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Q. My 6-year-old son's best friend deliberately hurts him when on play dates at either house. It happens too often to be anything but purposeful. He's hit my son in the mouth with a hard object, tried on numerous occasions to run him down with his bike, and tripped him while he's running. Once, while they were watching a movie, this child came over and shoved my son out of his chair onto the floor. His parents told him to go to his room. He refused to do so, and they failed to follow through. When my son told me this, I urged him to end the relationship. He is afraid to do so as he fears hurting his friend's feelings. I don't want to micromanage my son's friendships, but isn't this a different situation? Should I tell the friend's mother? By the way, I've recently heard that my son is not the only victim of this child's aggression.
A. Yes, this definitely sounds like a "different situation" to me.See the full content of this document
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Parenting: ; Aggression Calls for Intervention
You are not describing typical boy-on-boy roughhousing or a problem that a 6-year-old is going to be able to work out on his own. A child ...
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