At the playground, today...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Not that poster, but I saw a kid get his two front teeth bent in and a cut lip. Slider took the boy's feet out from under him and he hit the side wall of the slide.

[Anonymous]

Not sure if he lost those teeth. Looked nasty when it happened.

[Anonymous]

big deal.

kids will play. your invented rules mean nothing to them. they will climb up, slide down, and purposely crash into one another. occasionally, they will knock each other's teeth out. ultimately, they will survive and even grow up to be kind and generous adults.

circle of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 1yo was climbing up the middle slide.

The 3yo who was ready to go down the slide on the R side ran to the middle slide and said WATCH OUT and pretended to come down. 3yo's Grandma did nothing. 3yo grabbed as hard as she could the side of the slide and came down with rage.

Mom of 1yo quickly put her arm on the way to keep 3yo from kicking 1yo right on the face. Grandma frowned and walked away leaving 3yo behind.

3yo kicked 1yo's mom and made a face. 1yo's mom grabbed 1yo and went to the swing. 3yo followed them and tried to push 1yo out of the way to grab the infant swing.

It was the end of it, 1yo's mom said to the 3yo to go ask her grandma for help with the big girl's swing. Grandma grabbed 3yo by the arm and said "Let's just go home".

There. I feel better now. Thanks.

Why would you block a child who was trying to come down a slide? Somehow my guess is the child didn't "kick" you, she was coming down the slide legs first and you chose to get IN the way instead of OUT of the way. The child said "watch out" which is a warning for people at the bottom of the slide to get out of the way.

I'm sorry, I agree with other posters - stairs are for going up, slides are for going down. That's what I teach my 3 year old, and if my 3 year old was at the playground and trying to go down the slide and a baby was at the bottom, I would ask the mom to move the baby out of the way so my child could go down. If you want to use the slide, use it the right way - you can go down the slide with your baby, or let your baby practice climbing up the stairs. But it's really rude to block the slide (even if there are 3 of them). Kids take turns going down on a slide and that takes 30 seconds or less - was your baby on the slide for 30 seconds or was she "hogging" the slide? If your baby is on a slide, she needs to take turns, too.

The 3 year old was probably angry that you blocked her and then took it out by following you to the swing and getting mad. 3 year olds express anger like 3 year olds - not always appropriately. Adults have the ability to talk to other adults - like a grandma - and ask nicely if they can help with their grandchild instead of taking out their anger on a 3 year old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The 1yo was climbing up the middle slide.

The 3yo who was ready to go down the slide on the R side ran to the middle slide and said WATCH OUT and pretended to come down. 3yo's Grandma did nothing. 3yo grabbed as hard as she could the side of the slide and came down with rage.

Mom of 1yo quickly put her arm on the way to keep 3yo from kicking 1yo right on the face. Grandma frowned and walked away leaving 3yo behind.

3yo kicked 1yo's mom and made a face. 1yo's mom grabbed 1yo and went to the swing. 3yo followed them and tried to push 1yo out of the way to grab the infant swing.

It was the end of it, 1yo's mom said to the 3yo to go ask her grandma for help with the big girl's swing. Grandma grabbed 3yo by the arm and said "Let's just go home".

There. I feel better now. Thanks.

Why would you block a child who was trying to come down a slide? Somehow my guess is the child didn't "kick" you, she was coming down the slide legs first and you chose to get IN the way instead of OUT of the way. The child said "watch out" which is a warning for people at the bottom of the slide to get out of the way.

I'm sorry, I agree with other posters - stairs are for going up, slides are for going down. That's what I teach my 3 year old, and if my 3 year old was at the playground and trying to go down the slide and a baby was at the bottom, I would ask the mom to move the baby out of the way so my child could go down. If you want to use the slide, use it the right way - you can go down the slide with your baby, or let your baby practice climbing up the stairs. But it's really rude to block the slide (even if there are 3 of them). Kids take turns going down on a slide and that takes 30 seconds or less - was your baby on the slide for 30 seconds or was she "hogging" the slide? If your baby is on a slide, she needs to take turns, too.

The 3 year old was probably angry that you blocked her and then took it out by following you to the swing and getting mad. 3 year olds express anger like 3 year olds - not always appropriately. Adults have the ability to talk to other adults - like a grandma - and ask nicely if they can help with their grandchild instead of taking out their anger on a 3 year old.

