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
Next problem…to collect on these “fines”….
Oh great, now the Kiddie PC Police are invading our schools. If a kid misbehaves or bullies more than 2 times, evict him from the school! Problem solved.
Lawrence, I’ll sum it easy for you…. You are a fucking statist moron.
Stay statist comrade
Will make a lot of parents be more aware of what their children are doing
I am amazed at the amount of people in these comments that believe that more government and less freedoms is easier than teaching their own kids how to face adversity and deal with a bully.. Mind blown.. The Sheep are at it again.. smh
The kids are being shown that bullying is okay on a daily basis with the administration in place in DC.
kids that bulls most of the time there parents are the problem
they just keep pushing and pushing. If they picked up they will find what they are looking for .
Lets see what you idiots have to say when you are arrested for using inappropriate punishment when they refuse to listen to you….