At that time my daughter was in the second grade. My wife and I worked at enterprises where we had to come to work very early. We live in a large metropolis and my daughter was not allowed to go to school alone. My wife and I took turns to bring her to school until eight in the morning, although classes start at nine. The doors of the school were open and there were already other students, including her classmates. There was a guard in the lobby and cartoons were on the TV. So we were not worried.
Once my daughter complained that a boy from the third grade was picking on her – calling her names and throwing a backpack. At first we decided not to interfere – the children would sort it out themselves. But the incident did not end there – the boy started beating my daughter and other children who came earlier. Strangely enough, the guard did not react to this situation.
I went to the teacher from our class and complained to her, and she talked to his teacher, but the situation only worsened – the boy began to bother my daughter even more. When it came to the principal, she said that she could do nothing, except to forbid letting children into the school until half past nine – when the teachers came.
All that came to my mind at that moment was to respond with evil for evil (you can start to judge me). I started to teach my daughter how to fight back – it was not difficult, because she had been going to gymnastics for four years, was athletic and pulled herself up more than me. Although in the future she preferred to do other sports.
So, I started showing her self-defense techniques. There is one punch, after which the second one is no longer needed. Knowing what an impression the sight of blood makes, I advised my daughter to punch him in the nose. She is not afraid of blood. We are even thinking of sending her to medical school. For seven days I trained her and together we practiced the blows she had to deliver in response to his antics.
The next day she came back from school and was beaming. My daughter’s morning began with the usual insults from the boy, followed by blows. My daughter rightly decided that it was time to fight back and punched him in the nose. The blow turned out to be accurate – blood flowed like a stream. The boy was taken to the medical center. We called the boy’s parents, they ran to the school and together with the class teacher they went to my daughter’s class. Parents immediately tried to reprimand my daughter, but then one by one classmates began to rise and say that he was hurting them – the first one was bullying.
As a result, everything ended well – since then the boy comes to school and sits quietly in the corner, playing on the tablet. And the daughter did not use her force anymore – she is basically a calm and shy child. And I was not called to the school to talk to the director.
Many people will condemn me for my actions, but I still believe that I did the right thing and do not feel guilty. Someone would advise to go to a psychologist, someone to the police. But from my own experience I know that in this way these issues have never been resolved. And I can not allow my beloved daughter to be turned into a slaughtered creature.
You do not have to repeat after me, but my behavior can be useful to someone in a similar situation. I do not feel guilty and think that I did the right thing. Do you think it was the right decision in this situation?
