the nose and follow through