SassyMummy
10-02-2009, 10:03
Would you tell off your child if you found out they flushed another childs' underwear down the toilet?
Would you tell off your child if you hear they'd called another child a "d*ckhead"?
These things happened recently, another child my daughter was playing with (her mother was at work) did both of those things.
Now I can understand her not telling off the child, the child had already been told off, and she may not feel it's a good idea to just randomly tell her off after the event...
However, her response to the first (the underwear), was, "Oh well, they shouldn't be allowed to play stupid games."
They weren't playing, DD was on the toilet (she takes her knickers all the way off to go), and when she flushed, the other girl chucked her undies in there and they got flushed down.
The swearing got the response... "hahahaha."
She wasn't told about the events by me, but by her mother (who was here both times)... so perhaps her response may have been a little different if I had been around.
Now I know they're kids, and kids do these things... I don't expect her to flog her kid for it or anything... I dunno, I just figured if it was MY kid doing it, I'd tell her off, remind her not to swear, tell her not to go into the toilet while the other child was in there... etc etc. I'd be apologetic and embarassed.
I also know that had MY child flushed the knickers, or did the swearing, it would be WW3, and I'd be the worst mother ever, my daughter the worst child ever, and she'd be raving on about how much of a bad influence mine is on her poor sick daughter (she was sick as a baby, and has a mild condition with her immune system which she'll grow out of in a year or so, but she pulls the "sick child" thing out whenever she can).
I dunno, I'm just wondering... is the kind of response I should have expected? I mean, from her, obviously, but would other mothers respond in such a way, had they discovered their child had done the above?
Obviously nothing HORRIFIC, but still...
I'll just add that both girls are a bit beyond 3.5.
Would you tell off your child if you hear they'd called another child a "d*ckhead"?
These things happened recently, another child my daughter was playing with (her mother was at work) did both of those things.
Now I can understand her not telling off the child, the child had already been told off, and she may not feel it's a good idea to just randomly tell her off after the event...
However, her response to the first (the underwear), was, "Oh well, they shouldn't be allowed to play stupid games."
They weren't playing, DD was on the toilet (she takes her knickers all the way off to go), and when she flushed, the other girl chucked her undies in there and they got flushed down.
The swearing got the response... "hahahaha."
She wasn't told about the events by me, but by her mother (who was here both times)... so perhaps her response may have been a little different if I had been around.
Now I know they're kids, and kids do these things... I don't expect her to flog her kid for it or anything... I dunno, I just figured if it was MY kid doing it, I'd tell her off, remind her not to swear, tell her not to go into the toilet while the other child was in there... etc etc. I'd be apologetic and embarassed.
I also know that had MY child flushed the knickers, or did the swearing, it would be WW3, and I'd be the worst mother ever, my daughter the worst child ever, and she'd be raving on about how much of a bad influence mine is on her poor sick daughter (she was sick as a baby, and has a mild condition with her immune system which she'll grow out of in a year or so, but she pulls the "sick child" thing out whenever she can).
I dunno, I'm just wondering... is the kind of response I should have expected? I mean, from her, obviously, but would other mothers respond in such a way, had they discovered their child had done the above?
Obviously nothing HORRIFIC, but still...
I'll just add that both girls are a bit beyond 3.5.