Speaking at a London Play conference on tackling bullying outside school, Tim Gill argued that in some circumstances children should be given time and space to deal with playground disputes.
"Giving children the message that bullying is something they will never be able to deal with on their own... is not going to help them on the sometimes painful road to learning how to look after themselves in the face of hostility or threats," he added.
He said it was important to distinguish between bullying - sustained and systematic targeting of an individual involving a power imbalance - and children simply being rude and horrible to each other.
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