system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV:We need to stop the practice of teaching our children confrontation is not okay.

The amount of times I've seen Reddit/Facebook posts about how a child has been bullied and a school does quite literally less than nothing, e.g. by not dealing with said bully but in actual fact suspending both students due to a zero tolerance  policy's. Now this does two things, first it says to the bully that whatever he does, they can expect the same punishment, and without a strict home figure does not do a lot to deter said actions. Secondly, the child who is being abused now grows a sense of distrust toward authority, and can either end up more violent due to nothing to lose or developing depression because they don't feel safe.
 I'm not calling for all kids to beat the living crap out of eachother but a middle ground needs to be found,  taking things at face value at the very least.
gpt
Aren't you placing the onus on the child when the responsibility should lie with the school?

Parents should teach their kids to not be bullies. Teachers should pay more attention to situations where bullying occurs. Why do we expect children to fight their battles alone?

We should provide more money to our schools, in general, but specifically in a manner that improves the ability of teachers and administrators to curtail and prevent bullying. We should provide better counseling through schools, such that students have an outlet for the frustrations in their life that lead to bullying. We should educate and train school officials on how to identify and address bad behavior that leads to bullying (and eventually violence).

In other words, there are plenty of ways to address the problem by going after its root causes. None of them, however, should place the child in a position where they're forced to resort to violence to defend themselves. Once we reach that point, we \~ as a society \~ we have failed our children.