Occasionally, that works. And when it does it gives the supposed victim a wonderful sense of ability.
Mostly when attempted, the bullied kid gets a beating. That's the normal course of things.
The decider is this: is it an otherwise normal kid, psychologically speaking or is it a kid with a sadistic personality (or even a budding disorder)?
On a normal kid, being hurt by someone fighting back might work - might. On a kid with a disorder, it only triggers more and stronger violence.
I've seen both, which is why I'm a staunch opponent of putting the "damaged goods" kids in normal school and normal classes, and a strong proponent for making it easy to discipline or expel misbehaving students.
Occasionally, that works. And when it does it gives the supposed victim a wonderful sense of ability.
Mostly when attempted, the bullied kid gets a beating. That's the normal course of things.
The decider is this: is it an otherwise normal kid, psychologically speaking or is it a kid with a sadistic personality (or even a budding disorder)?
On a normal kid, being hurt by someone fighting back might work - might. On a kid with a disorder, it only triggers more and stronger violence.
I've seen both, which is why I'm a staunch opponent of putting the "damaged goods" kids in normal school and normal classes, and a strong proponent for making it easy to discipline or expel misbehaving students.