David Coleman
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first heard Sep 2026
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Well, hopefully not the physical hitting and biting.
And I do think there are a couple of things you can do.
I mean, I would be going in early now to talk to the teacher just to make sure that the teacher is on it, that the teacher is witnessing it, that it's seen and that the teachers are intervening and that other people in the yard, for example, are looking out for your daughter if it's the case that this other girl keeps having a go at her.
And then the other thing, I know she's only five and she's a girl and lots of people criticise me for the advice that I always give, which is give your daughter permission to hit back, to bite back and to whatever back.
When it comes to the physical stuff.
that.
I think you do when it comes to the physical stuff.
And so, you know, my advice always varies then.
Say, for example, if it's some kind of mocking or teasing, you can't just go like for like.
There's no point because you just get into this big mocking battle
tends to intensify.
But with the hitting, you know, children tend to hit as a way to exert power.
It's a much more simple dynamic.
And so when a child is hitting, if they feel that you are not going to hit them back, then they feel they have a license to continue to hit you and to continue to bite you and to continue to make your life a misery.
Even if your attempt to fight back isn't particularly successful, as in you don't feel like you can, you know, you don't want to fight, you don't want to do the hitting, the fact that you're reacting means that you no longer become an easy target or you no longer stay as an easy target.
And so that means that a child then is going to look elsewhere.
You know, as children get older and I do, you know, I hear parents' concerns and absolutely take them on board, you know, the fighting can be more dangerous.
So if you have teenagers, for example, you have a 13, 14 year old going into secondary school, you know, and there are organised fights, there's a lot of, you know, some really horrible stuff that can happen.
But you still want your child to feel that they have a right and a license to defend themselves.
And I think that's what you then support them with.
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