What would you think of a MOM...?

Question

Teaching her Teenage daughter How to win in a physical fight? Let's say you know it is Inevitable that at some point this other girl will "jump" your daughter and being a mother that KNOWS how to handle herself in a fight teaches the daughter what to do when this girl makes her move. This other girl is just a Bad Seed and has absolutely No Reason outside of jelousy to dislike your daughter and has said she will fight with your daughter at some point...So what do you think...Teach your daughter the Tricks you know in fighting or No? Anyone, ESPECIALLY Mothers out there care to Comment? What would you do?

Answer 1

Well I'm 17, and my opinion on this matter is that I think it is a good idea.

If you think the daughter is able to handle the responsibility of knowing things like this, and won't become a bully with it, then I think it's good she can defend herself. You never know when skills like that might come in handy in the future if she ever gets jumped again or kiddnapped  

Answer 2

i'm 16 and if i was gonna get jumped and my mum knew how to fight or whatever i'd definitely want to be taught. just make sure she won't start fights because she knows how to fight. this will come in handy if she ever gets attacked but be a bad thing if she is the type of person who will start fights because she knows that she can fight. it's obviously your choice but i think you should teach her. better then getting her head kicked in

Answer 3

I think EVERY young woman needs to learn to fight, whether she's expecting to use the skills or not.  Self-defense is a very important tool that she'll need later on in life when she enters the great big world on her own.  Fathers teach their sons to fight, so why can't mothers teach their daughters to fight?  I say go for it.  Of course, also remind her that these are self-defense moves.  Not beating the snot out of anyone she feels like for any reason.  There are better ways to handle a situation than with physical violence.  The mature person should walk away from a fight, but when the need arises, I see no problem in having a few tricks up her sleeve.  If this other girl wants to fight your daughter, its best that she know how to handle herself.  Go for it Momma!!

Answer 4

my dad taught me  lol.... i do think its good for a kid to know how to protect themselves if someone jumps on them, especially now a days. kids are getting worse and worse, if a physical fight is all it is id consider it kind of lucky with he way kids are carrying weapons and c**p any more..just be sure she knows its for self defense only, but i dont think that will be a problem, or she wouldnt have to be taught at this point, she would have already been in fights......teach her, she may be better off for it.

Answer 5

My grandfather always told me that "you had better not start a fight, but you had better finish it." I have no problem with children (espcially females) learning self-defense. I think it's awesome and will help them throughout their lives.

Answer 6

If you are threatened make sure you get the first punch and make it count.  There is nothing wrong with defending yourself, don't start nothing protect yourself!!

Answer 7

I'm just a fifteen year old, so what do I know?

Well, anyway, there's no reason why I can't share my opinion (after all, you did say 'anyone'), so here it is:

I honestly don't think it's such a good idea to teach a teenage daughter how to win a physical fight. Sure, self-defense is a must, but if you teach her 'tricks', this might become her solution to everything, and she might end up abusing her ability. There are other ways to win a fight without physically damaging someone. Of course it's still bad to damage someone no matter how it is done, but I guess it's not really 'damaging', it's just confronting your problem and making it go away!

Plus, thinking of different ways on how to confront such a challenge makes one smarter.

It's dangerous to teach a teenager how to do things such as that because you never know what she might turn into - perhaps she might become the person she will be trying to protect herself from, and I don't think any mother would want that.

:)

Answer 8

I will always tell my daughter what my parents told me, Don't wait for the first punch. If someone is provoking you, they deserved to be punched!

Answer 9

absolutly my son gets bullied all the time nothing stops it i.e teachers/schools they need to know how to stick up for themselves kids are horrible the worst thing she can do is show them she is scared

and to those that say 'walk away' that does not work