we went to the brewers fayer as a goodbye breakfast as we are moving out of england in a couple of days time.
my daughter is 3. she was playing in the play area with a 4 year old that she met there and was happily paying with. my girl is a rough and tumble girl that wants to hug everyone. a bit annoying i imagine for other kids. i did have a chat with her. i only saw her doing it a couple of times. and i was watching her closely.
there had been some preen and teen kids playing a bit hard for a younger kids play area so i had a chat with satff after it being very obvious an accident was going to happen. most of the bigger kids went. amazing little kids carried on playing and having fun. there was a 7/8 year old lad (1 that was with the bigger kids. mum had been back and forward telling him off for fighting the bigger kids). they were playing nicely so i thought no more of it. about 15 mins later my daughter is in the fetal position with this lad and the 4 year old girl kicking her!! i flew up boombing (i have a VERY loud voice) saying to stop and its never ok to kick anyone.
asked my girl if she was ok. she said yes. no tears so i thought i drink my coffee fast and we will go. i look back over and my girl is being rough with the older lad. not hurting him. but it wasnt ok with how she is being brought up.
since weve been home my daughter has what looks like 2 black eyes and bruising around the back of her neck. my friend is a GP ive had him check her over and hes sure nothing but bruising.
my daughter is very shaken up by it all and very very angry. telling me i need to 'get' the kids that hurt her.
ive never had to handle something like this. my older kids are 20 and 13. i never had an issue with anything like this!
ive already decided shes doing self defence classes this spring.
could i have handled it better? i hate the idea of over stepping. but on the flip side my daughter was being attacked on the floor by 2 older kids. considerably stronger than she is. doesnt help she is disabled (they wouldnt know that. not that that should make any difference)
i very distressed by what happened. not that i will let my daughter see that!