Reply #62: i don't think it's wrong for kids to fight back

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if they do, and it works, good for them. but in many cases it doesn't.

i guess inculculating suboptimal behaviour patterns in yr kids is immoral, in my view, at least when it comes to their physical safety.

Also it's immoral to make your child feel he has the duty to fight back, and that if he doesn't, or does so badly, he is responsible for his predicament. Which is what a hell of a lot of parents, fathers esp, do, when they tell their bullied kid to "hit back"