Little Mean Girl

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh good god lady. It's going to be a long hard road for you. She was a small child. You're probably in your thirties. You just called a preschooler a shit. Who needs to grow up?

Life's tough, get a helmet. Maybe your kid is annoying. Maybe he smells.

You are that little shit's mother, aren't you?

OP you should have said, "Excuse me. This is a play group and you are not in charge. You can leave the group if you like but you do not tell other children they have to leave." If this made the budding bitch cry, tough! Then you should have told her bitch mother, "Curb your brat_!

[Anonymous]

Another cuckoo thread.

To the OP: You love your boy, but you are overreacting. She was four. If she were mine, I would have said something to her about being more polite, but maybe her mom was stunned or something. Or maybe her mom is a shitty parent. Either way, you don't call a four year old a b*tch.

To the rest of you: stop inventing reasons why the OP's son deserved it and don't make this into a girl-power thing. It is clear this child lashed out inappropriately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another cuckoo thread.

To the OP: You love your boy, but you are overreacting. She was four. If she were mine, I would have said something to her about being more polite, but maybe her mom was stunned or something. Or maybe her mom is a shitty parent. Either way, you don't call a four year old a b*tch.

To the rest of you: stop inventing reasons why the OP's son deserved it and don't make this into a girl-power thing. It is clear this child lashed out inappropriately.

You call her a bitch if she is one and this 4 yr old brat is a bitch.

[Anonymous]

Teach your son to mutter "Asshole.." next time.

[Anonymous]

OP you praise your son for being friendly and explain that sometimes other kids are kind and sometimes they are not. If the other parent is not correcting their child, feel free to do this in front of both of them.

I stand beside you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you praise your son for being friendly and explain that sometimes other kids are kind and sometimes they are not. If the other parent is not correcting their child, feel free to do this in front of both of them.

I stand beside you.

+1 Really, it is not that hard to be nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh good god lady. It's going to be a long hard road for you. She was a small child. You're probably in your thirties. You just called a preschooler a shit. Who needs to grow up?

Life's tough, get a helmet. Maybe your kid is annoying. Maybe he smells.

Wow, you see where that kid got their anti social behavior, right OP? Welcome to D.C., where grown adults act anything but.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP you praise your son for being friendly and explain that sometimes other kids are kind and sometimes they are not. If the other parent is not correcting their child, feel free to do this in front of both of them.

I stand beside you.

+1 Really, it is not that hard to be nice.

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Next time say "wow, that was rude and inappropriate, wasn't it Johnny? Glad we know better and are being raised by other than wolves!" Not that ignorant mom will get it (she WILL keep pretending not to hear), but you will feel better, OP. Imagine how that woman talks to her husband - where the heck do you think that little girl acquired that rotten behavior, anyway?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Please. No means no to what exactly? He was there before this girl arrived. He didn't ask to play with her. All the kids were getting along fine until this child came along "asserting" herself for no reason other than to be a brat.

You set this up in your original post to sound like your son was pestering the girl, OP. You made it sound like she rejected an invitation. Now you're telling a different story. I think you're changing your story because you're not getting the sympathy you expected.

No her story was clear to me. You and pps wanted to twist this into a bizarre girl power moment.

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Not surprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see anything wrong with what she said. I hate the idea that girls are pressured to be people pleasers at such an early age, OP teach your kid no means no.

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I don't understand what the problem is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Please. No means no to what exactly? He was there before this girl arrived. He didn't ask to play with her. All the kids were getting along fine until this child came along "asserting" herself for no reason other than to be a brat.

You set this up in your original post to sound like your son was pestering the girl, OP. You made it sound like she rejected an invitation. Now you're telling a different story. I think you're changing your story because you're not getting the sympathy you expected.

Go back and re-read my post. Where did I imply my son was pestering this child? You're changing my story to justify this child's bratty behavior. It's no wonder we have so many rude, entitled young adults these days.

Your description of her telling him to "leave her alone" directly implies some interaction that he initiated.

Reading is fundamental. I said in my OP that I was watching them all the entire time. If my son was being an irritant to another child, I would've corrected him. As I said, I saw nothing that could've led to her reaction. How about she was just being a brat?

You come across and thinking your precious little snowflake could never do anything wrong, so you'll excuse us for snorting at this. You've probably never corrected the child in your life. But it's cute how you judge another mother for not helicoptering.

I'm sure your son is precious. But you're over the top.

Yes, my son is precious, to me. And I'm teaching him to be assertive, and kind, and respectful. I'm teaching him all those things. That's my job. Maybe you should take a page out of my book.

Good for you, OP! I'm doing the same. I also talk back to mean kids at the park and teach my son how to deal with them. One took my two-year-old's truck, once, another walked up to him and started yelling "NO!" "NO!" into his face without any provocation or reason; the majority of course are nice and play well together. To the jerk kids of all ages out there: you have no excuse and the rest of us do not have any obligation to put up with it. We will also model for our kids how to stand up to bullies.

Hi, if you "talked back" to my kid or scolded my child in any way, you would require stitches when I was done with you. Just saying.

Wow aren't you a lot psychic? A person just has to say please don't do this and you would beat them up? Please seek therapy for your mental disorder. And yes, if you attacked me I would make sure the police arrested YOU for assault. Actions do have consquences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see anything wrong with what she said. I hate the idea that girls are pressured to be people pleasers at such an early age, OP teach your kid no means no.

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I don't understand what the problem is.

The problem is that she came into a group of kids were already playing and yelled this at a boy who was already there and wasn't doing anything to her. I'd get what you are saying if he had approached her, but even then it is a little over the top. The only time her reaction would be justified would be if he was pestering her, which he was not.

There is a difference between being a door-mat people pleaser and being basically polite to others.

[jsteele]

The OP thanks everyone for the feedback but has asked that this thread be locked now.