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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This really isn't about gender.  It's not like you'd advise him to punch the other kid if it was a boy or anything.  He's seven, and he's dealing with another seven-year-old.  He got off the swing, and you can't "save" a swing on the playground.  He got off, another kid came to take a turn, he can either use the less-desirable swing or he can wait until they are done.  [/quote]

Assuming they had equal claim to it bc they both had a hand on it, what I’m seeking is words to deal with the “No you take that one” order. [/quote]

Well, she asserted herself first. Why shouldn’t he take the other one? What makes your son so special?[/quote]

Sheesh.  I’ll assert myself.  The question is not about who has the “rights” to the swing.  Let it go.  The question is about how much boys should assert themselves when being ordered around by a girl. [/quote]

That may be the question you are interested in, but the situation you describe doesn’t really fit it. The boy shouldn’t assert himself, regardless of who was telling him what to do, because he had no right to the swing. The girl was right.

People should assert themselves when they are being wronged. They should graciously accept correction when they are in the wrong. Regardless of gender.[/quote]

That’s because I’m not going to give you a play-by-play of whose hand was where exactly, and where everyone was standing when. I’m just saying assuming a scenario that the claim was in dispute, how are you teaching your boys to respond if a girl (vs a boy) is being pushy.    [/quote]

Boy vs girl I still think you do nothing and let him figure it out. [/quote]

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