Originally Posted by JonLaw
Originally Posted by mimmy03
Personally if my child was being bullied (physically) and the school was doing nothing to protect my child than she has every right to defend herself.

My point was that the school will then punish your child with detention and/or suspension because of the fighting, so it's kind of a lose-lose situation.

I understand that, but I would push the issues and probably change schools if possible. If the school doesn't have the best interest of my child (their safety) in mind then I wouldn't want my child in that school. And regardless of the punishment I would tell my child she did the right thing (protected herself). Schools will claim they have 0% tolerance of bullying but in reality it's often not the case. I have family members and friends whose children are struggling with bullies and the schools have done little about it.