re: A 12 year old spit on me yesterday

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beating a kid for being a little tPOS is never the answer because you'd end up in jail.

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Yep. Had a situation years ago where a kid, 13, was physically assaulting daughter on school bus. He also assaulted the wife the next day at the bus stop. I showed up the next day and there was a "heated" verbal assault between him and me. Had a friend who was a lawyer in juvi court. He said whatever I do, don't hit him. The law would put my arse in jail quicker than the kid.

We had the law go talk to him and his parents. No charges were filed. No more trouble. We moved to the country to get out of the cesspool of the school system of the big city.