advice from parents

[brandon.t]

what advice do your parents give you about bullies? mine say "wait for them to hit you first then drop kick their *** or kill them either way its self defence and they cant do anything about it" now im a black belt so thats easy and it works for me but im not a violent person...but anyway what kind of advice do u get towards bullies?

[Maverick]

My parents always told me to fight back but fortunately I was never put in such a predicament before.

[Alexithymia]

Me? I never get any advice. Bullies just know not to pick on me :) And if they do... Well, having a brother has taught me how to act perfectly enough to piss them off :D

[georgiamay]

"just ignore it." What a load of bullshit o_O

They did also say that if someone tried to hit me to block it and hit them twice as hard. I'm also a black belt, so that's not so difficult for me now.

A few years ago, a girl tried to slap me, and I blocked it and hit her back :P She deserved it, she'd been bullying me all year. Since then, she hasn't done anything negative towards me at all.

[Craig1995]

My parents told me if I had any grace u was to stand in silence and pray while the bullies kicked the crap out of me then go grass them up ( my parents are pacifists) I would definitely not recommend that crap I got put into hospital twice once when I was seven and again when I was eight then I moved school. I'd just punch them back now!

[Fiction]

My parents told me to "ignore it" too.

[Syvelocin]

I was always told the usual "It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about yourself except you." And it ended like that. I've also been told to not ignore it but to say something that confuses them. Ignoring can sometimes even stir them on. I liked to confuse them. For instance I used to have people teasing me about liking girls. I just went right back and said, "You're right, I do like girls. I guess I'm just a dirty lesbian like you'd expect. Anything else you have to say?" Whether I was or not, I was taught that way, to agree with them and make it seem like it didn't even phase me. Then they're sitting there speechless cause they thought I'd run off crying.

[Love.Hate]

I got the whole..
"just ignore it, they will get bored eventually" .. They never did.

That is why im never taking mums advice again.

[Charleigh]

My mum has always told me if they fight then fight back. She said, dont start a fight unless you can finish it and all that crap. She even told me to cover my fist when I punch them so there is less a chance of marking them. But hey, violence isnt always the answer.

For bully's I would say, make them feel small. If they call you something or make a smart remark, stand up to it. Im not saying be a smart ass. But just be like, I cant be bothered to even entertain your pure foolishness. <-- Most polite way of putting it :D

I hope everything goes well.

[Bluesman]

Well fortunately I've never had to, but basically their advice can be summed up into "don't take any shit from anyone"... if someone hits you, hit them twice as hard. If the school hands out consequences for it, they'll deal with it.

[Apollo.]

My dad says kick the shut outta them if they try and hit you(I like this way:D) my mum says ignore it and walk away( has never worked).

[Myrnodin]

Id say: fight back. Im not really into violence (to some point i despict it) but i do believe that sometimes a bit of wrath makes out lives easier. Id recommend you do it in a smart way tho. Make sure some of your friends area round, or get some possible advantage. (lke, finding some possible weapon around the enviroment) And only then get into the fight. Just running towards him completely alone, when hes showing off his new knife to his friends will likely get you into the hospital, but if you wait for the rigth moment, you may even get out unscratched. Again i dont condone violence, and i only got bullied once (we were alone so i went berserk and he ended up in the floor). Be careful with what you do, dont go crazy either. Remain human.

- Josh

[teengirl4473]

I get bullied a lot and I just try to ignore them and if they try to hit me I hit back but thats only if they start it.Just try to ignore them. :P

[FullyAlive]

I too got told to "ignore it and they will find someone else" but if anything major happened to me my mum would be like "oh let me phone school" I've never let her neither has my brother. Wtf is she stupid? That would have made anything worse!

[UnknownError]

Grass them up. :rolleyes:
No thanks.

[1_21Guns]

I used to get "Just hit them" or other things of that nature, with the size of me that idea was crazy. When you've got about 5 boys all picking at you and kicking you or whatever, it's not easy to turn around and twat them, not that that was even in my nature back then anyways.