Absolutely not. If someone does something that is wrong, that is their responsibility. When u do the same, u r a hypocrite because u r doing same thing as the person u said was wrong, and lowering urself to that level.

Karma, is not something we can take control of, we r only responsible for our own behaviour, not others. By doing something wrong, it adds to OUR OWN karma, not balance out the other persons.

Ive had a few debates over this topic. Imo, by telling a child to hit back, u r saying that violence is acceptable. U r fighting fire with fire, and the child doesnt learn how to deal with it properly, e.g. tell a teacher/adult/someone in authority. Instead they learn to use violence to deal with it in the same manner they have been subjected to, which they r taught is wrong. It gives out mixed signals.

so the child is suppose to stand there and get his ass kicked. i dont mean one punch and thats it i mean if some kid is beating the hell out of my son he needs to defend himself. i also told him if someone is talking smack,just ignore it and to never throw the first punch,try blocking it, their first punch.

Defending urself i can understand, but its not pre-concieved or instigated, it is an emotional reaction. It seems to me from wat has been said, that it is ok to use violence when threatened or if someone has hurt u, but not ok to use it any other time. My point is, if u bring up ur child to think violence is wrong, u r undermining urself by saying its ok under certain conditions.

i see your point your saying try to teach non violence to kids ,i do i just didnt get into to much detail on the if someone hits you, you hit them back statement,sorry about that

No need to say sorry to me, maybe it was I who wasnt clear.

I DO understand that of course, NOBODY should just sit back and be beaten, and i couldnt say to my kids, if someone beats u, take it....but i am gonna say, ok, its a normal reaction to defend urself, but violence doesnt always get rid of the problem, sometimes it just makes matters worse and can make the problem bigger, especially if the bully has bigger, more seriously violent friends.

If violence is wrong, it is wrong without conditions. There is a difference between reacting emotionally under fear thru violence, and being deliberate about it.