please help-what do i do about this back street bully?

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i just dont know what to do anymore.there are 2 girls who play out in the street who are just troublemakers.they(and everyone else they managed to rope in)were being really nasty to dd1(she's 9)a few weeks ago.i thought it was sorted out but one of them has started picking on her again,and today she kicked dd really hard in the back,then ran away.

dd has tried ignoring her,but she just follows her and pushes her etc.dd has tried standing upto her,but the girl just laughs and runs away.

last time it was happening dh went out and told the girl to leave dd alone.then the girls stepfather came round having a go at dh for 'threatening' the girl,saying their real dad is really hard etc and wouldnt be very pleased if he found out

dd has been in tears tonight saying its never going to stop and theres nothing she can do.i dont see why she shouldnt be able to play out.one of the reasons the family who lived in this house before me moved was because of these girls picking on their kids.

its not right.

dh has started teaching her a bit-i couldnt punch my way out of a paper bag-just to give her a bit more confidence.

PCSO was useless,she just said she could have a word with the parents but it might make it worse

how old is the oldest sister? i seem to remember something similar with my younger sister in our street when we were young. unfortunately it was my sister doing the bullying

there was a girl who lived at the end of our street whose parents stuggled financially and she was getting bullied off my sister and friends. when i was going to the shop she saw me and asked why i didnt like her and why i told my sister to tell her that i would beat her up if she came too close to our house .

needless to say i was livid and dragged my sister home to explain to my parents what was going on (i was 15 sister was 11)

after that the girl who was bullied would always come to me if she was getting picked on and id have a word with whoever was doing it. it bugged me a bit when she started coming to the door every day asking if i wanted to 'play out' with her but i was happy to help her with the bullying, maybe your bullys older sister would do the same if she knew about it?

The advice I gave my sister was that as most girls have long hair - and you can do this as a girl - is to wrap your hand in their hair at the front and pull down or pull back - this generally will put someone off balance so they can't hit you - if you have pulled their head down use your knee - if you pulled back - punch with the other hand - and twist her hips and upper body to generate power.

Yes this is violent but sometimes it is much better than just trying to wait for a problem to go away!!

there are basically 4 of them,2 sisters who live 2 doors down aged 11 and 12,and 2 sisters who live round the corner aged 10 and 11.the 10 and 11 year old have an older sister who is 16,and she has tried to sort things out but they just do it anyway.

there are 7 girls who play out who are aged 10-12,yet the only boy that age round here is my ds1.