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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You get a medal OP and the other parent gets the firing squad. All parents should hover within 6 inches of their kids in the sandbox at al times - anyone who fails to observe this rule should be banished from the park forever. And no child should ever have to be confronted with another child hogging toys. Ever. It's a moral outrage! I'm proud of your service in haranguing random strangers on the internet about this shocking incident.

BTW, you don't live in LA do you? Are you the same parent who got in a shoving match with a 2yo about a toy bin?[/quote]

No, I live right here in the DC metro area. I don't hover, but I'm keeping a watchful eye on my 2-year old, damn right. I suppose the next time I will turn a blind eye when he hauls off and hits other kids, because you know, children should learn to work this out for themselves.[/quote]

Well, the other kid didn't hit anyone.  Your kid took that toy "nearest her feet," which I'm guessing means the toy she was playing with at the time, and the kid yelled.  Your kid was the one who hit.  I really don't think that the decision not to intervene when no one is hitting or pushing or biting anyone else means that someone is a bad parent.  Yelling isn't ideal, no, and I would probably talk to my kid about saying "no" in a calmer voice, but really, I'd have been on my kid not to take another kid's toys without asking.  [/quote]

Really? Babies and toddlers and preschoolers asking each other nicely if they could play with random toys scattered about in a crowded playground sandbox?  :roll:[/quote]

Like I said, I think at least some of us think that the little girl might have actually been playing with the toy (which is why it was the one nearest her feet in the sandbox).  [/quote]

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