Sorry for long rant, but please tell me - AIBU?
Took DS (2.11 yrs) to a local softplay centre this morning. It's a fairly small one, used mainly by the Under 5s on weekdays. There were a fair few minor run-ins between children. My little boy was bopped in the head by another boy. He cried a bit, I gave him a cuddle -no harm done. Then A while later DS pushed another boy over. I had a word with DS - we'll have to leave if you can't play nicely, say sorry etc. Again, no real harm done.
Sooo -Noticed a girl of about 6 sitting in the ball pond at the bottom of a slide. Every time a child came down the slide they bumped into her and she whinged. Her mum told her to move a few times, but the little girl always ended up back at the bottom of the slide. Eventually, the obvious happened. My DS and another boy came down the slide and knocked into her. She wailed and screamed that the boys had 'hurt her' and threw a complete tantrum. Her mother was absolutely livid and marched into the ball pond saying 'I've told you to stay away from aggressive children' throwing filthy looks at my son and this other little boy. The mum of the other boy said 'It's their age, you know - boys this age can be a bit rough' sort of apologetically. I didn't say anything although I removed Ds from the play area for a while and we had a snack etc. The other mother continued to fume and talk about aggressive children loudly to her friend for the next 10 mins.
TBH, I felt like showing her a bit of 'aggressive mother'. Why are people like this? I don't like to see my child - or any child - get hurt, but FFS be grown up about it. I have witnessed this sort of attitude countless times at play centres and playgrounds etc and it really fucks me off.