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How do you handle other kids pushing your LO around?

mtnridermtnrider member
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By pushing them around I don't mean full-on bullying like hitting but I mean grabbing stuff away from them or shoving them aside, etc. when you're in a public place and their parents aren't watching them.  I just took Simon to an indoor play facility and there were 2 little girls alone in the room with us (their mom was in the adjacent room doing an art project with their older sibling).  The girls were older and bigger than S.  Every time he went to play with something they would grab it away or they would push the wagon he was pulling in the opposite direction, etc. So I stepped in and told them that the baby is allowed to play with stuff too and they should share things, and I gave stuff back to S.  I tend to follow him around places like that rather than just sitting on the sidelines and watching.  Does that make me a hovering, neurotic, first-time mom? 
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  • dianah36dianah36
    No, that's exactly what I would do. And if they girls didn't obey, I'd go get their Mother. I think most parents are apologetic when their kids aren't behaving.
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  • BrideBuddiesBrideBuddies member
    That's what I'd do.
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  • ladyaylenaladyaylena
    I think I would do the same  :)  Nothing neurotic about it...we all want our babies to be safe and happy.
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  • superauntsuperaunt member
    oh no they didn't! i'd have done the same as you.
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  • snwfieldssnwfields
    I'm always amazed at the mom's that have their coffe and chat and pay no attention to their kids. I pretty much have to do what you did everytime I am at one of those places.
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  • PeppernutPeppernut
    Yep, I have been there almost exactly, and that's exactly what I did.
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  • Piranha54Piranha54
    I'd do the same thing.  And if they (the other kids since mom was absent) were upset about it, I'd say my kid gets the toy for x minutes and then we'll switch.
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  • ateytelbateytelb
    No it's perfectly ok b/c he is still too young. After the age of 2 or so I let Jason deal with otehr kids on his own and inerrupted only when I absolutely had to.
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  • mtnridermtnrider member

    imageateytelb:
    No it's perfectly ok b/c he is still too young. After the age of 2 or so I let Jason deal with otehr kids on his own and inerrupted only when I absolutely had to.

    Yeah that's kind of what I was wondering, if there's a certain age where they're more capable of defending themselves/property.  At 15 months Simon doesn't know how to assert himself yet or hold onto something being grabbed from him.

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    imagePiranha54:
    I'd do the same thing.  And if they (the other kids since mom was absent) were upset about it, I'd say my kid gets the toy for x minutes and then we'll switch.

    I tried, but one of the girls kept talking back to me saying "NO, baby no touch that" over and over again.  Angry

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  • PeskyPesky member
    Nope, I would've done the same.  Kids like to push the envelope and if no one else is around to police and the kids aren't doing a good job themselves (which at very young ages is unlikely), I will step in to remind about sharing, being gentle and taking turns, whether my kid is the one being bullied or doing the bullying.


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