At a play centre, my daughter was clearly playing with playdough set when suddenly another boy grabbed it from in front of her and took it to his table. He had been grabbing other stuff without asking already and had lots of stuff in front of his space (all from our table). DD burst into tears a few seconds later when she realised. We went to asked the mum for the toy back as my DD was in the middle of playing with it and the other boy had gone off elsewhere (we did mention to her that he had taken it off DD and were polite about it)
The mum went on the defensive and ranted that I should have said something to her son and started lecturing me about my parenting style (ie asking for the toy back and standing up to my DD) ! The incident happened fast and we didn’t have time to react. Shouldn’t it be her that should have said something to her son and then apologised for snatching??
I didn’t want to engage conversation but she went on and on so I told her directly that she should have been watching her son and not let him snatch off others, he was being rude and that he was snatching off others already before this incident. She left in a puff
Both kids are around 3/4 so sure maybe they can’t help the behaviour but the parents need to be aware and monitor behaviour? I don’t think it’s my job to tell the other kid off as she will prob go off at me for telling her kid off!!! And I don’t think it’s her place to tell me how I teach my DD also!
Has anyone else have had dramas like this?