No one is rewriting history. You never gave that information. Trust me, what you have given says a hell of a lot about you. |
+1 says a great deal about you OP. I think most people in this thread have you pegged just right. Its not your daughters fault that this would make her "very upset", its yours. Also you say she reacted immediately and appropriately - what did she do? |
No, instead you should make her feel further victimized by calling it rape or sexual assault and threatening to call the police
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One that allows this type of behavior? |
Did the PP suggest you do that? Nope. Not handling this dose of the truth very well are you? What exactly did you expect with this thread? You are making a mountain over a molehill and thinking of calling the police to get this boys address. Are you for real? |
Nope. Hitting someone preemptively could be deemed assault and prosecuted in a court of law. |
Please see the thread title and prior posts. |
| Good parents do tell their children when their response is in appropriate to the situation. Crying in this situation is indeed an inappropriate response. You do need to teach your daughter how to be strong in the face of adversity. |
Where did you say the middle school was horribly overcrowded with 1000 students in two grades before this post? |
Especially in todays society. And we wonder why we have so many issues and why we cry rape over a smack on the butt. |
Still confused by your posts. In one you said the principal wouldn't give you his address. In another it sounds like you haven't contact the principal... |
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Wow! I can't believe all the attacks on op ( I am a new poster) My daughter just finished middle school and she goes to a school with 1.000 kids as well. She does not know everyone in her school. Perhaps if your daughter has a yearbook then she can identify him. Once you have a name most schools have a directory and you can get his information.
My daughter had an experience and we knew the parents and were friends. Their daughter would repeatedly hit her in the face and even after getting the parents to agree that she would stop; the girl did not. So, we did file a report on bullying with the school counselor. I believe her parents were notified and it was put in her record. However, the good news is the hitting stopped and while they didn't become friends they did come to a cordial relationship. Just be forewarned that the conversation won't go well. The slapper's parents turned around and got mad at me because I told them she would get in trouble if she kept hitting people...especially when she became an adult! |
| I asked my 13 year old what she would do if some boy smacked her on the butt. She said I would turn around and tell him to grow up and quit acting like a jerk. I asked if she would feel like crying. She rolled her eyes and said, come on mom, I am not 6 years old. I asked if she would want me to call the principal or the boy's parents. She said you have got to be kidding. I am 13. You don't need to fight my battles for me and besides, this is some immature, jerk that needs to be embarrassed by a girl standing up for herself not having her mommy get envolved in something and make it a bigger deal than it is. Out if the mouth of babes... |
+1 I asked my 12 year old son about this. He was embarrassed by the boys behavior, said he would have "knocked him out" (then he looked at me like he knew he said the wrong thing). I asked him if he thought the police should be called and said "no way, what does that solve? it would just snowball" He seems to think peer pressure would win out in this situation and parents and police would blow this out of proportion. |
If someone hits me I have a right to defend myself -- hitting someone on the ass is well, HITTING THEM. And if someone comes at me trying to hit me,swings at me I can also defend myself to prevent them from actually touching me. |