On Bullying

            

 

When it comes to bullying, I tell my kids to match the bully. If the bully talks trash, you talk trash, if they talk about your mother, you talk about their mother, but if they put their hands on you, end the fight immediately, punch them, kick them, double leg, back take, rear naked choke. In this instance, my kid would’ve (hopefully) known to take the other kids’ picture and tear it.

Match.

The other part I’d like to highlight is the argument between Creed and his wife. When they’re talking to the teacher, Creed asks the relevant questions, “Why is my daughter in trouble? Why is the kid picking on my daughter?” because he’s trying to figure out a solution. Creed is a boxer, and he comes from high honor culture, where the rules are simple. Figure out the solution and keep it moving.

The wife, however, is in the music industry and primarily handling the children, so she understands bureaucracy and political games, so she shuts down Creed, and handles the situation in a less “direct” (confrontational) manner.

The argument afterwards is good as well, and at the end I agree with both of them. The wife says the only solution to every problem isn’t a punch in the face and Creed replies with “You’re right, sometimes it is.”

One of the many issues with bullying is people are all or nothing. Either no violence or all violence, when the real solution is the appropriate response. Sometimes talking is appropriate, and sometimes a punch in the face is appropriate

Anyway…