I couldn't believe my eyes seeing this advice to teach young boys to hit girls so as to restore the boys' self esteem and pride.
This is the kind of toxic belief that shouldn't be allowed to proliferate here and yet is embraced with open arms by other users.
That boys can only regain their pride and self esteem by hitting girls leads directly to more violence against women and girls.
Your complaining about the advice to that question. I actually wanted to know what you thought they should do.
I've been through that age of parenting. That's the age where those discussions should start. If you don't have them, then the child will fill in the gaps best they can. Their conclusions can vary wildly from what we would call reasonable, when that happens.
I taught them that they were allowed to block and to push the other child away, if they didn't stop. They were then expected to immediately get an adult involved. Punching and kicking weren't allowed.