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[quote=Anonymous]Would love perspective on this situation as I’m not sure if my reaction to the situation is off-base.

DH and I were out of town when it was rainy and our child was outside playing with Larla.  Larla suggested they p,ay umbrella tag and apparently our child just missed hitting Larla in the eye with the umbrella.  Larla runs straight inside to tell parents before my child can even apologize and my child is very upset that they hurt a friend.  Larla’s Mom texts me saying - “I know you are out of town but your child almost hit Larla in the eye and so they will not be allowed to play with Larla again.”

I was very upset to hear about this and reached out to grandparents that were watching child...they told me it was Larla’s idea to play the game and had spoken to child.  I responded to neighbor stating that I was very sorry to hear Larla was hurt and child felt awful they didn’t get to apologize.  I also said apparently this was Larla’s idea and obviously not a good choice to play such a dangerous game.  Needless to say no response back and the only thing that happened is Larla’s dad asked our child when we would be home.

My take - yes that is very scary to hear your child almost got poked in the eye but kids also make bad choices and accidents happen.  I felt their reaction of banishing them from playing was over the top and while I would have felt that way too and have in the past,  I normally let things settled before texting.  So now I’m pretty annoyed with neighbor because I feel they somehow think our child would maliciously hurt theirs and am dreading the fact that they want to discuss further.  I would also add that they are never out watching the kids when I often am supervising.

Would welcome other folks perspective here....do I need a gut check?  Should I tell child they are banned from playing with this kid?  We have already had the talk about making better choices.  Am I wrong to be peeved with the parents because I think they over reacted and ruined my first vacation without kids in years?

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