Would you hit someone else’s child?

I don’t hit people, adults or children and I’m not verbally abusive either. However, if the school was failing my child I would no compunction about reporting them everywhere I could and taking legal action. I’d also move my child to another school.

There’s quite a lot of competition this week.

At what point would I intervene? In England I'd keep a diary of events and wait for the kid to turn 10. After the next incident I'd call the police.

I would sign my bullied child up for self defence classes to keep the bullish at bay

Wouldn’t hit anyone but I teach my children to hit back. Never hit first !
i do this because life taught us this is the only thing that stops bullies!

As an adult would I hit a child. Are you even asking that question.

I’ve known a few families like your grandparents back in the day. There were definitely certain families you would never mess with.

Back when?

When I was first teaching in the 1980s, a parent hit a teacher in the playground (not badly, one slap to knock her glasses off). The school called the police and the parent was arrested.

It's never been acceptable for a parent to hit a teacher OR beat someone else's child. That suggestion is ridiculous.

OK maybe this I approve of!

Would be quite an extreme circumstance to be equivalent to this nowadays though.

Of course I would intervene. I would have a meeting with the head teacher, escalate to the chair of governors and involve ofsted and the police and lado if I had to. I would consider taking my child out of the school if I thought it was in their best interests.

My DMum is mixed race and went to primary school in the 60s in a small town. The TEACHER used to call her racist names, make comments about her appearance and encourage other pupils to do so as well.

I think my DNan threatened her and didn't get in trouble for it. It stopped.

It was a different time - I cannot imagine any teacher doing this but my DMum has been deeply affected by her experiences as a child and I believe her. If that were my child I would certainly have tried to do something. The fact that my DNan didn't face any backlash probably means others were aware it was indeed happening and the teacher didn't complain.

She is not "rough" and I've never seen her raise a hand or even her voice in nearly 40 years.

No, I’ve never laid hands on another human to hit them ever. Nor would I. Adult or child.

No, I have never known of this happening.

Come on now. You’re jumping the shark a bit there.

No, but i have two boys who have happily said if the other gets bullied they would deal with it. 🤷🏻‍♀️
my brother did the same to my bully in school, walked straight over & pushed them to the ground and kicked them a few times - soon stopped.

Ok. I grew up in the 70s/80s in a very working class community in London. For most families, the teacher was respected. If your child got told off by a teacher, the usual response from the parent would be “Well, what were you up to?”. It was assumed that the teacher was right.

I was bullied at junior school by a boy in my class. My mum felt that school wasn’t taking it seriously so took the matter into her own hands. She found out where the boy lived, marched me up there, and told his dad. No big drama, no adults scrapping. Just firmly told. His dad’s response was to apologise and that he would put a stop to it. The bullying did indeed stop.

So @WtfneighbourI do not recognise the situations your grandparent describes. I don’t recall parents scrapping, physical confrontations with teachers/ staff members. Grumbling and moaning about school did definitely happen and it always will. But widespread physical confrontations between adults over school matters - not on my council estate.

You dont actually think anyone's going to come on and say they hit people do you?

Teminfs me of the old joke boasting about saving 200 children's lives ( by killing the cook)

What a thug.