Soft play terrors!!!

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What is the appropriate/socially acceptable response to a child who's hit/pushed/punched/kicked your child of their parent does feck all!? (Might I add toddler age, I have a 1 & 3 year old)
I'm sick of policing other people kids in soft play/playgroups etc!!!!
Ps. I'm no fool, I know my child has hit others but I've dealt with it myself, I'd never sit on my phone and do nothing when I've realised what's happened!

Don't go to softplay. They're not only rough but dirty.

I'd tell the child to stop it the first 2 times, then I'd go to the parents and ask them to keep their child from being violent.

Yes that's super annoying. It's not the child's fault it's the parent who is ignoring them! I'm not ashamed to admit I told on one boy/parent at a community hall style softplay after her son had attacked mine (and many others) for the hundredth time, this one involved shoving my son down a flight of (softplay) stairs, he tumbled head over heels and it could've been really bad. His mum was sat on her phone at the side of the room and was clearly choosing to ignore the carnage he was causing rather than genuinely not realising.

If the parents are nowhere to be seen I would just encourage your DCs to move away from the rough children.!

@HennyPennyHorror a girl after my own heart. I really cannot understand what people see in these places! I'd rather go to the park 😂

Me too! Parks are much nicer. You can have a coffee and sit on the bench. There's play equipment and fresh air!

It's not like soft play areas and parks exclude each other. They offer different types of playing, both are fun for most children, both are great.

Soft play is s nightmare in the holidays. Full of older kids and parents who need a break. I tend to avoid until they all go back to school when calm is restored!