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[quote=Anonymous]My small 7 year old came home from school yesterday in tears.  At recess, a friend of his squeezed him around his body for a long time and he couldn't breathe and got scared.  The friend also squeezed his head/neck and hurt his ears.  My son's twin witnessed this. So did some other kids but no one called the playground monitor.  This has happened many times over the past two years.  The "friend" is a very physical boys.  He is very grabby and huggy and strong (he plays hockey).  This drives me crazy.  My children are small for their age.  My kids always keep their hands to themselves but they do tend to tease other kids.  My kids have also had their faces pushed into the snow to the point they can't breathe.

I wrote a note to the principal and the other parent.  As expected, the other parent was defensive and said she would talk to her child, but that her child was upset too because my twins tease him and they won't stop and there are two of them and they gang up on him with the teasing and "then he gets physical.  This is not to excuse his behavior; just to explain it." There is another big boy who also grabs and hurts my kids.  The big boy is friends with her son.  Her son and the big boy are often sent to the office. One of my twins has never been to the office.  My other twin has been sent for being a class clown, never for hurting anyone.

I think her point is BS. I wrote back and said, I have told my kids not to tease, BUT in my opinion, it is much, much worse to physically assault another child, esp. to the point where they are scared and can't breathe.  If you are being teased, you can walk away.  If you are being held in a vice grip, you are stuck.

What do you all think?

by the way, I have had her son over for many playdates and he gets upset easily.  I think he has ADHD/anger problem.  My twins are pretty easygoing.  They don't have anger issues. They do tease but they are not mean and never ever hurt anyone physically.  [/quote]

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