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OP here. What are the playground rules? I geniunely want to know, because I can't figure out the justification for accusing a 23 MONTH OLD of "stealing" a random toy at the playground that no one else was playing with, then saying he deserved to be yelled at because he should've had the knowledge and foresight to check and make sure it was okay with the other kids??
 
What is WRONG with you people? [/quote]

You're missing the point (and getting hysterical).

Kids do things that are developmentally appropriate.  If a toddler takes a random toy from by someone's feet, that's developmentally appropriate.  If a 4 year old yells "no!" at that child, that's developmentally appropriate.  In the 4 year old's mind, she was saying, "these are my toys, don't take them."  She didn't touch him.  Touching/hitting is always grounds for parental intervention.  Is that clearer? [/quote]

OP here. I guess you missed the post 3 pages ago when I said that both kids were behaving developmentally appropriate. My gripe is not with the 4-year old. My gripe is with the father who did nothing to correct the 4-year old.[/quote]

OMG, you aren't going to let this go, are you?

She thought the toddler took the toy from her.  She yelled at him.  I assume you think the father should have said "Mary, don't yell, you weren't playing with that!"  Well a) maybe she was, and because he is a toddler he didn't know that or b) maybe she wasn't, and the dad wasn't micromanaging every instance of his 4 year old's existence, so he didn't know whether she was or not.  What he knows is that she used words and he hit (again, normal for their ages).

Get over it.[/quote]

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