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/Tza•diq•ūtꞋ)B.C.E. 1st century — RabꞋi Hi•leilꞋ, when asked by a gentile to be converted while the RabꞋi stood on one foot, replied: "That which you eschew, don’t inflict on your fellow! That's the entirety of Tōr•âhꞋ. What remains is pei•rush•âhꞋ. Now, go-weave
South From Rᵊphid•imꞋ To Har Sin•aiꞋ
à Assault & Battery
à 2. General
These factors determine when you may expect the police, the courts and your Tōr•âhꞋ parents
à 2.a. Assault
Bullying — psychological & sexual Bullying — physical Assault is the
intentional
mere threat of bodily harm or unwanted contact – including private (i.e. sexual) touching by another person,
coupled with an apparent and present ability to cause that harm or unwanted contact,
which creates a reasonable apprehension in the victim of an imminent harmful or offensive – including unwanted private (sexual) – contact
Simple assault (in contrast to aggravated assault, below) is a type of kheit, which is both a misdemeanor crime and a civil injustice (i.e. tort
The law authorizes all reasonable necessary force of self-defense against assault; and, for the protection of future victims, you should turn a deaf ear to the most compelling and practiced pleas from the predator-bully
The law doesn't require you to allow yourself to actually be hit before you have the right to defend yourself. Your right to defend yourself begins the moment you recognize "a credible and imminent threat"; either to yourself or someone else. Even threatening you, if it reasonably makes you afraid, constitutes assault – a kheit/misdemeanor; in response to which the law recognizes your right to use reasonable force in self-defense and for which you should later press charges with a police officer for pursuance in a court of law.
Whoever assaults a person such that the victim dies as a result, the perpetrator of the assault shall be executed.
Optional parental preparation:
Though it's awkward, it's vital. Think about how you prefer to handle explaining "touching inappropriately".
As soon as a toddler begins to understand language, both parents should teach the child that, except for a doctor explicitly authorized by a parent, (s)he should allow no one, not even a sibling or close relative (!), to touch their private parts, from the time that the child is able to clean and dress himself or herself – because touching your private parts, a type of bullying & battery, is a crime by the perpetrator, not by the child victim, nor is it the child's fault; and teach that the child must report any violation to his or her parents – always! – as well as to any appropriate authority (teacher, etc.). Nor may your child touch anyone else in their private parts – because that is also a crime.
Records demonstrate that bullies (including sexual predators) are enabled to prey on victim after victim for years by begging for forgiveness, claiming they didn't mean it and will never do it again, with a practiced, pernicious persuasiveness absolutely convincing to every ordinary person – except victims, law enforcement and criminal prosecutors. Unlike Christianity, Tōr•âhꞋ requires full restitution (i.e. in this case, doing the time) as a prerequisite for tᵊshuv•âhꞋ. Parents should, without exception, report the facts of this crime to law enforcement so that there is a record in case of any future recurrence. Further, to save future victims, prosecute the predator.
Only when someone finally files a police report and presses charges do other victims begin to surface showing that the predator has assaulted many victims. The perpetrator's pleas that (s)he is sorry must be ignored in order to prevent future victims from being violated and perhaps killed because of your weakness for a pernicious criminal's sob story. 
Bullying – i.e. assault, with or without battery – is a crime (as well as a tort). Records demonstrate that bullies (including sexual predators) are enabled to prey on victim after victim for years by begging for forgiveness, claiming they didn't mean it and will never do it again, with a practiced, pernicious persuasiveness absolutely convincing to every ordinary person – except victims, law enforcement and criminal prosecutors. Unlike Christianity, Tōr•âhꞋ requires full restitution (i.e. in this case, doing the time) as a prerequisite for tᵊshuv•âhꞋ. Parents should, without exception, report the facts of this crime to law enforcement so that there is a record in case of any future recurrence. Further, to save future victims, prosecute the predator.
Only when someone finally files a police report and presses charges do other victims begin to surface showing that the predator has assaulted many victims. The perpetrator's pleas that (s)he is sorry must be ignored in order to prevent future victims from being violated and perhaps killed because of your weakness for a pernicious criminal's sob story.
This assumes that parents understand and, from the earliest age of their children, are consistent in reinforcing respect for others in accordance with the law. When children are taught that society and the law regard them as entitled exceptions, then eventual conflict with society and collision with the law approaches certainty.
What are the police (i.e. law enforcement) and what do they do?
What is assault? (Ans: Situations in which one person has created a reasonable fear of harm in another person. Assault is a separate charge from battery.
What is battery? (Ans: Battery is a type of criminal charge that involves the unauthorized application of force against another person’s body, which results in offensive touching or actual physical injury.)
Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:
What does reprimand mean?
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