me and my friend took our kids to mcdonalds after church today and there was this other girl ther ewith her kids and he was hitting our kids with a piece of the rubber floor.
she wouldn't tell him to stop so i yelled at the kid to knock it off before someone got hurt.
the lady got pissed i had said somthing to him. and i told her to get over it cause i wasn't gonna let my kid get hurt cause she couldn't control hers.
my friend told all our kids not to play with that other boy because he couldn't play right and the woman got mad about that too.
who was in the wrong??
would you have said somthing?
thanks!
2007-08-26 08:47:26 · 22 answers · asked by Chads Wife 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
You were right!!! I would not sit back and let someone Else's child hurt mine just because they were to sorry to step in and tell their child to stop. You were also right to tell your child not to play with this child. Obviously the other child is the boss of the family, and not being taught how to act around other people.
YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD. Way to go mom!!!!!!!
2007-08-26 08:55:46 · answer #1 · answered by Wayne S 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I would have gone and said something to the child. However if the other boy was hurting you and your friends children I would have talked to the mother. Then the mom wouldn't have felt like you were reprimanding her child but the situation still would have been handled. If the boy didn't stop after you told him to then it was a good idea to not let your children play with him.
2007-08-26 08:53:49 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda H 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, in my opinion, I ALWAYS go to the parent first. In this world people take great offense when you try to discipline their children. I had bad experiences trying to control kids so I learned my lesson. I always [in these situations] take the child and ask where is their parents. Then I walk with them and explain to the parents the problem. Hopefully they take care of the problem. Now in rare cases when the problem persists I might just have to take actions into my own hands.
2007-08-26 09:32:07 · answer #3 · answered by whos_tat_grl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way! You were absolutely RIGHT! I would have said something too and I do. I took my kids to Chuck E Cheese recently and this boy was throwing his shoes at the Chuck E screen and they would bounce off and continuously hit my daughter. The parents weren't doing anything to stop it so I told the boy to quit throwing his shoes because he was hitting my daughter. He wouldn't stop so I told my daughter the boy was not going to stop and she needed to move. We went and did something else. This was not the first time I have yelled at someone else's kid. I have gotten dirty looks and stares and it doesn't bother me.
2007-08-26 09:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by blue eyes 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you had called a police officer to the scene, the police officer would say that you are in the right. The child was acting offensively and dangerously and you intervened.
You were right.
That woman is not a responsible parent. The officer would have upbraded her.
2007-08-26 09:23:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
since the boy is not mine,i would have told him,"Please stop hitting her because you guys might get hurt" and if the lady came over and started giving me attitude,i would tell her to back off cuz i was being as nice as i could to the little boy and she should be teaching her child how to behave.Yeah,i would have told all of them not to play with him.
2007-08-26 10:28:22 · answer #6 · answered by iNeedhelp 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Typically I wouldn't discipline someone else's child UNLESS they were causing physical harm/danger to one of my children..or unless they were being destructive in my home.
I think you were totally in the right to say something here. I can't stand it when parents like that let their kids run wild with no supervision! We had our son at a nearby play area and this other little boy picked up a metal toy train and started smacking my son in the head with it!! I loudly told him to stop and his mother didn't object to my intervention at all...because she was STILL obliviously visiting with her friends.
2007-08-26 10:06:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you were 100% within your rights to say something to that child. It wasn't just that the boy was misbehaving, but he was impacting your children and their fun. She obviously said something because she was embarrassed (or SHOULD have been) that she was either not paying attention or doesn't care that her child is a little tyrant. She should have made her child apologize for hitting your children instead. Instead she chose to become indignant, which was her perogotive, but you were right to defend your children.
2007-08-26 09:03:01 · answer #8 · answered by Beth K 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do that all the time when it comes to protecting my kids. I won't let some out of control brat with a comatose mom beat on my kids.
2007-08-26 09:51:51 · answer #9 · answered by notthatiknow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you did the right thing,i just got back from the dollar store and it was a mad house,kids running every where , the parents was just ignoring them,but beleive me if one of them got hurt because of running they would be throwing a fit.it makes no sense how people are raising there children anymore .
2007-08-26 09:03:10 · answer #10 · answered by tammy g 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