Jealousy between siblings, fights over a toy, bullying at school. How to tell a quarrel from systematic cruelty and what an adult does in each role.
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A seven-year-old and a four-year-old fight over the remote: he hits, she bites and howls. When to step in, how to mediate rather than judge, three forks.
A seven-year-old shouts “Dasha-pasha, fat Dasha” in front of the whole crowd, and everyone laughs. Game, jab or bullying: how to tell, three forks, their cost.
A playground: a three-year-old hits a boy with a spade over his sand cake. Normal or a signal, three forks and their cost, what research says.
A five-year-old shoves the baby’s walker: “you love him more”. One scene taken apart: what to check, three forks and their cost, what research says, by age.
A nine-year-old asks to stay home for a third week; the class laughs at his photo in a chat. Bullying or a quarrel, what to do in each role, when to act at once.
