>>114168046This is pretty hard but here goes:
I'd actually say D.W. getting punched is enough of a punishment and probably more than the parents would've done on their own. Also feels shitty to dump another punishment on top of a 4/5-year-old who just got punched by an older sibling. So once she stops freaking out about being hit (weren't they like even rubbing ice on her arm? How hard did he fucking hit her? Maybe it's because I'm not a little kid anymore but I can't imagine it hurting THAT much), give her a lecture about how she should respect Arthur's property and not touch his stuff/go in his room if he's asked her not to. Make sure she gets the point.
For Arthur, I'd say his parents probably should get him a new plane (didn't he even buy it himself the first time?), BUT first he's gotta do stuff to earn it back because he punched his sister. Extra chores, no special privileges, whatever. I don't remember exactly what they did in the episode but that feels pretty fair. Also lecture him about how yeah, D.W. was a little shit and was definitely in the wrong at first, but he should've just gone to them in the first place and they would've handled it.
Also when your kid gets punched randomly by a bully because muh low self-esteem + peer pressure, don't use that as some cheap low-effort lesson/moral for your kid that comes off as more "haha, u had it comin sucker" because that's super shitty. Two separate issues.
