7 Year Old's First Fight

My 7 year old daughter had an interesting day today. She came home from school exclaiming that she forgot her homework. She left it in her classroom. Bummer. I noticed some spots on her shirt and I asked her about it, just then there was a knock at the door. It was the girl next door telling me that there was a fight at the bus stop after school today. I asked my daughter what had happened. As it turns out, it was my daughter who was in the fight!

This is the story I get:

This bratty little girl that we have repeatedly forbid our daughter from playing with was harassing my daughter after getting off of the bus. This girl was calling other kids on the bus names, like "loser", and then telling everyone that my daughter is in love with some boy. My daughter got embarrassed and tried to cover the girl's mouth to shut her up. Nothing aggressive, just trying to put her hand near the girl's mouth in a friendly and joking manner. Well the little brat kicked my little girl in the leg when she tried to do that and so my daughter just started punching her. Apparently she continued to punch her until some of the older kids came around the corner to break up the scuffle. When the older kids, including the girl from next door had come to break it up all the kids yelled "run" and they did, including my daughter. I guess that's what ended it, they all ran away from the big kids and went home.

I wouldn't say there was a winner in that fight. But my girl didn't lose it either. So that's good. From what I hear from the girl next door, the other kids were all on my daughter's side and pretty upset with the other little girl. Needless to say I or someone will be there to meet her getting off of the bus from now on. However, I must admit that I am proud of her for sticking up for herself when someone kicked her. I'm glad she didn't just cry when she got hit, in fact she didn't cry at all.

She's in my room now talking about her fight. She said everyone was cheering for her and she didn't cry. She said they went to the ground a couple of times but that they got back up and she kept on fighting. She said she thinks the other girl might have cried. She says she won the fight. My 7 year old is very passive and at times I would have even claimed her a pacifist, so I must stress how out of character this seems for her. Nevertheless, this bratty little girl totally deserved whatever she got served, I am without doubt.

Those of you who know her I am sure will be shocked. I am proud of her, and I am more confident in her that she will not be so easy to push around. I was worried that one day something like this would happen and she wouldn't have defended herself. I am glad that she did.

Maybe now my blog will get some comments?