Ignorant or what?
Today I was at the park with my 3 1/2 year old and my 19 months old. We were playing around having a good time. My oldest daughter, 5 1/2 year old, was taking French lessons and therefore, my middle daughter was caring the role of protector of the little one. She helped her down the slide and pushed her away when she thought she needed a turn, a very normal day in our lives.
After a little while 2 small children come over to join us (we were in a small playground that was fenced in) and I didn’t see their mother around. I asked the older girl where her mother was and she points over to a group of people playing volleyball about 150 feet away. Then I ask how old she and her sister are and she says ‘6 years old’ and ‘14 months’. I am a little puzzled, since I would never let my almost 6 year old go 150 feet away from me in a park with my almost 2 year old, especially not when I would be playing ball in a public park and not be able to keep an eye on my kids.
Anyway, I didn’t see it as my concern, but decided to keep an eye on these small girls, just to make sure they were okay. My youngest daughter then goes under the playground structure with the other little girl and suddenly I hear my daughter scream… the little girl, 14 months old, is pinching my daughter’s cheek so hard and do not want to let go!! I immediately tell her to let go and my daughter escapes with a red cheek. A few minutes later, my little one is standing looking over the fence and this little ‘monster’ comes over again and starts pinching her AGAIN!! For no apparent reason!! Once again I tell her off and take my daughter away. She is by now having a hard time calming down.
While calming down my little one, my older one goes over to the girl and tells her not to hurt her sister. It is very loving to see her defend her, since she normally think it is okay to take toys away from her or slap her around a little bit for some amusement of her own.
Then I take both my daughters over to the swings, so they are not close to the little girl anymore but she comes over again… immediately my little ones starts crying, so I pick up her and walk away.
Children are children. But why aren’t their parents around to teach them how to behave? Are they so ignorant that they think that a 6 year old can deal with a 14 months old? Or do they not care about disciplining their children? I am very surprised by some people’s behavior.
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