The one with Hagrid
This week I tell the story of Toby's first ever school fight. What started as a disagreement over some playground tyres somehow ended with Toby taking on two older kids, earning himself a new nickname, and coming home looking far too pleased with the whole situation.
As a parent, it's a strange conversation to have. On the one hand, you're trying to explain that fighting isn't the answer. On the other hand, it's difficult not to be proud when your child steps in to protect a friend who was being picked on.
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Transcript
Hey, it's diggy.
Speaker A:I've got another Toby story for you this week.
Speaker A:This is the story of Toby's first fight.
Speaker A:It happened just yesterday.
Speaker A:He came out of school, big smile on his face.
Speaker A:I'm like, hey, you're right.
Speaker A:He's like, yeah.
Speaker A:He said, I had a fight today.
Speaker A:I'm like, okay.
Speaker A:Are you okay?
Speaker A:He's like, yeah, I'm fine.
Speaker A:It was great.
Speaker A:Like, what?
Speaker A:What do you mean it was great?
Speaker A:He's like, it was brilliant.
Speaker A:I beat up two year sixes.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh.
Speaker A:So I'm stood around now looking, waiting for the teachers to come over to say, can we just have a quick word?
Speaker A:Nothing.
Speaker A:No one's looking at me.
Speaker A:You know, teacher smiles at me.
Speaker A:I'm like, okay, right, so, all right, let's go then.
Speaker A:So I starts walking away, pulls out my phone, and I opens up the class dojo app, which is the app they use to communicate with you, thinking, I've probably got a message in there that I've just not noticed because I'm used to this from when my daughter was at the same school because she was getting into fights with people all the time.
Speaker A:Not all the time, but often, you know, fairly often.
Speaker A:I'll tell you about some of them in the future.
Speaker A:I was like, okay, right, fine.
Speaker A:So we get in the car and I said, so what happened?
Speaker A:He said, well, I was.
Speaker A:We were on the field, and there's this lad in Year six.
Speaker A:And he told me his name.
Speaker A:And he said, he's not nice.
Speaker A:He's always taking things from us.
Speaker A:He.
Speaker A:He's.
Speaker A:He's all.
Speaker A:He always does it.
Speaker A:And I recognized the lad's name because when my daughter went to the same school, she had trouble with him as well.
Speaker A:And apparently he's a bit of a.
Speaker A:He's not a bully, but he.
Speaker A:He just doesn't.
Speaker A:He doesn't respect boundaries.
Speaker A:Like, if you're playing with something, he wants it.
Speaker A:And he's.
Speaker A:He's just like.
Speaker A:I don't even know if I'd say, a naughty child.
Speaker A:He's just a.
Speaker A:You know what?
Speaker A:Honestly, he's just a bit of a dick.
Speaker A:It's just that kind of thing, right?
Speaker A:And so he.
Speaker A:He said yes.
Speaker A:So this lad and his.
Speaker A:And his friend, we were playing with the tires.
Speaker A:The tires are.
Speaker A:Well, for tires that they can play with.
Speaker A:They can sort of stack them.
Speaker A:And the idea is they use them to run in and out and things like that.
Speaker A:So he said, we were playing with him.
Speaker A:Anyway, he came over and took him off us because he wanted to play with them.
Speaker A:And my other.
Speaker A:My friend.
Speaker A:And he said his friend's name.
Speaker A:He said, it's his best friend.
Speaker A:He said.
Speaker A:He.
Speaker A:He went over and said, no, you're not having them.
Speaker A:We're already playing with them.
Speaker A:And he kicked him in the back of the legs and knocked him on the floor.
Speaker A:And then he jumped on him and started punching him.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh, is he.
Speaker A:Is he all right?
Speaker A:And he said, yeah, well, I jumped on his back and I pulled him over.
Speaker A:I pulled him down to the floor and pulled him back by his neck down to the floor, and I started punching him.
Speaker A:And I'm like, oh, so you were proper, like, pounding this guy?
Speaker A:And he's like, yeah, I was punching him.
Speaker A:I didn't go for his face because I didn't want to leave any marks on his face.
Speaker A:So I was punching him in the back of the shoulders, and I'm like, oh, okay.
Speaker A:He said.
Speaker A:And then his friend came over and he kicked me in the back, and I'm like, oh, right.
Speaker A:And he said.
Speaker A:So anyway, I turned around and I grabbed hold of him and I pulled him down to the floor as well and started punching him.
Speaker A:And then the first lad stood up and kicked me in the chest.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh.
Speaker A:So he said.
Speaker A:So then I went back after him and he said.
Speaker A:And then by the time I finished, they were both on the floor and they were saying, stop, stop, stop.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh, right, okay.
Speaker A:Like, did you plan any of this?
Speaker A:And he's like, no, no, no.
Speaker A:He said, I just.
Speaker A:They were just attacking us.
Speaker A:So I went for them.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh, okay.
Speaker A:Thinking this is not like him in terms of, like, if.
Speaker A:If somebody says boo to him, he cries.
Speaker A:And I'm like, right.
Speaker A:And he's like, big smile on his face, dead happy with himself.
Speaker A:And I'm like, right, okay.
Speaker A:He's.
Speaker A:He said, yeah, so, yeah, I beat up two year sixes.
Speaker A:I'm like, brilliant.
Speaker A:And then he just.
Speaker A:Biggest smile.
Speaker A:He went, everyone's been calling me legend all day.
Speaker A:And I went, oh, wow, okay, good on you then.
Speaker A:Legend.
Speaker A:He went, yeah.
Speaker A:And Hagrid.
Speaker A:Hagrid.
Speaker A:He's like, yeah.
Speaker A:I was like, why Hagrid?
Speaker A:He went, cause Hagrid's tough like me.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh, God.
Speaker A:And it's all he talked about then for the next half an hour about what had happened.
Speaker A:And I was like, right, okay.
Speaker A:I was like, I've got to do some expectations managing again here, haven't I?
Speaker A:I was like, Right, Just.
Speaker A:Just remember though, they are Year Sixes.
Speaker A:They are bigger than you.
Speaker A:He's a year five, so not that much bigger than him, but they are bigger than it, so they are bigger than you.
Speaker A:Don't.
Speaker A:Like I said, I said, don't go around thinking you're 10 men now.
Speaker A:I said, it's, you know, it's good that you stood up for your friend, but don't.
Speaker A:Don't start starting fights with people because you think you're going to win them all the time.
Speaker A:Remember, you got them unawares and they.
Speaker A:And you.
Speaker A:And you know, you did the right thing.
Speaker A:You protected your friend and then you got out of there.
Speaker A:That's okay.
Speaker A:But, you know, if they bring their friends with them next time.
Speaker A:And he was like, yeah, I know.
Speaker A:It's fine.
Speaker A:It's fine.
Speaker A:So for the last.
Speaker A:Well, it was actually was two days ago that that happened.
Speaker A:For the last couple of days, I have been waiting for him to come out of school with a black eye or a message from school saying he's been in a fight and he's got battered or something like that.
Speaker A:But no, nothing.
Speaker A:Everything seems fine.
Speaker A:I said to him yesterday, how did you get on with the.
Speaker A:The lads from Year six?
Speaker A:And he's like, oh, it's fine.
Speaker A:They don't come near us anymore.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh, my God.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Are they still calling you Legend?
Speaker A:Like.
Speaker A:Yep, that's my new nickname now.
Speaker A:Everyone calls me Legend.
Speaker A:Oh, my God.
Speaker A:Okay, so, yeah, that is the story of Toby's first fight.
Speaker A:See you next time.
