K
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Yup! This, all day. I don't have any children, but if I had sons... I definitely would've been instructing them to walk away, not let words affect them and defend yourself (only) as an absolute last resort. I once told my nephew the same thing in which he thought it was unfair... I just had to keep driving home the point that he's likely to be much stronger and can easily hurt a woman. I told his younger sister the other end in that no one has any right to ever lay hands on her, but she also needs to do her part. Some men don't get this lesson and/or agree with it, and I don't want her getting hurt if she ever runs into one of those guys.
yep
It may not be fair...but it is how it is. Boys (especially if they are black) need to make sure there is NO possibility that anyone can even twist any actions into something that could be looked at as violent. Especially now when people get in trouble for just saying the wrong thing.
On the girls side, they need to not be doing things to instigate or fuel situations and they also need to be reporting things when they do happen.
There's simply no reason for anyone to ever put their hands on another person. But they have to be taught ways to deal with their anger early on and given that many of their parents are running around acting like fools, it makes it difficult.