colourmehappytheresasofainhere ·
26/08/2013 18:13
Long story short. My son, 3, was playing with our neighbours kid, 6, in the park. My son throws quite a heavy water pistol from about 6 feet at the other kids head, for no particular reason. Other kid gets a massive shock, bursts into tears and a massive bruise comes up on his forhead. I comfort the other kid for a moment before his mum runs over. then take my son away and talk to him about how dangerous that was, how the other boy was hurt, etc. We then went back to apologise to the other kid who is having cuddle with his mum, and my son aged 3 and 4 months, refuses point blank to say sorry. So I tell him that we will have to go home and he will have to sit in his bedroom to think about what he did until ready to apologise. Dp comes in, I explain what happened, and he goes in to talk to our son. I then realise after about ten minutes he is playing puzzles with him. So I call dp out and explain that I think he should stay alone in there till he wants to say sorry. Dp disagrees. He doesn't think what he did was that bad, and he thinks all children do that kind of thing. I don't think they do.
Am I being unreasonable about what to expect from a 3 year old? am I being unreasonable that my son should stay in his room, alone till ready to apologize? Am I being unreasonable to think that not all children do that kind of thing? Have I got it all wrong?