Hitting at school

[BrownEyedGirl80]

Ds 6 came home upset as a girl had hit him.He said he felt like hitting her back.I explained that in no circumstances should he hit a girl,ever.Ds said "well who protects the boys,why should boys get hit" Noone should hit anyone was my reply.I didn't want to say that boys are stronger than girls or any rubbish like that but what do you think is the best way to explain if it comes up again?

I don't think I would have differentiated between the sexes in this conversation. A simple 'you shouldn't hit anyone ever' makes more sense. He's no more right to hit boys than girls. It's not ok. Grown men need to learn this too.

Hi OP. Personally I don't think you needed to bring gender into it. Maybe others will disagree though.

My DD is the same age and she's been hit by both a girl and boy on separate occasions. At this age, it didn't even enter my head that the boy shouldn't have because of his gender.

Best thing to do imo is to praise them for not hitting back and remind them to tell the teacher as they don't see everything. If it becomes more than a one off then I would talk to the teacher.