Her daughter was only 5 years old.
Brittany Norris, a mother of two from Louisiana, laid out her family’s rule in a TikTok video that went viral in July 2025. “If someone hits my kid, I’m not raising them to go tell the teacher,” she said. “Not raising a snitch.”
The clip passed 42,000 likes and split the comments. “Never throw the first punch but you better finish it,” one person wrote. Family doctor Deborah Gilboa told TODAY that a child’s first response “should always be peaceful,” like walking away or asking an adult for help.
Norris stood by her advice in her own interview with TODAY. Her kids should never hit first, she said, and telling a teacher helps in the long run but does little in the moment. “I would rather be in the principal’s office because my child stood up for herself,” said Norris, whose daughter was 5 at the time.
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