At the playground, today...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you didn't touch her, she would have come all the way down the slide. Obviously, you had to touch her; you need to learn to treat other people's children with respect.

OMG she DIDN'T TOUCH HER. The child came down and KICKED her. I guess you're okay with your child kicking random strangers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someday your child will be older, too, OP. Then come back and tell us how you view this scenario.

Not the OP but I would never in a million years let my 3 year old behave the way OP described.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raise your hand if you are secretly chuckling to yourself about the bitch slap OP will be getting when her precious 1 year old turns 3!

So you would allow your 3 year old to kick an adult and bully a baby? Three-year-olds will be three-year-olds?

[Anonymous]

I don't let my DC climb up the slide specifically because of a DCUM thread I read on the subject a year or so ago, where I learned about this "unwritten rule."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost every one of you posting is here is incredibly rude.

Please, previous posters, send a list of where your children play, so I know never to bring my DD there!

Mom of a 2-yr old

I love it. A poster calling everybody else rude and then asking to know where the posters hang out so that she knows "never to bring my DD there!"

Why don't you tell us where you go b/c I'm guessing wanting to avoid you and your precious little cupcake may be a 2 way street.

14:48 here. I try to teach my child to share, wait her turn, and be courteous and considerate of others, particularly those smaller/less able than her. It sounds like the majority of folks posting here are already quite adept at avoiding this, no help from me necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. There were 3 slides side by side. Each child was playing with a different slide and the 3yo changed slides when she saw the baby there.

And WHO said going up the slide is "against the rules"? This is a joke, right?

No, it is not a joke. Slides are for going down. The reason is (surprise) that accidents happen when kids start going up. Even helicopter mommies aren't always fast enough to drop kick the kids going the right way in order to protect their LO's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you didn't touch her, she would have come all the way down the slide. Obviously, you had to touch her; you need to learn to treat other people's children with respect.

OMG she DIDN'T TOUCH HER. The child came down and KICKED her. I guess you're okay with your child kicking random strangers?

Great, so when that kids mother writes her rant we can properly scold her. It does not let her off the hook.

[Anonymous]

really if there was 2 kids at the playground my 3 year old would probably gravitate to wherever the 1 year old was..

not to be a brat but he likes to be with other kids (even though hes not always thoughtful oe respectful of personal space.

how about instead of ignoring or rejecting the 3 year old (my big petpeeve your at damn playground you may have to interact with other kids) why not ask if its okay if you help him on the swing next your baby or say hey you wanna help push or hey we will be done in one minute if you go slide twice it will be your turn for this swing

at 3 whatever the other person has is ALWAYS the best.

maybe grandma is aloof or tired or wahtever... yeah maybe she should have redirected but whatgever she didnt and you cant make people do things. ...

but you also were probably hostile and negative toward the 3 year old which isnt okay either (even if you say you werent your describing the hcild in a negative way and im sure your body language was negative)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you didn't touch her, she would have come all the way down the slide. Obviously, you had to touch her; you need to learn to treat other people's children with respect.

OMG she DIDN'T TOUCH HER. The child came down and KICKED her. I guess you're okay with your child kicking random strangers?

Great, so when that kids mother writes her rant we can properly scold her. It does not let her off the hook.

Off the hook for what? She didn't DO anything! Granted, I would have just removed my 1yo from the slide instead of blocking her, but that doesn't mean the 3yo wasn't being a brat. My 3yo knows not crash into people when going down the slide. If someone was on it trying to climb up, she asks them to please move.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. There was a total of 3 slides and 2 children when this happened.

I wouldn't change a thing.

What a brat!

OP - this is one of those areas where you need a little humility. The chances of your precious little 1 yo doing some bratty things at 3 yo are pretty much 100%. Now, as the parent of both a 1 yo and a 3 yo (and 5 yo, but he has learned the rules of the playground), I can tell you that things change very quickly. But playgrounds really aren't for 1 yos. They just aren't. They really are for older kids to run around. So I don't think the 3 yo was a brat. I would have stepped in if it was my kid, but I'm super sensitive about these things. But OP - really, humility...

Are you serious? And who are you freaks that think there are "rules" that say how you can play? PLAYground- not RULE-ground. Maybe if you let your 1yo run around at the playground, he won't turn into the little monster that this 3yo is in the OP's post.

[Anonymous]

OP here and this rule thing is the most ridiculous thing I've read here in a long long time.

I grew up going up, down and jumping from slides. Turning upside down in swings, etc.

No going up the slide? LOL You can kick my ass but my kid will go up whenever is their turn to use the slide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here and this rule thing is the most ridiculous thing I've read here in a long long time.

I grew up going up, down and jumping from slides. Turning upside down in swings, etc.

No going up the slide? LOL You can kick my ass but my kid will go up whenever is their turn to use the slide.

Your kid is at risk of being seriously injured when you are not around if they expect to be the king/queen of the slide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here and this rule thing is the most ridiculous thing I've read here in a long long time.

I grew up going up, down and jumping from slides. Turning upside down in swings, etc.

No going up the slide? LOL You can kick my ass but my kid will go up whenever is their turn to use the slide.

Your kid is at risk of being seriously injured when you are not around if they expect to be the king/queen of the slide.

Two things- what serious injuries have occurred on slides around you? and her kid plans to take turns, not be king of the slide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here and this rule thing is the most ridiculous thing I've read here in a long long time.

I grew up going up, down and jumping from slides. Turning upside down in swings, etc.

No going up the slide? LOL You can kick my ass but my kid will go up whenever is their turn to use the slide.

Why not just be the adult? Move your child or look up at the 3 year old and tell them she is playing on this slide, can you slide down the other one. Will the 3 year old listen? Sometimes and sometimes not. You might actually have to move your kid out of the way.

Sure people should always take turns but you know what, kids don't always do that, especially at 3. You can continue to act the way you did and you'll continue to have incidents like this.

[Anonymous]

At least grandma was there. In my neighborhood, kids as young as 6 come to the parks unsupervised.