Thank you for weighing in! I'll work with my kid a bit on de-escalation (going to the teacher) and when it's appropriate to hit back.

Thank you for weighing in! That sounds really hard; I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

This is really helpful, thank you! Thank you for adding the point about helping the child come to their own conclusions as well. I appreciate it!

This is a really helpful response, thank you! Punching was the second incident, the scissors was a few days before. My kid does seem to be feeling strong feelings about it. They're in kinder, so it's hard to get a read on exactly what the classroom's like, but it doesn't seem to be isolated to my kid.

That's a good re-framing of following up with the principal as "covering bases for when my kid defends themselves" instead of just "complaining to the manager". I appreciate your input!