Too bad you missed the part where I explained that the 3yo moved from where she was to come down where I was with my child. Otherwise it was a nice post... I'm so so sorry!

[Anonymous]

OP. your kid took more than his turn at the slide. Even for an older child, it takes much longer to go up than down; much more so for a toddler.

Gravity -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, OP, but your posting about this at all has been as childish as the 3 year old's behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. your kid took more than his turn at the slide. Even for an older child, it takes much longer to go up than down; much more so for a toddler.

Gravity -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

Oh please. There were 3 slides. We were there first. The 3yo was on the other slide and came where we were on purpose.

If grandma doesn't teach the brat a lesson, strangers will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, OP, but your posting about this at all has been as childish as the 3 year old's behavior.

Whatever. It was just a complaint. I was bored.

It's another day and we're living our lives as happy as we can be. DC kissed me today for the first time!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you block a child who was trying to come down a slide? Somehow my guess is the child didn't "kick" you, she was coming down the slide legs first and you chose to get IN the way instead of OUT of the way. The child said "watch out" which is a warning for people at the bottom of the slide to get out of the way.

I'm sorry, I agree with other posters - stairs are for going up, slides are for going down. That's what I teach my 3 year old, and if my 3 year old was at the playground and trying to go down the slide and a baby was at the bottom, I would ask the mom to move the baby out of the way so my child could go down. If you want to use the slide, use it the right way - you can go down the slide with your baby, or let your baby practice climbing up the stairs. But it's really rude to block the slide (even if there are 3 of them). Kids take turns going down on a slide and that takes 30 seconds or less - was your baby on the slide for 30 seconds or was she "hogging" the slide? If your baby is on a slide, she needs to take turns, too.

The 3 year old was probably angry that you blocked her and then took it out by following you to the swing and getting mad. 3 year olds express anger like 3 year olds - not always appropriately. Adults have the ability to talk to other adults - like a grandma - and ask nicely if they can help with their grandchild instead of taking out their anger on a 3 year old.

Too bad you missed the part where I explained that the 3yo moved from where she was to come down where I was with my child. Otherwise it was a nice post... I'm so so sorry!

It doesn't matter. Going down the slide still has priority over going up. And you got kicked because you put your arm in the way of a child properly using the slide at the playground. Another rule of the playground is that you don't walk in front of a kid on a swing. You would get kicked then too. If you stepped into the street right in front of a speeding truck, would you be surprised to get hit? Some self preservation is appropriate. Even if you disagree, you might want to consider raising your child to know other children observe ut these rules, since she will get no sympathy for getting kicked if she insists on staying in a place she doesn't belong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP. your kid took more than his turn at the slide. Even for an older child, it takes much longer to go up than down; much more so for a toddler.

Gravity -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

Oh please. There were 3 slides. We were there first. The 3yo was on the other slide and came where we were on purpose.

If grandma doesn't teach the brat a lesson, strangers will.

Some people just refuse to learn. Here are a bunch of strangers telling you that you are the one who needs the lesson, OP.

[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?

Was this at Green Park?

[Anonymous]

Lesson? What lesson? LOL

If I were the Grandma posting about my child kicking someone at the playground you'd still gang up against the poor old lady.

It's typical of DCUM.

I didn't post asking for lessons. I came for a vent and I got it out. Thanks for reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Was this at Green Park?

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right, because kids never ever ever hurt themselves on slides when they are going down. Legs never get broken, tail bones never get bruised, kids never move fast enough so they don't get bumped at the bottom. Are you nuts, PP? Let me guess, you've never seen a kid get kicked down because they've run in front of a swing, right? Is there an unwritten rule then as well? What is the unwritten rule about ladders, are they for going up or for going down? Please let me know ASAP because I was planning on going to the park with my kids tomorrow morning and I dont want to be a rule breaker! Oh, rock walls? Once they climb up how do they get down, jump or climb back down? What if someone is waiting at the bottom to climb after them?

Oh my, what about bridges? Any rules with those? Why are you stiffing creativity and imagination? How about teaching your children to wait their turn regardless whether or not they are at the top of the slide or the bottom, and throw in a little respect while you're at it. Maybe you could type these rules up and post them to DCUM in pdf format, please?