Posted: Apr 27, 2017 9:23 pm
Keep It Real wrote:I worry that training kids in violence propagates the idea that it's common/necessary...
It sometimes is necessary. It is undoubtedly rather common. I have been quite successful at training my kids no not instigate or initiate the use of violence, and to only use defensive violence as a last resort (and been likewise very successful) - but sometimes minor violence is necessary to escape worse, and as they become adults and risks increase commensurately, they'll learn that sometimes only major violence will prevent other major violence, and that sometimes the greatest good for the greatest number means that those initiating major violence against innocents need to be injured, crippled or killed to stop them.
This is reality.