Went to the park yesterday with DS 7 to play football. The park has 2 goals, one was being used as a climbing frame by a bunch of kids DS didn't know but the other was free so we went there to do penalties. We were there about 10 minutes when one kid from the other group stormed over shouting back at their friends, obviously they fell out about something. The kid (maybe 6?) sat down leaning against the goal we were using and pulled out a tablet and started watching it. I said to the kid that we were kicking the ball here and he could get hit so maybe he'd best find somewhere else to sit. He glared at me and told me to leave him alone, he was fine. I said again that we are kicking the ball here and if it hits him it could hurt him or break his tablet. He told me that they were here first and it was his goal.
Now I'm not one for arguing with kids I don't know so I asked him where his parents were and he just put his headphones on and ignored me.
So DS and I just kept playing. The ball hit the kid a couple of times but not hard (more like rolled into him). About 15 mins later his dad turned up and asked me (a complete stranger) if his kid had been good. I was a bit confused why he was asking me that, as if I had assumed some sort of responsibility for him but anyway, I said "well he sat down in the middle of our football game and refused to move so we just played around him".
The dad then asked me why we didn't just move.
I said because there are only 2 goal posts, one was in use and this was free so we used it. Why should we move because his child decided he wanted it to lean against?
He asked his son if he was hurt or if we'd hit him with the ball and started making a bit of a fuss. We ignored him and played on but DS wanted to leave shortly after because he didn't like the whole exchange.
WIBU?