Agree or disagree

Partially agree. If they won’t let up and you’re defending yourself in the moment, yeah go ahead and fight back. I don’t condone hitting as retaliation though.
In the real world as adults if someone punches you, they can go to jail. You shouldn’t put yourself in the position to be arrested as well.

Tell your child to stop hitting first & we won’t have a problem 🤷🏾‍♀️

My children and taught to defend themselves by hitting harder!

If someone hits my kid I expect them to defend themselves

Part of the problem? Girl I got bullied bc I was taught not to hit back, you know how ridiculous that is?? If someone hits my kids you better believe I’m gonna tell them to defend themselves.

I don’t understand this take… if my kid gets hit by your kid, they’re supposed to just take it? 😅 nah. I won’t raise a bully but I won’t raise her to tolerate one either! Hit em back 100%, they won’t do it again and neither will anyone else 🥰

Nahhh

Yeah, I’m teaching my daughter to defend herself. Why would you encourage people to let their children get beat on by their peers?

The parents of children who hit in the first place need to be targeted for this. Your kid hits mine, they’re getting flogged back. No action without reaction & if they don’t get hit back they’ll go off and do it to another child too.

Came to comment but I see yall said everything I came to say.....YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM THINKING YOUR CHILD CAN HIT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES, SILLY ASS POST

I think it depends on the age. I teach if somebody hits you, you walk away for now when my kids are small. That's because it's more important to learn restraint when they're this little and unlikely to be harmed by another toddler. When they're in school I'll be enrolling them in some form of martial arts to teach them defense and then they can learn the difference between a situation they can walk from and one where they should respond in a considerate disciplined way.

Having said that, I don't agree that you're part of the problem if you teach a child to defend themselves. The problem likely comes from kids whose parents handled sibling rivalry by prioritizing the more vulnerable child (the younger one) and giving them more reason to fight instead of negotiate

If someone hits my kid I'm not gonna let them just take that... Children need to be taught not to hit. In the real world if you hit someone your most likely getting hit back so, natural consequences for actions 🤷🏻‍♀️

There really is never a need to hit someone back there are other ways of defending yourself. If someone is physically attacking you, that’s different.

So you’re saying that as an adult, I could walk up to you and repeatedly punch you in the face, and you’re not going to defend yourself?

No, I think kids are little humans, and I always tell my kids not to put their hands on other people. But if someone is repeatedly hitting them, making fun of them, being bullied overall, they have the right to defend themselves. It’s their body. No one has the right to touch them without their permission, especially if they’re being punched, hit, slapped, or hurt.

No one should ever do that to you, and you have the right to protect yourself.

Disagree somewhat and depends on the situation and maturity.
Primary school teacher.

In most instances, telling the teacher, walking away yeah that's fine. Also, children learning to be resilient to name-calling and literally show that you do not care- you will be who you are . There is less of that nowadays, I feel- children feel like they need to 'keep up with the jones's' due to consumerism gone mad

Sometimes, in some circumstances, you do just need to damn stand up for yourself - whether that is shoving someone, hitting in defence or telling them you won't put up with their sh*t.

Granted,a lot of this is prob more relevant to secondary experience . I don't see a lot of this at my school

I once was about to get hit by a 'friend' who thought I flirted with her bf(I did not). I was not gonna let her stand there and do that

Also, I randomly got attacked in a gay bar(I'm straight,was with my gay male friend)by a girl who mistook my identity.Ihad to claw,hit,kick.She then fled when she realised

Nah. You don't start it ever, but if someone else swings you sure as shit better finish it. That's what I did in school, the school bully never bothered me or anyone else in the class again.

If your kid hits mine mine has full right to defend themselves why would you teach your child to just let them self get hit and beaten up ya absolutely not. My child will be taught to never start it but she sure as hell will be finishing it.

GREATLY depends on the age

No one will hit my kid & leave without getting hit back

I will not teach my kids to hit back; that just continues the problem and really does nothing to solve it. I want my kids to know it’s not ok to hurt other people but then I’m supposed to tell them “oh well as long as you’re not the first one to hit that’s ok.”

If we’re talking about a situation where they cannot physically remove themselves without some type of physical force, that’s one thing, but that’s not a blanket “hit them back.”

agreed! People need to stop throwing around the word bully. This is why it is not taken seriously a lot of the time.