In a country park - in the big wooden adventure playground.
DS (8) playing with his cousin (7). Climbing into a wooden tunnel. Cousin gets upset at children hitting tunnel with sticks as the noise bothers him. (he has witnessed DV)
Anyhoo..... DS came out and asked the boys to stop banging as cousin was scared. Boys begin to do it more. DS leaves tunnel and is standing alone.
One of the boys starts hitting DS with the stick in his hand and DS looked genuinly worried and the other boy got right in his face, DS moved back cowering.
I am approaching to move DS onto something else when I see the boys grandad approaching, I hold back expecting him to tell them hitting isn't nice and to stop. But, no , they tell GD DS is annoying them so he nods and suggest they play elsewhere away from him then. Then tells my DS to leave them alone.
Anyway in a voice loud enough to make my feelings clear I said to DS "Are you OK? Don't let others hit you - there's no excuse for it"
GD said to his boys "well we were leaving anyway - lets go"
I've really lowered my standards today haven't I?
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to have 'loud parented' and 'passive agressively' today?
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youarewinning · 30/05/2013 20:10
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