A bullying fine?

[Bengalzona]

(05-13-2016, 08:47 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Personal terrorism isn't the same as typical bullying.  The issue is we treat run of the mill bully behavior like it is personal terrorism.  

Bullying that reoccurs is not "run of the mill". And more often than not, it is reoccurring because there is nothing or no one to stop it unless an adult steps in.

If my son has an incident, I know that he would tell me. I would ask him what he wants to do about it. If he wants to work it out himself, I'm willing to step back and let him try until he asks for help. If he wants advise, I'll give him advise. If he wants me to teach him to fight, I'm going to tell him that that is a dark path... but I will probably show him some things. If he wants me to intervene directly, then I will go through the school and resolve it immediately.

I like to empower him to make choices on his own. But if the bullying continues, the empowerment game ends and I end the bullying directly (most probably by going through the school, as I know most of the teachers there). He goes to school to learn the curriculum, not how to deal with some other parents failure.