No matter what your age is, this is assault and battery. It is very illegal.

I was beat up very often as a kid, for years it was a nearly weekly event. My parents did nothing for fear of retaliation. They were more fearful that someone might slash their tires than the damage that was being done to me. This is something I can't quite ever forgive and forget. My mother's advice was "kill em with kindness." What BS.

When one of my sons had a bully targeting him, and finally assaulting him, I filed charges with the police. They and the school took it very seriously. The attacker was arrested and had to be bailed out. There was a hearing and punishment with community service. There was never any kind of retaliation. My son was left alone by this bully and no other bully dared to mess with him.

I have no tolerance for abuse and will resist it fiercely. I don't think you should put up with it. There is no shame in using the legal means you have for putting an end to it.

Wherever you go, there you are