No need to be insulting and rude. My "rat's patootie" comment was because you diverted the discussion from bullying to mainstream attention to the problem because of race!
I see that you edited your post, and I do agree with this:
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I don't condone kids fighting back but there are a number of ways to let bullies know that they need to sit down somewhere. Even taking your kid to self-defense classes can boost self-esteem and provide a defense mechanism if need be.
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The right solutions supposedly, or what parents are told to do, are for the student or parents to go to the school's administrators/teachers and let them know bullying is going on, but if schools do not respond to parent's and student's complaints, despite zero tolerance policies, then what is the solution?
Giving someone classes to bolster self esteem isn't going to help when they are the object of bullying, the bullying is counteracting any of the positive effects of martial arts classes, or modeling classes, or tutoring or whatever the parents have signed their kids up for to try to bolster their self esteem. And if it is physical bullying, a junior high age kid being outweighed by a brute or outnumbered is going to get beaten up regardless of his Kung Fu skills.
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