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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So your kid stole toys and then hit and HE's the bad parent? Your kid sounds absolutely awful.[/quote]

My toddler was being a toddler. Just like that little girl was doing what was developmentally appropriate. But the father should have corrected her. I don't blame the child, I blame the father.

And toddler's don't "steal." What is wrong with you??[/quote]

So, just clarifying-- did your toddler "engage" with the child by taking a toy? I'm assuming that as I type.

I'd actually be kinda-sorta on your side, and OF COURSE this is one way toddlers "engage," and I like kids to work this kind of thing out (moreso if they are the same age, which it sounds like they were not) blah blah blah. But a 4-5 yo doesn't "get" that your child is just "engaging" in an "age-appropriate" way and might react the way the 4-5 yo reacted.

Okay, you say you know the above and just blame the father.

But here's the rub-- you did correct the "age-appropriate" hitting, but you clearly think the age-appropriate[i] taking[/i] is something not to be interfered-with. Something for the kids to work out themselves. Well, maybe the father thought the same of the screaming and [i]taking-back[/i]. Like he doesn't intervene if there's no actual physical violence.

Different priorities, but not necessarily an "obviously" terrible parenting philosophy or one so different from your own. [/quote]

For all you know, the dad was pleased that his daughter stood up for herself without pushing or hitting.  [/quote]

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