WWYD? Misbehaved kid.

KatieAnne918

We were at the pool yesterday AM.  Getting ready to leave, had DS off to the side, changing his swim diaper into regular clothes... when all of the sudden a maybe 2/2.5 yr old comes up to me and says "hey, poopiehead, you're a poopiehead, your name is poopiehead" over and over again.  Then I asked him what his name was, he said Hudson, then quickly lied and said it was "noah".  Then he begins to hit me in the shoulder about 7 times.  I asked him where his mom was... but then I didn't do or say anything b/c I didn't want to be the confrontational, b*tch of a mom.  BUT, I would want to know if my son was acting so inappropriately, and he better watch out...

 My thoughts after I left of the options of reactions:

1. Do nothing

2. Reprimand him myself

3. Tattle-tale

4. Told him his name was sh*thead... and let his mom deal with the new word discovery.

5. ask him to check out the scratch-n-sniff sticker at the bottom of the pool. 

 

what would you have done?!

mrs_sherod

Hahaha...your solutions are funny.  I would have said something to his mom.  I would def want to know if my kid was acting like that, I'd certainly reprimand him on the spot.

slmcronelaw

I would have said that poopiehead isn't a very nice word and he should not be saying it and if he was hitting me I would have hit him back...

JUST KIDDING..lol..I would have probably sought out his mother and told her.  I would want to know if it was my child

Abinormal

I probably would have reprimanded him myself, but I'm a teacher and so I'm so used to disciplining other people's children, that I have a hard time not reprimanding other people's children. I would have said, "I am not a poopiehead, and I don't like being called names." then if the child hit me I would have said, "Please don't hit me. It's not nice to hit other people." I then would have made sure the child could find his parent/caregiver.

daisy_dueller

Abinormal:

I probably would have reprimanded him myself, but I'm a teacher and so I'm so used to disciplining other people's children, that I have a hard time not reprimanding other people's children. I would have said, "I am not a poopiehead, and I don't like being called names." then if the child hit me I would have said, "Please don't hit me. It's not nice to hit other people." I then would have made sure the child could find his parent/caregiver.

I probably would have done the same thing...

Harms80

Having had a 2 yr old who went through the hitting stage (although mine never hit adults and never used name-calling), I would want to know if he hit someone.  And, I'm more comfortable telling other people's kids that hitting hurts and it's not ok to hit.

I would never let my 2 yr old out of my sight at a public pool, though, so I would have been in ear shot and handled it. 

ahappygilmore

Number 4!!!! Number 4!!!!!!

soccermom-to-be

I would always tell any child that their behavior is not nice and then look for the parent or nanny.  Once located, I would let them know exactly what their child did and hope that they would handle it.

I have been constantly amazed and shocked by the number of moms who do not discipline their children when they do something to me or my child.  We have had children hit, kick, throw sand and curse at our 3 year old.  Some kids are older and know better, some are too young to know and need to rely on parental guidance (but don't seem to get it).

 

Assembly_Reqd

I would have just found the mommy and explained what happened kindly.

It is possible that this child and any others that act out in public have other stuff going on such as a spectrum disorder. It is not always something a parent can control and a lot of parents are incouraged to ignore the behavior.

Some kids honestly don't know that what they are doing is wrong and you getting all pissy with them or the mom may escalate the behavior or will just make the Mom feel like crap.