mamas, aku gak nyaman dgn "klo dipukul balas pukul" kinda principle, apalagi utk anak dibawah 6tahun yg jelas blm punya kemampuan utk reasoning/logical thinking dan mainly mimicking/imitating dari surrounding-nya aja. i realized it's hard to see or watch our beloved children kena pukul or dorong or rebutan mainan, makanya aku sering nongkrongin anak di skul, krn parno :) tapi kmrn ada bbrp kejadian yg aku dengar 1) anak nangis digigit teman sekelas (wihiiiiy), dan 2) anak didorong sampai jatuh jg oleh teman sekelas. ini kejadian di nursery class usia 3 th or less (kelas anakku). fortunately anakku bukan yg digigit/didorong maupun menggigit/mendorong, tapi dia sempat shock jg kayaknya soal gigit menggigit itu :p
anyway, kebayang sih ibu dari anak2 yg nangis digigit maupun jatuh didorong, pasti jantung mau copot rasanya. klo yg satu cuma manyun cemberut liyat anaknya nangis digigit, satu lagi heboh nelpon ortu anak yg mendorong, ngomel dan lgs menjuluki anak itu bully. IMHO it's a bit too much. I mean, 3yo bully? klo aku boleh saran pendapat, since it happened in school, paling pertama kita mungkin reaktif ke school, guru2 di kelas itu pastinya, nanya aja policy mereka gimana. anakku jg pernah jatuh di kelas dari slide di kelas, what i did ya berdua gurunya tetap calm, periksa kepala dan seluruh badan ada memar, lebam or anything, trus closedly observed her for few hours afterward apakah ada muntah, sempoyongan atau gejala2 lain yg kira2 mengkhawatirkan. nah gurunya sendiri bilang wah mommy cukup tenang yah, klo anak2 lain yg cuma ditemenin nanny-nya aja biasa kenapa2 dikit heboh jejeritan, nanti ngadu ke ortu anak asuhnya, trus ortunya besok telpon or datang heboh dst, ya mnrtku sih panik pasti, but it wouldn't help to grasa-grusu, mestinya kita sbg yg lbh 'logis' do something more useful.
don't get me wrong, IMHO the better way is to avoid conflict in any means, instead of suggesting to response violence with violence, especially amongst toddlers or preschoolers. soon enough kita bisa nontonin 2 anak 3th-an cakar2an atau orong2an, that's not a pretty sight. wkt anakku shock cerita soal her classmate yg suks gigit/dorong anak lain, yg aku suggest ke dia adalah try not to stay too close with them too long and not get in their way, bisa jadi anak itu sesekali merasa anxious, upset or tired dan gak ngerti gimana to be positive about their emotions (3thn gitu loh), klo mereka kasar, bilang "i won't play with you if you're still rude" and walk away. sometimes children might need to learn how to deal with problems as well as to cope. we as parents can teach our kids to emphatized, dgn tetap cautious dan aware tentunya.
mikir jg sih have i been teaching my kids to be assertive, tapi krn aku pastinya sedih klo anakku di'rasanin' anak lain for whatever reason, so i teach them to do what i wish other kids would do, just walk away from a troublemaker (hehe, gak bermaksud labelling nih, cuma ngasih contoh) instead of aggravating him. tentunya ini utk yg msh kecil/di bawah 6 thn yah, older than that butuh different approach pastinya.
just my 2 cents :)
thank heavens for lil' girls