So, what do you think when you see a parent telling someone else's kid to stop what their doing (being aggressive) and stop scaring other children? Do you think they should get the child's guardians involved, or just handle the problem immediately? Imagine the situation like a playground, group setting.
I'll explain more after I hear your thoughts :-)
Update: We were at McDonald's (I mistakenly gave Melia the option of where to take Gma Debbie for lunch...), and a little boy had cornered Melia in the top of the staircase, "ribbiting" at her, and wouldn't let her down. She was crying, Kiera was getting me... He peeked out and I told him to make room so she could get down. Obviously he didn't, so prego me climbed up there and told him that he was scaring these girls and needed to stop. (By the time I reached the top, Kiera was crying too) I didn't really question my actions until later, and then thought - "Hey, that is a small enough area that most everyone probably knew what I was doing, heard me talking to him, heard my girls crying... and the two adults there with him never said a word." After that, I was bothered. I wouldn't want my kid bullying anybody, and certainly not making them cry. I wouldn't want other parents having to tell my kids to stop, but that's because I should be responsible, especially when I don't know anyone else there... but like they say... hindsight... I wasn't exactly thinking at the time, just reacting.
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hmmm. Hard to know. Is the guardian seeing that the child is being agressive and not doing anything about it? I would not hesitate to ask a child to stop scaring or hurting or whatever. Obviously there are limits to what you can do. If it was too much i'd remove my child from the situation. WHat happened? I suppose if they just wont stop, i'd ask the parent politely if they can have their child stop doing what their doing. You have a chance of the parent getting angry depending on what they are like.
~Linds
I think it totally depends on the situation and your relationship with the other parents. Being a former teacher I'm more likely to start off by talking to the child. But I would also make sure that the other parent knows what is happening and what I said to that child.
Sounds like you did the right thing. You couldnt have left her there crying and cornered.
~linds
I would have probably done the exact same thing you did. I think keeping my kiddos safe with the least confrontation of the other child (since their parent(s) are there is the best policy because you don't know what's going on with that child's parent and their thinking. And like Linds said, I would probably remove my child if the other kid didn't stop with a simple request.
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