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Lol it really has turned into quite an interesting philosophical divide! I wasn’t worried about the bike getting damaged, it’s built like a tank.  Of course I didn’t want it falling on a little 2yo, and if I were there I would have felt bad if she did get hurt because of the bike. But like I said, the part that was the problem for me was that the mom saw nothing wrong with her 2yo not listening when I told her to get off the bike (though it’s possible she wasn’t in earshot) and that she saw nothing wrong with her child trying to ride someone else’s bike. And then after I told her I didn’t want her on the bike, and I left, she let her on the bike.  So for me, I guess it was a respect or boundary issue, or lack therof. And honestly I was miffed! And at the same time I felt a little guilty, so wondered if I was in the wrong at all.[/quote]

But you framed it as "I don't want her on the bike because I don't want her getting hurt," leaving the mother to decide whether she wanted her daughter to have an exercise in natural consequences, which she evidently did.

PS As long as we're discussing "What about" scenarios, I would move the mother's purse out of the way.[/quote]

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