Would you hit someone else’s child?

[Wtfneighbour]

or their parent? Keeping this hypothetical..

if your child was being bullied and the school were not doing anything about it, the parents couldn’t care less, and a child was physically hurting your child. At what point would you intervene be it physically verbally or otherwise?

On the same note, would you hit a teacher if you had evidence they were bullying or harming your child?

has this ever been socially acceptable in your eyes? Past or present? I’ll explain why I’m asking once I’ve read your thoughts.

I wouldn't hit anyone because I wouldn't want a criminal record. If it weren't illegal I would have hit many people already.
I wouldn't hit anyone I loved.

WTF you'll get arrested. Just tell your kid to punch back. My DS gave a bully a black eye in year 9 after months of bullying. We didn't know about the bullying until school called to say DS has been in a fight (which he thoroughly won).

I definitely wouldn't have hit the child (as I'd get arrested) or hit the child's parents (I'd also get arrested). Bully's DMum actually apologised to me.

No but my child has witnessed a fight between two women over a man on the playground the teachers dropped the blinds in the classroom and did a spontaneous music time while sending out the male teachers and SLT to deal with it all

I missed all of it because I was working but my child minder gave me a good gossip run down

I might physically restart someone about to struck or was shouting at a child. I have a pretty loud voice so me shouting at them to stop and getting between them might be enough- certainly wouldn’t hit someone.

Not unless someone hits me first or I witness something that requires physicality to stop (well not now, its much harder to thump someone from a wheelchair).

Eg - someone beating up a child or an animal.

I did once have a reputation for being a 'hard cow' - but it wasn't really warranted. I broke a girls wrist -but not intentionally. She'd leaned over a (relatively low) toilet cubicle, grabbed my hair as I'd stood up - I put both hands up over her wrist to stop her ripping out a chunk and slipped on the wet floor and went down like a stone. Her wrist took the brunt of the force over the edge of the cubicle.

Obviously I didn't tell anyone that I hadn't done it on purpose - it meant my attacker dropped her spurious 'you shagged a bloke I once shagged' accusation (I shagged a bloke with the same name, that I had met in a pub her ex used to frequent. Somehow in the chinese whispers local gossip, a mix up occurred!) and left me well alone.

I don't think hitting folk is generally the way to resolve issues and its certainly not the method I'd pick first. However I have met some people who will only let something drop if they are genuinely terrified that the other person is more violent than they are!

Why are so many ppl having a go at @Wtfneighbour?
She is absolutely not the only person who would wonder do other ppl behave like that, she clearly grew up seeing it. If you all never, fair dos.
I grew up with it. Also had a parent want to challenge me over my child.
Then also had my child attacked by another with a weapon, friends strongly suggested I should deal with the mum. I never wanted to lay hands, I did talk to her that kid was horrid told her he’s either going to end up in jail or dead. He was locked up last I heard. My opinion is I’d rather not, however it would depend I’d watch nobody attack my child regardless

I’m a lover not a fighter, I wouldn’t hit anyone.