At playgroup last week. There are a group of three mums, who all sit together eating sweets..having to fend off the toddlers who naturally crowd around them..but anyway that's a different story.
They arrived, and one of their daughters flung her personal scooter on the floor and went to play. My two year old then went to play on it. Before I could get there, she took it off him - no problem with this.
A few minutes later, said four year old daughter is pulling the toy pram off my son. The mother was sat behind me but didn't say anything. So I called over 'X was playing with that one, there is another pram over there'
I then hear the mother saying to her friends 'oh well he did try and nick her scooter' in a scornful voice. I pretended not to hear it, because, I guess I am intimidated by them, and didn't want to engage in an argument.
But come on! He didn't try to 'nick' her scooter. Nobody was playing on it, and how is a two year old meant to tell the difference between communal and personal toys in the same vicinity. And even if he did try and snatch something, is that what some parents are advocating? X does it to you, so you do it back?
If my son tries to take toy which another is playing with, I always take it from him, apologise and find something else for him. I am also happy for others to do the same, if I don't see. Providing there is no shouting, and it is an appropriate 'telling off'
I have since found out that this lady is a parent supporter - in which case I don't think she should be acting like this.
WIBU at playgroup?