therefore it becomes his fault and shouldn't be surprised if ds1 wallops him hits hom kicks etc etc. She tells friends relatives mutual friends everyone really.
They are 5 and 7. When it happens I clamp down on ds1 and don't put up with it. My mum will say ds2 provoked it by looking at him wrong sticking his tongue out etc etc.
I'm the youngest. She used to say the same to me. "you mustn't tease him you know that happens when you tease him" about my brother when he'd walloped me etc
Seems like history is repeating itself 