RE: Bullying & Suicide - Video Response to @BethWheatCraft
@valorforfreedom This was a great response to a video covering a very important topic. I started to train all of my kids (my daughter too) how to defend themselves. In their school there is a "No Bullying" policy. Kinda funny because it still happens. I told my kids no matter what be proud of yourself and always stand up for yourself. I also said don't worry about getting in trouble in school if you have to fight someone. If they start with you, you make sure that you finish that fight. I also tell them that I will talk to the school, teachers, etc. There was an incident by a swimming pool last year when an older kid started with my oldest son. My younger son saw it and tackled the older boy and the fought the bully together. They sent the older boy running. LOL! I was very proud of them. They did the right thing and they defended themselves. You have to STAND UP and DEFEND YOURSELF, if you don't YOU WILL RUN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! Well that's my 2 cents on this topic.
Fighting or fleeing or freezing, all 3 can become a habit and those habits are built when we enter this planet. My mother always told me to back away from a fight and that "the smarter person backs down".
My brother and I usually didn't have that option. We grew up in Brooklyn, NY. There you fought and in many case more than one person. If you ran, or backed off you were seen as a punk and everyone would get word of it. Then they all would go after you. If you were strong then that went around the neighborhood as well. People then gave you respect and left you alone. Ahhh the good old days.