Not the best parental advice

[dvandom]

Overheard today:

Little girl is complaining that her baby sister is hitting her.

Mother: "Why don't you hit her back? You're bigger than her!"

Oy.

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[andrusi.livejournal.com]

Did she?

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

I doubt it. I didn't SEE it, just overheard it. But there was a later, "No, no one's hitting anyone" statement as I was walking out of earshot. Couldn't tell if that was a "No, I didn't MEAN you could hit your sister" statement, or reassurance that the baby sister wasn't going to be hitting the older sister.