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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The policy should be to make a decision individually for each kid.  Blanket "policies" are inappropriate, especially in elementary school.

FERPA also makes it clear that the information about a child's punishment can't be shared with others, so I'm not sure how you know what the consequence was for the other child.[/quote]

Elementary principal here: this post is spot on. When disciplining a child, we take into account the entire picture: age of the children involved, intent, frequency, what led up to it, etc. We cannot and will not share how anyone other than your child was punished. You wouldn't information about your child shared with other parents. [/quote]

This is why I tell me kid if he is punched unprovoked the best response is to punch back. I don't care if he gets in trouble. If a student attacks another student that student should lose his or her right to privacy. Imagine if an adult came up to you and slugged you. Would you accept the police and court telling you you had no right to find out if the perpetrator was charged and convicted? If the students are in junior high or high school and your child was punched in the face and there is a mark I would file a police report because there is a good chance nothing much will happen to the perpetrator at school.[/quote]

I'm not even going to begin to take on the primitive aspects of your parenting method.  I'll only say that for adults, the risk is not a stranger punching them on the street, it's aggression and social conflict in the workplace.  If your child grows into adulthood and is taunted or physically provoked or touched or harmed in the workplace, and decides to fight back by punching the other person in the face, he/she is going to lose his job.  Repeatedly.  Is this the life you want for your child?  Really?[/quote]

My parents always encouraged me to fight back. It's didn't turn me into an aggressive animal. I've been involved in exactly one fight where the girl got me first (college). I got in NO trouble with the school. She did. I have turned into a productive adult who doesn't punch people in the workplace, but I'm able to stand up for myself and assert myself well. [/quote]

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