First rule of fight club, don't drive your 12-year-old to a scheduled throw down. Second rule of fight club, don't jump in and slap the other brat for messing with your kid. A California mom is facing jail time for backing up her tween in a girl fight - and breaking both rules.
Obviously she stepped over the line somewhere, but where?
Shawnah Foster's daughter wouldn't have been attacked if her mother hadn't driven her to the park, where she knew the girls would spar. I'd hardly call it self defense. And a grown woman jumping in to fight a 12-year-old? Come on.
But even parents who won't lift their hand against their own kids are often unafraid to tell their kids to defend themselves - even if that means physically - when attacked by another kid. So where do you draw the line? Do you tell your kids to put their dukes up when self defense is on the line?
Image: University of Colorado
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