I bullied at school and of course bashed one kid against the lockers, he lost an eye but I survived. I rode in the back seat without my seatbelt and when that truck slammed into us, my sister next to me didn't make it but I survived. I rode a bike without a helmet but my best friend, Richard, he's a vegetable but I survived. I went out for sports and made sure I always made the team, even if I my old man had to step in and threaten a few coaches and I survived. Sometimes I played on a team and if we lost I made sure to find "butterfingers" and beat the living tar out of him after a game, I survived.

Yeah, I agree we coddle our kids too much so I make sure they take after their old man so they never have to experience any failure. Failure will only make you weaker in the end. Life is about getting what you want and that leads to success, I make sure that my kid know that and that if he wants something than he needs to just bully his way through, stand up against those that are too coddled and get it in the end.

(Hope you don't mind, I found your version a bit too weak and wussy.)

You might have been stronger to start with. I'm not sure bullying makes people strong so much as it brings out their strengths. If the strength isn't there to start with it can be a disaster.