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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think the kids' relative sizes and ages are the important part. For me the issue is that both kids deserve to be respected by the other one. If it were me, I would have gently intervened when the 6yo was ignoring the 9yo requests to be left alone. That's not okay behavior, no matter someone's size. If someone says "leave me alone" or "give me space", you should respect that request.

But then I also would not be okay with the 9yo retaliating by pushing the other boy to the ground. I'd probably says something like, "I understand why you were upset and [6yo] should have listened when you asked him to leave you alone. But pushing him isn't the best response because you could hurt him and we don't hurt people. What are some other ways to handle this?" And then see if we could identify some options for resolution that don't involve pushing (i.e. asking an adult to intervene, moving to another part of the playground that the other kid can't reach, etc.).

For what it's worth, I was raised with the dictates not to push people smaller than me AND not to pester kids who are bigger than me (I was a middle child). [/quote]

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