How To Fight

 Apparently I'm not the only person who feels that many of today's children are overly coddled, overly sheltered and overconfident - but many of these are under prepared for real world problems.

Some say that teaching a kid to fight is harmful, that spanking a child is detrimental to his ego, that putting limits on children will stunt their emotional growth, blah-blah-blah... .
But how is this the case?
Kids who never learn to fight back will always be the victim.
Kids who are never punished will never understand that their actions have consequences.
Kids who always get their way will never learn to work with or listen to others.

Being able to fight often prevents fights - bullies often choose the weakest as their victims.
Knowing how to fight prevents one from walking around in an eternal state of fear.
Being able to beat someone down often prevents one from having to prove that he can beat someone down.
Think of it as detente.