What to Do When Your Friend’s Child Can’t Stop Hitting You

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Updated: Sep. 17, 2023

Originally Published: Sep. 14, 2017

Question from Mark in Ohio:

What’s the best way to handle a friend’s 4-year-old who finds it hilarious to hit me in the groin, while my friends just laugh? Every time the kid is around, I have to shield myself. I really don’t want to kick a child, but something has to change.