Bullies have existed since time immemorial, and they still exist everywhere, from the workplace to the community, and as always, in the schoolyard.
It would be nice if that unpleasant reality of interpersonal relations could be eliminated, but the question is how.
Bullies don’t usually respond to reason or cajoling, but they often do respond to brute force. Many of us remember being tested by the school bully, finally standing up to him and planting a solid punch right on his nose, and suddenly seeing the bully turn into a reasonable, even pleasant human being. This applies to raising kids in general, where the bully child constantly tests the parent and sometimes only responds to brute force rather than cajoling and pleading.
The problem is that liberals and lefty politicians have fallen for the whole “self esteem” movement, so kids are given way too much power and never experience a reprimand more forceful than a “time out.” And to make sure that is so, laws have been passed so that any discipline more forceful that “let’s reason together, Johnny,” or “please go to your quiet spot Susie” is seen as violent child abuse, to be punished by incarceration or having the children removed from the parents care. Now a new city ordinance in Shawano, Wisconsin puts parents in a double bind, and there is a good deal of confusion and disagreement about how fair the ordinance is.
Chile discipline in Shawano, page 2
I hope you have to go colect every one of those fines personally. And see what happins.
Thats a government bully thrte.
Yet the liberals seem to be fine with the bullying from Obama to enforce his own fantasy GE
I think that the parents and people in wisconsin need to start Bullying their elected officials right out of office. quite dictating to the people.
So if a girl or boy gets raped in the school bathroom and they fight back the parents will get fined because the victims are the bully’s?
Just to be clear, how does this new law define “bullying”?
ABOUT TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, you arrest parents, or take away their children if you ‘spank’, not abuse them….if you ground your kid, and the kid calls children’s services because you took away their phone or computer for bad behavior, then the courts get involved. So if my kid is a bully, I ground him or take away a privilege, then I’m abusive. Now, when you won’t allow parents to ‘parent’ their children, you’re going to fine them? I am so OVER the government getting their noses in family situations, when they tie parents hands on so many levels. My father told me to never start a fight, try to walk away, if possible. But, he also taught me to defend myself. Unfortunately, if a kid is being bullied and defends himself these days, he or she gets in trouble too. Such c**p. Home school your kids. Teach them to THINK instead of what to think.
The only bad thing I see with this is, what if the reason the kid is a bully is because of their parents abuse at home? And if they get fined would the parent that abuses their kid beat them, kill them for causing them this financial crisis. I do understand that bullying is an issue that starts at home but the cause of the anger the kids have can come from parents who are sicker than their kids.
It’s usually better for your kids to learn to fight back. Some kids only learn from a broken nose.
The government is why we have these unmanered little fuckers running around, flipping off authority! Beat there$#%&!@*