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Aibu about 6 yr olds behaviour

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Harmonyrays · 14/02/2019 20:06

Scenario 1: one child is eating sweets from their pocket. Another child looks like they stick their hand in and grab 3. Father of child 1 says 'did he just take your swets, dont let him do that and seemed genuinely pissed off. Mother of child 2 berates her child for his actions.

Scenario 2: a child has been offering out sweets to a small group of children. One of these children then comes back and takes sweets without asking. Mum hears and replies 'ah he did well then? No telling off

Aibu to think neityer one of these redponces is correct?

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DoJo · 14/02/2019 20:09

I don't know if there's such a thing as a 'correct' response in either situation, particularly without a bit more information about the context in which this was all happening.

everydaymum · 14/02/2019 20:12

Child two is stealing. Whilst the emotion from the parents may be a bit strong, scenario one is 'correct'. Scenario two is just setting up a child to think it's ok to take things that don't belong to them.

Harmonyrays · 14/02/2019 20:12

Sorry, so the first chikd in each is the same one. So one situation he was told off for taking a sweet the second someone did it to hkm and tgeywere congratulated!

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Harmonyrays · 14/02/2019 20:13

Sorry for the appalling spelling, smart phone keyboard is rubbish

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sleepylittlebunnies · 14/02/2019 20:14

Were the people in scenario 1 a family? If so could be a background story. In fact that could apply to scenario 2 also but I’m struggling to think of a scenario that I’d be proud of my DC tasking sweets not offered to them.

Harmonyrays · 14/02/2019 20:14

The thing is scenario 1 the child was actually offered but the faather didnt hear and assumed.

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Harmonyrays · 14/02/2019 20:15

Children not related. Just same class at school but playing in the park afterwards

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SoyDora · 14/02/2019 20:16

I’m a bit confused about the scenarios/context but I would expect the child who has taken sweets without asking/being offered them to be told off in both scenarios.

everydaymum · 15/02/2019 01:12

Sorry, I thought the child stole in both scenarios.

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