To be angry woman at soft play told ds to stop bothering her

Your child sounds like a bit of an annoying brat. It’s soft play, let it go

This - you said it was a paid ride - your ds shouldn’t be touching the wheel

and obv he does need supervising in public play places at 5

you sound lazy

Why does your child get to decide when the other child has had long enough on a particular toy (or you for that matter). Surely there are loads of other things to do at soft play.

Your child trying to grab the wheel is pushing in. The other child was just moving his hands and trying to stop him taking over which is fair enough. You should have told your child to wait for the other child to finish his turn and do something else, not send him off to repeatedly bother the other child's mum!

Actually, is this a reverse?

Definitely not.

He should tell YOU. You then decide if you agree the other child is doing something that needs stopping, and YOU then tell the child’s parent. You don’t put your 5 year old in that position.

I am wondering if this is a piss take as my understanding is

1. small child was playing on a car and your child kept trying to grab the wheel.
2. instead of sucking it up and playing on something else your child complained to the child’s parent 3 times he was being noisy and not sharing.
3. you see nothing wrong with 1 or 2 and are instead annoyed with the mum who quite politely said stop interrupting her conversation.

The other kid was on the car. Whys your DS trying to muscle in and running to the kids mum when he doesn’t get to touch the car? Why isn’t he waiting his turn?
Had you been supervising your own child you could have told him that it’s the parents responsibility to
monitor the other child and not his.

I wouldn't have been impressed with someone else's offspring pestering me. YABU for allowing him to be a PITA.
Other kids aren't obliged to just jump off a toy the minute your kid decides he wants a turn. He has to learn to wait.
Unclench a little

I don’t really blame him?
He was happily playing and your son was trying to get in his way, and take control of the car he was playing with. Your son should’ve waited. This other boy certainly was not misbehaving, he did absolutely nothing wrong.
Your son on the other hand though… trying to take over someone else’s game and then repeatedly bothering an adult over it. You need to tell him.

Yabu. If it'd been me I'd have told him the same.

So your son was bothering her child and her repeatedly and you just sat and watched. I would have told him to go find his parent as well.

Your child clearly wanted to go onto a toy that was already occupied. And you think it's ok to complain about another child playing to their parent?
You are teaching your child everything about being an entitled, spoilt brat.

Actually is this a joke?

Unless I’m missing something she’s done nothing wrong. Your DC was being a bit irritating and she’s asked him to speak to you, hasn’t said anything bad to him?

Keep an eye on him next time and let it go.

Your ds sounds like he was being quite annoying. I don't mind a bit of chit chat with other dc, but ultimately it's your role to parent. No, he shouldn't be running to tell the other mum about every tiny thing. If something big/dangerous happens, he should tell you and you talk to the other mum. If it's small, he needs to navigate it himself (with your support).

What??? Five year olds can't go round telling strangers how to parent their children.

Lol at all the serious replies!

Whose getting worked up? 👀

So your ds shouldn't have been trying to touch the wheel he should have waited until it was his turn.
More to the point he shouldn't be approaching strangers as you never know how they will react to him, I honestly can't believe that you would teach a child to do that, have you never heard of safeguarding?
Your son was being a bully and trying to get the boys mum to remove him from a ride he was playing on just so your son could go on it, thats not the sort of behaviour you should be encouraging.
I really think that you should give your head a wobble and accept that your son was being at best a nuisance and teach him to complain to you and then if he has a valid complaint (which this wasn't) you speak to the parents don't leave it to a 5 year old

No of course you wouldn’t rebuke the child. You’d watch more closely at that point, and figure out whether a polite request directly to the child might be warranted, or, a polite approach to the parent… by you, of course… not by your child!

Your DC needs to stop pestering and learn to wait for a turn. Children don't always have to share.

I would be pretty peeved off if some random child kept bothering me too. It doesn't even sound like the other child was misbehaving either, whereas your child is 5 and should know how to wait his turn. Instead he is trying to force the other kid off the toy and when he didnt comply, he goes up to his mum and complains about it, several times.... and yet you think she is in the wrong 🤔

No only that, but to talk to strangers.

I can't believe this is real.

You taught your child to be a tattle tail?

ah Stop. You're going to make him a pariah. I can't believe you taught him to constantly tell kids parents on them.?
Is this your first child by any chance?

I mean, I’ve had a wine or 3 but my brain is boggled at the audacity (of the OP and her kid).