We're on holiday in a beach resort type place
Hanging out at the resort playground today. Ds (4) has been playing with a couple of kids (one 6 a girl, 5 a boy and his sister 2) for a couple of hours.
All being adorably sweet and playing some nice game involving being Octonaughts.
The 5 year old and 2 year old are being watched by an au pair/nanny type of girl. She looks about 15/16. Parents are down the beach a little.
The boy suddenly really smacks his head. Starts bawling and the au pair is trying to comfort him.
Ds walks over and tries to stroke the kid's back like the au pair was doing.
The girl screams 'get away from him, just go away!' and gives ds a little push.
Ds comes back a little miffed and hurt but not lastingly bothered.
I was about to go and tell her she was totally out of order. And tell the parents what she'd done too.
Dh stopped me and told me I shouldn't.
So I didn't but now I'm cross with myself. Yes she was only young, and I wouldn't have kicked off, rather told her it's not ok to speak to people like that at all or lay hands on them even if they had done anything wrong. Which ds hadn't, he was trying to be helpful.
(Obviously my instant reaction was to shove her face in to the sand and go all 'Hand that Rocks The Cradle' on her. 
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I should have pulled her up on it no? I feel like a failed ds a bit today. 