I have been noticing things. I am older than most parents. We have created a new bully. It's the kid that is just a plain little punk. Eddie Haskel looks like an upstanding guy compared to him. I have seen these kinds of kids in action. They are runts, punks, that constantly run their mouth because they have no fear of repercussions. If a bigger kid hits them then they are automatically the victim no matter how cruel they are because the kid is bigger. They constantly pick on younger and smaller kids because there is no punnishment for this.
The No Tolerance BS in the schools is to blame for this. I see a kid act all nice in font of teachers and coaches and whisper to the kid "cut your throat" and other awful things. The bigger kids are powerless because he will tattle at the first sign of aggression but he is terrible to the kids younger than him. He is very small for his age, the kind of kid that would get his ass kicked in a fair fight but he knows it will never happen due to zero tolerance and his easy use of the victim card. I have personally witnessed him picking on kids 3 years or more younger than him but it's all verbal. He is a descent player but he makes himself feel better by cutting down the younger kids and literally telling them to stop coming to practice because they should just kill themselves they will never play. Older kids will sometimes tell him to shut it but he does it in secret as much as he can. He doesn't buck up to kids his age or kids the same size or bigger. I heard a kid the other day tell him to shut up and he backed down but as soon as the other kids left him he started right back in on the little kid.
Bigger kids are in a no win situation as if they hit him he cries to the adults, if they don't the abuse continues. I don't think I am the only parent to see it but he is very careful to make sure his coaches and teachers don't know his true intentions.
Several times I have thought of giving my kid the green light but he is so much smaller than him that I won't do it because my kid would be blamed even though he is a year younger than him. He did tell him to shut it once when he was picking on a kid 3 full years younger than him. He didn't want any part of a confrontation but what can be done in this situation. I'm really glad he stopped because if my kid had whipped his ass like he should have my kid would have been the one in trouble.
Back in my day, many years ago, his mouth would be busted and his eye dotted and he would learn proper respect and no one would bat an eye. Now he just uses the system against the other kids.
Any suggestions for this? Should I eventually tell my kid that if he catches him abusing the younger kids again he has the green light even though my kid would be seen as the bully? This kid is slick. I have witnessed him picking on other kids and I know at least one other parent has but the rest think he is an angel. His dad is a good guy but his mom is probably where he got this from and I think she would try to have a kid arrested for kicking her kids ass.
Anyone else seen this phenomenon happening? I want my kid to continue to take up for smaller kids but at what cost?
The No Tolerance BS in the schools is to blame for this. I see a kid act all nice in font of teachers and coaches and whisper to the kid "cut your throat" and other awful things. The bigger kids are powerless because he will tattle at the first sign of aggression but he is terrible to the kids younger than him. He is very small for his age, the kind of kid that would get his ass kicked in a fair fight but he knows it will never happen due to zero tolerance and his easy use of the victim card. I have personally witnessed him picking on kids 3 years or more younger than him but it's all verbal. He is a descent player but he makes himself feel better by cutting down the younger kids and literally telling them to stop coming to practice because they should just kill themselves they will never play. Older kids will sometimes tell him to shut it but he does it in secret as much as he can. He doesn't buck up to kids his age or kids the same size or bigger. I heard a kid the other day tell him to shut up and he backed down but as soon as the other kids left him he started right back in on the little kid.
Bigger kids are in a no win situation as if they hit him he cries to the adults, if they don't the abuse continues. I don't think I am the only parent to see it but he is very careful to make sure his coaches and teachers don't know his true intentions.
Several times I have thought of giving my kid the green light but he is so much smaller than him that I won't do it because my kid would be blamed even though he is a year younger than him. He did tell him to shut it once when he was picking on a kid 3 full years younger than him. He didn't want any part of a confrontation but what can be done in this situation. I'm really glad he stopped because if my kid had whipped his ass like he should have my kid would have been the one in trouble.
Back in my day, many years ago, his mouth would be busted and his eye dotted and he would learn proper respect and no one would bat an eye. Now he just uses the system against the other kids.
Any suggestions for this? Should I eventually tell my kid that if he catches him abusing the younger kids again he has the green light even though my kid would be seen as the bully? This kid is slick. I have witnessed him picking on other kids and I know at least one other parent has but the rest think he is an angel. His dad is a good guy but his mom is probably where he got this from and I think she would try to have a kid arrested for kicking her kids ass.
Anyone else seen this phenomenon happening? I want my kid to continue to take up for smaller kids but at what cost?
