My 6 year old punched/hit someone at school today b/c......

TheNinja said:
I think maybe I should teach him a hard double leg takedown or a nice trip and throw instead of a hit/punch. At least with a takedown you can just pretend the kids were wrestling and playing at recess.
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Good for your kid. Freshman year of high school I was walking alone at lunch time and this sophomore threw a football at my nuts and he and his buddies started laughing. I fell to my knees but I got up, double legged him with a full mount while punching him in the face. I had been wrestling since 7th grade. We both got detention but it was worth it.
 
I agree with your second part...asserting his dominance through wrestling him to the ground and mounting him would have been a better response...just as, if not more effective than punching imo, and much less likely to get into trouble...

That being said, it's also a good skill to be able to deal with getting embarrassed and learning how to handle it without punching someone...or just punching someone to get what we want...

You don't want him to turn out like a buddy of mine in high school who KO'd a kid in biology class for not giving him an M&M...Hey can I have an M&M...no...POW...

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Getting pantsed and pantsing other kids is a rite of passage, IMO
 
Dober4 said:
Getting pants is part of being a kid unless it’s repeatedly happening I think he overreacted.
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Your kids going to get pushed around his whole life if you allow this now.
 
This little shit named steve pantsed me on the playground when i was talking to a girl i liked in sixth grade.

I pulled them up and chased the prick down, kickrd his heel and he fell in a big puddle. He was wearing adidas tear aways so obviously i ripped them off and walked off with them.

Seemed perfectly fine at the time to leave him crying in a puddle with no pants on a grey day. Dont feel great about it now but no one ever pantsed me again.

Steve's fault for opening the door, not my fault that he didnt like what was on the other side of it.

Good for your son.
 
My son knows 100% that if something like that happened to him and he didnt throw punches he would be in big fucking trouble.
 
Only legit solution is to bang Kelly LeBrock.

 
I wouldnt worry about it too much. Kid gets humiliated and punches the offender.
 
TheNinja said:
he got depantsed. Should I be upset with him or proud? I always tell him not to take crap from people but he also got in a little trouble for hitting the other kid. I mean, if you don't want to get hit, don't depants someone on the playground......lesson learned for everyone IMO.

I think maybe I should teach him a hard double leg takedown or a nice trip and throw instead of a hit/punch. At least with a takedown you can just pretend the kids were wrestling and playing at recess.
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Well, it means your son is a nerd

Cool kids dont get picked on

So yeah you should be a little upset with him
 
My mom’s cousin pantsed me in my mid twenties when I was wearing swim trunks so I punched him in the side of the thigh. I didn’t realize until years later that I gave him a massive bruise that he had to see a doctor about lol.
 
Dober4 said:
Getting pants is part of being a kid unless it’s repeatedly happening I think he overreacted.
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Not for everyone, I have never been pantsed or pantsed someone else or seen it done at all. Seems pretty aggressive to me no wonder punches were thrown. Don’t know what to tell you OP, depending on where they are wrestling someone could really get hurt as well. Accidentally gave my friend a concussion with a trip/throw when I was younger, the entire world isn’t a wrestling mat.
 
punky brewster said:
That's an understandable reaction....

But I'm not sure that 6 years old is the right age for the "don't take crap from anybody" speech. That's kind of a reactionary, cynical world view you're instilling in him when he should be running around, learning to tie his shoes and how to make friends.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think his reaction was out of the ordinary. And I think you have his best interest in heart with what you've been teaching him. But I think at age six, most boys can't differentiate between "someone giving them crap", or if it's just his buddies or classmates horsing around being boys.

"Don't take crap from anybody" has a time and place in a young man's life, but at this age I worry that he may have that reaction to any time a friend or buddy initiates play by harmless pranks, jokes, goofing around, ball busting, etc.
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Ya, sorry, I don't mean that I've ever sat him down and been all like "Don't take no crap from nobody and be sure to put a beating on them if they mess with you or touch you". I think it's just more been an overall feeling I've instilled of basically don't allow yourself to be walked all over. I would never suggest to him to hit someone back. I haven't taught or told him that it's OK to smack someone if you don't like what they are doing.
Like you said, that's not the best age b/c they can't differentiate between when it's appropriate to protect yourself vs kids just being kids and messing around. Nobody wants to be friends with a hothead either so I want him to understand hitting isn't OK.
 
When you have to address the school admin or teachers about it, claim there is a serious problem at this school with "sexual harassment" (which somewhat implies a SH lawsuit) and they might just STFU
 
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