What would you do if you saw another child pick on one of you kids?

no i don't think so- nip it in the bud now- before they turn inot bullies- they need to know that behavior is not tolerated

nice going... i would do the same thing if my daughter was bullied...

no, not at all. you were right when you took the matter with the principal. such kids should be stopped and given a halt, else they shall grow up and turn in some sort of criminals infact you should also have talked to that kids parents. after all i feel its also the parent's fault to leave their child without being noticed

It's hard to be a parent and watch someone pick on your child- I too would have said knock it off-- or told the kids he wasn't nice. As kids get older- it's tough. I still tend to stick up for my daughter- She is 10.. Not that she gets picked on alot. If I see someone being mean I will watch to see what she does- She usually handles it herself.. Telling the other kid to cut it out! I don't want my daughters peers thinking that she cannot take care of herself and has to have her mommy do it! It is hard though to watch. I want to smack the other kid-- Of course I don't!

This can be difficult as sometimes getting involved can make it worse for your child, It has happened to myself in the past. I approached it my talking to my son about what I had seen. He had to assure me that it was harmless fun, but it occured to me that if I had reacted immediately then i could have damaged friendships between my son and his friends.

I don't think you are pushy . I think you did the right thing. Since this has been happeing more than once. I think their are times when you have to let your kids fight their own battles. But know has the right to touch them. You showed your child what to do in a situation when someone is hurting him in a physical way. I think we need to teach children how not to be violent.

this is very common in schools. What you have done is the correct approach to the problem since your son is very young. In a boys' school, this is impossible to avoid. What I have told my son is, if someone hit you, hit the fellow back. This may be wrong, but quite effective. Parents cannot be defending kids in school all the time and teachers also have no time to attend to these petty things. So they have to look after themselves. I have told him strictly not to hit other kids or start quarrals but be friendly and helpful. But there are bullies everywhere and our kids are not supposed to be picked on.

I think that you did the right thing. If the kid did that in front of you, imagine what he may do when there are no authorative figures around. There is no reason why your child or any child for that matter should have to be "picked" on.

I do not think that you were too pushy and did the right thing. I would not allow my child to be pushed or kicked around by another child. I think it is terrible for children to pick on others as it can be very hurtful. I know from experience because I got picked on a lot when I was a kid and hurt me for years. Some children are not able to deal with the picking on very well so you should say something to the principal and maybe to the mother of the child as well that does this to your child.

this happened to me yesterday. It was pocket money day and both my seven year old daughter and her five years old sister set off down the street to the local shop hand in hand. About 10 yards away, a young boy asailed them and smacked my five year old around the face. I was straight on the case. I got hold of the thug and marched him to his mother. After a brief explanation, he was securely grounded blessed be

On the very rare occasions that it has happened to my children, I apporached the child and told them in a very polite manner that it wasn't a nice thing to do and they should say that they were sorry. I also told them that if it happened again, I would report them to the school principal. It usually worked and there was only once that I had to make a report to the school principal. I don't think you were too pushy. You have every right to look out for your child.

We were at McDonald's one day and my little boy (4) was playing and minding his own business when an older boy (8-9) started pushing all the little kids around. My son came and told me what was going on and I went and told the older child to settle down. As I walked away he slapped my son for telling on him. I turned around grabbed that boy's arm and asked him where his parents were. He told me to "F*** off and mind my own business". I started dragging him around from table to table until I found his parents. I told his mother and father what happened and what he had said to me. His mother apologized and his father told him to settle down or he would get in trouble. Not even 10 minutes later he pushed another child off the slide and this little kid busted her lip open. Again, I grabbed this child and this time he called me a "fat b*tch". This time I didn't bother with the parents, I went to the manager and told him what was going on. The manager then took the child to his parents and asked them to leave. As they were leaving the father was telling his son that he was going to get a spanking when they got home. Personally, I don't blame the child for his behavior, I blame his parents. The fact that he felt comfortable in calling me names and using foul language tells me that he does that all the time to adults. He most likely pushes his younger siblings around too. His parents HAVE to be aware of his behavior and they just chose to ignore it. His parents are mostly to blame for his behavioral problems. I think the same can be said of the child who kicked your son. You did the right thing. As a parent, it is your job to protect your child and if the other child's mother wouldn't do anything then you had to talk to the principal and get something done.

When the kids are that age, I would do whatever I would do to my own child. The whole "that's not nice" lecture. After finding out it's been a consistent thing, yes, I would have gone to the principal too. I don't think you took it too far. The only thing I would have considered differently is talking to their parents first since they were there, and then giving the child one final chance to fix their behaviour before going to the principal, but I don't think what you did was too pushy.

I would most certainly have reported it and I would follow up on it too to make sure its nipped in the bud before it gets out of hand. The fact that this child did this to your son while he was standing with you is ridiculous and his mother really should be keeping a better eye on him. I would also have reported him to his mother. She may not know that her son is being nasty to other kids in school.

You did the right thing to protect your child. The princip;e is the one to handle the problem. You have to be careful when dealing with other parents of little darlings(?).Something you also need to find out is if your little is doing anything to provoke this 7 year old. Talk to his teacher. Sometimes you find out that your own darling is at falt too. age has nothing to do with it either. I found this out myself about my own darling. This is Jt high school. I was ask to go to a meeting about the principle. I was told that The shop teacher had pushed my son up against lockers and the principle did nothing about it. I was given this information by another parent. Come to find out my son was miss behaving in a dangerious way around shop tools. So you se our little darlings are not always the darling we think they are.

I would do exactly what you did dear. You were correct. Did the principal take care of the situation?

Bravo! Good for you! In my opinion you did the right thing. In this case is much better to talk to someone who has authority over this child, like the principal of his school. I would personally go and talk to the kid's parents. These type of bullying is very hard on young kids and it should not be allowed anywhere.

I think you did the right thing. This kid might keep hurting your child if it's not stopped. The teachers should see to it that he doesn't bother your son in that matter anymore and if not, then I would be telling my kids to knock the kid right back.

I dont think your being pushy just protecting your child. What i find is that when my children fall out with others for one reason or another they get all upset and in the past i have been to see the head teacher and complain about (when its bullying), no sooner have i done that they are best friends again At times kids need to be left to fight their own battles

You did absolutely the right thing. Bullying at any age is unacceptable. The kids who get off easily for their bullying acts grow up to be bullying adults as they would then have no opportunity to learn the right way to live.