Wish I said something at the time

They are both just little kids. I'm sure they've both forgotten all about it. It's hard when this sort of things happens to your child but I don't think it was malicious. Try not to dwell on it.

Ah the classic I will thank the one person who agrees with me and ignore all the others.

I don't think that's what anyone's saying

It is a fact of life that everyone is going to have incidents where other people aren't that nice to you. Including children. We can't control what other people do. We can try to help our children deal with it all so they're prepared for life. However in this instance nothing suggests your child was very bothered by it. It seems to be you who was bothered by it

How are people calling YOU a weirdo?? I would’ve said something myself lol. Children shouldn’t be physical with each other. Your child is being a normal kid trying to make friends. It’s fine the other kid didn’t want to play, but it’s definitely not fine to push and you have every right to be upset. That being said, I feel like you are similar to me and you’re more upset you can’t protect your child from such horrible things. You can’t and it’s one of the not so nice parts of being a parent. But you have a right to feel how you do. We’re humans with emotions and it’s not wrong to have them.

This is a non event and you have been overthinking it for ages. No one is at fault it's kids being kids. There will be far worse than this to come. Try not to let inconsequential events take up your brain.

I take you're a first time mum with an angel child. Not trying to be horrible but you're over reacting, you can't wrap her in bubble wrap, a small insignificant thing happened, a simple oh dear, let's go and pay was just fine, it didn't have to be a big life lesson for the other child. She's a child, they do things that aren't right sometimes because they don't understand.
but they will in time. To feel upset that you didn't get an apology for a toddler being a toddler is slightly odd.

My 2 year old has on occasion pushed another child and told them to go away. She’s not nasty, she’s 2 and we tell her not to push or shout but children aren’t born able to control their behaviour. I wouldn’t have done anything different to what the other parents did.

Welcome to the world of children.
Wait till she starts primary/nursery

Pushing is not ok and they should have said sorry about pushing but it’s not that much of a big deal, worse is going to happen!

But the other child did gave a reason, she wasn't comfortable with what she was doing/how close she was and wanted her to go further away. Obviously in an ideal shoving her away isn't necessary but they ARE TODDLERS! It's a completely normal way for a small child to express themselves, and actually saying what she wants ie go away, seems pretty good and mature to me. She could have just screamed and started hitting....so unless the other child was a lot older then I think this is a completely non event, and she was not a 'nasty child' for not wanting your dc in her space.
And yes, I think any apology (and honestly, nothing more than an exchange of smiles and a casual word would be necessary) should have come from you just as much as them as your child made theirs uncomfortable.

When my daughter was that age she was a biter. We did lots of telling off and removing from the situation but still at nursery I'd pick her up and she'd have bitten five friends that day. My other daughter is at school with lots of boisterous kids and there's no doubt shoving and pushing.

Sounds like the parents addressed it although I agree I would have apologised. But it sounds a bit stressful and I'm guessing everyone went their own way? I know it's not nice to see but it happens.

Not sure wtf is up with everyone on this thread!!
I would have 100% made my child apologise if I saw them being less than kind to another kid, especially one younger. If not I'd have atleast said sorry on their behalf and probably left the shop mortified!

Point being your dd wasn’t exactly the best behaved child either. Young children are going to do things like this. Your child isn’t always going to be the angel you think she is, and other children will occasionally do things like this too.

The child was just expressing her boundaries but isn't old enough to do it in a polite way yet. Pfb much!

You said the parents told her to stop.
I am not sure what else you want from this?

It's a shop, not a park. Not every child wants to play and your daughter needs to recognise this. They are only little and saying stop was perhaps being ignored by your child who seemed to think it was great fun.

Are you sure? Your OP says that she did When I turn the corner my daughter has run round

They said stop it

She's going to get lots of these incidents in her life

Your child was overwhelming another who went into defensive mode. The parents were calling their child's name and saying stop it.

Explain to your child (yourself?!) that not everyone is as social as her nor do they want to play in the same way as her. Most likely she scared the other child even by just running alongside them.

You would like to think your child wouldn't push another without reason but you don't seem to realise your child has potentially scared this child - to that child without reason.

The only thing you need to have said at the time is sorry if my child has upset yours.

You couldn’t control your child and didn’t apologize to the parents and they couldn’t control their child and didn’t apologize to you.

You really don’t know ehat happened—your child may have bumped into theirs and then she quite naturally pushed back on your child and said stop.

really not worth agonizing over.

Can't actually believe you are obsessing over this complete non event hours later

You calling a child nasty is awful.

She was possibly unnerved at a random girl running after her.