From an injury prevention perspective, injuries sustained by
children at the hands of other children do not appear to be easy
to address. There remains a general acceptance that children need
to experience confrontational play with siblings and other children
as part of ‘‘growing up’’, although there are different views about
the limits and extent to which physical aggression should be tolerated.
11,14 Given this background, preventing injuries occurring as a
result of conflict between children is clearly quite a challenge.
There is potential to prevent injuries in certain situations. For
example, a recent study reported that illegal or foul play in high
school team sport was responsible for a number of significant injuries
(particularly to the head) – this could be addressed by enhanced
enforcement of rules.