I have 2 children 2 and 1 and having moved here 18 mo ago, I only know people through toddler groups. I meet up individually with 3 women for tea with the children but with 2 of them it has been not good as their boys snatch constantly from my daughters and are both mothers do not (IMO) do enough about it. The thing that almosts makes my blood boil is when boy takes toy car off my daughter, mother tells him not to but does not make him give it back and hands another one to my child.
I feel I have been a total idiot to let this go on, I have been angry with the one mother who I had developed some friendship with and felt impotent to tell her how I felt. The other mother came round yesterday and her son was very difficult, snatching, shoving etc. I know he is 2 and 1/4 but he can be told, even it if takes a 100 times.
I am angry with myself for having let this go on and not standing up for my children. I never see these mothers outside of the children, my children can't be getting anything positive out of this and as my husband said "I have been doing it for me and to kill some time". Why don't I stand up for myself? I am so cross that this child came into my house yesterday and just took over.
I think because I don't have "proper" friends here I have felt I have to socialise my children and get them seeing other people (eldest goes to nursery 3 mornings a week, I go to toddler groups with the 2 of them 2 days a week and baby groups with baby twice a week.
I feel I have let my children down.