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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Eh...........no, if someone is attacking you, you defend yourself.........big difference to hitting someone to teach them a lesson

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I have said the whole way through the thread that the only reason for hitting someone is in self defence.........but no I have never taught my children to respond to violence with violence as they have never been in that situation. If they were hit by another child I would go to the school.

I'm slighty confused here.

You say if someone is attacking you, you defend yourself. How do you suggest they defend themselves then if you would not teach your child to respond to violence with violence - because that sounded very much like that is exactly what you meant by ''if someone was attacking you, you would defend yourself''. It is still condoning violence.

Then you say you have not taught your children to respond to violence with violence - as they have not been in that situation - but if they were hit by another, you would go to the school.

That's on the premise that it happened during school hours and on school premises surely?

What if it happened outwith the school? That you did not know the child, who their parents were, were they lived? How would you tackle that?