Anonymous wrote:If you are this upset over the actions of children at a mall playground, you need to understand that there are some places you should not go with your child. If you take your kids to Chuck E. Cheese, you are going to see a pretty raw cross section of society, and I guarantee you there will be kids who don't share, push, bite, etc. If you take your kids to a mall playground, same thing.

Should it be this way? No.

Should we be able to bring our children to public play areas without worrying about things like this? Sure.

But I also want a pony. And a money tree. And world peace.

You need to have a better understanding of what to expect in these different environments, accept that you can't control it to your personal standards, and remove yourself and your child from the equation.

I understand that kids do not always share or that they may push or shove each other. I see this happen all the time and it is not such a big deal and kids usually take care of it themselves, but BITING is not acceptable and dangerous. I do not believe that my personal standards are high when I expect other children not to bite my child. You are being ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:OP, how old is your child? Do you not vaccinate? Why the need for a tetanus shot at the ER?

DS is four years old. He is fully vaccinated. But if he was bitten my a strange child and it had broken the skin and drawn blood, I would have most definitely have him checked out medically.

we go to that play place all the time. I just get fed up with the constant crowding- kids falling all over each other desperately trying to get a turn climbing this or that..but biting? oh hell no.

If you are this upset over the actions of children at a mall playground, you need to understand that there are some places you should not go with your child. If you take your kids to Chuck E. Cheese, you are going to see a pretty raw cross section of society, and I guarantee you there will be kids who don't share, push, bite, etc. If you take your kids to a mall playground, same thing.

Should it be this way? No.

Should we be able to bring our children to public play areas without worrying about things like this? Sure.

But I also want a pony. And a money tree. And world peace.

You need to have a better understanding of what to expect in these different environments, accept that you can't control it to your personal standards, and remove yourself and your child from the equation.

OP, I don't care how embarrassed she was and should have been. Her JOB is to teach her children. That is my problem with what happened. I am glad you are okay. I would not have been as nice as you. When people are wrong, they are wrong. They don't get away with FAILING to do the right thing with me, especially with children involved.

Either step up or don't have kids.

OP, how old is your child? Do you not vaccinate? Why the need for a tetanus shot at the ER?

15:13 - there are many ways to address the child quietly without touching the child. The mom has no leg to stand on. The mom who addressed the child just needs to then go into aloof, flat affect mode *like the mother who is supposed to be watching her children is*. Easy.

Its no fun when its done to you, is it? Maybe you should have thought of that when you were on your cell phone expecting everyone else to mind your brat.

Too many moms take advantage of others and I for one am done with their lousy, smug, lazy and oh-so-obvious behaviors.

I found out about the other three bitten children because another parent (Dad) told me. We just got to the playground when this happened. My son is four years old and the FOM playground is not huge and there is no need for me to helicopter over him while he is playing. Most of the parents sit on the benches around the playground and observe their chilldren. Only parents of small toddlers (2 and under) will stay by their child's immediate side.

I did not get a chance to talk to the mother because I had to address my child's injury. I do not think that biting on a public playground is okay. Biting, hitting or pushing are NEVER okay. I do not know if the child had any special needs and I do not really think that it should matter. If the child acts this crazy, then it is the mother's job to closely supervise him so that he does not injure other children on the playground who have a RIGHT to play there without being bitten. If my child's skin would have been broken by the bite, then I would have to take him to the ER to get a tetanus shot. A human bite can cause serious infection and I would not know if the other child carried any infections diseases.

If the mother would have came over to me and apologized, then I would have accepted the apology. Things happen and sometimes children do awful things, but it is not okay to just walk away. She did not teach her child anything. But then, she was probably embarrassed and just wanted to get out of there.

NP here. I AM TIRED OF LAZY PARENTS WHO DO NOT DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN. You play, you pay - don't just spit out kids and expect the rest of the world to handle them for you.

Sorry this happened OP. Next time, scare the sh*t out of the kid. He won't do it again, and his lazy mom won't even notice. If she does, she doesn't have a leg to stand on, as she should have stepped up WHEN it happened.

PUT DOWN THE CELL PHONE AND PARENT, PEOPLE.

Actually, she would have a leg to stand on. If she starts raging around like a lunatic, she could have security called to have her removed. If she touches the other child, the mother can press charges for assault.

You really have no idea what was going on here . . . would you really be happy if that mom flipped out at a special needs child? If you are going to flip out on anyone, flip out on the parent. Don't bully a special needs child, asshole.

It is not difficult to go to the child and say loudly "Is there a parent with this child?" and address your comments appropriately.

I have a special needs kid who can be inappropriately physical (pushing, hitting, kicking). I watch him like a hawk. A sped parent needs to be MORE on top of her child, not sitting there relaxing while he bites 4 kids. When I need a break and can't handle that level of vigilance, I let him watch TV or run around the house like a crazy person. I don't take him out in public so I can chill!

NP here. I AM TIRED OF LAZY PARENTS WHO DO NOT DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN. You play, you pay - don't just spit out kids and expect the rest of the world to handle them for you.

Sorry this happened OP. Next time, scare the sh*t out of the kid. He won't do it again, and his lazy mom won't even notice. If she does, she doesn't have a leg to stand on, as she should have stepped up WHEN it happened.

PUT DOWN THE CELL PHONE AND PARENT, PEOPLE.

Why should people expect that their kids are going to get abused in public spaces or otherwise keep them indoors? PPs who say this must have biters or kids who hit/kick/etc. it's not ok. Teach your kids to behave.

If your snowflake is that precious, do NOT bring him to a indoor mall playground! Good grief.

You should say something to the other mother. Just say "Your son just bit my child. Please do something to address this before he bites someone else."

This is not making since. You are fully aware that this child bit 3 other children before he bit your child? Why would you put your child in a public environment with a zombie? The other child even managed to push your child, grab hair and bite? Where were you when this all went down?