Can you please supervise your kids?

[TinyStar]

aaarrrrrrrgh This is my semi rant.

I am 39 weeks preg, not very mobile, tired and fed up.

I went to 2 birthday parties (for bubs) on the weekend, both were great but very different. One party all the couples sat together and babies played under their parents feet, the other party men and women segregated and kids ran wild.

My DD (who is 1) is very active, inquisitive and very very socialble and affectionate.
If she goes anywhere near your child she will try to get to know them, and if she likes them will want to give them a hug and a kiss.

If both you and I are watching this baby experiment in social interaction, we will generally agree it is cute, and manage to mutually break apart any more boisterous displays of affection before anyone gets upset iykwim. Because we both know our kids limits!

If my DD comes up to your child and starts getting inappropriate (ie rough for no reason) I will pull her aside, but if she is only being friendly then it's all good huh?

Not always apparently. She made one little boy cry cos she gave him a hug. (and he was bigger than her) and boy was I the worst parent in the world!!!!!! If you were watching what happened lady you would have seen that no harm was done, and you would have seen that I was not lying to you.

I am sick to death of both having to rescue my DD from older kids landing on her head and having to justify her apparently being too friendly and upsetting other kids all because their parents can't be stuffed to keep one eye open and see what is going on.

arrrrrrgggghhhhh.

Rant over.

[Funkychicken]

I have a friend whose 2 1/2 year old is very affectionate too. Recently, we were at a cafe and she whispered to him (to come and give me a kiss) and he looked around the cafe and walked over to a table on the other side of the cafe and planted a big sloppy one on an elderly lady! It was priceless and I'm sure the lady had tears in her eyes afterwards. She was so touched by it. He then gave me one too!:D

[nemosmum]

At our local shopping centre there is a free play area for kids 2-5yrs old, very small but it has nice lounges for parents to sit and supervise their kids so good enough iykwim

Any way I hate it when parent sleave their kids there UNATTENDED and go browse the near by shops!!!! WTH:mad:

One day there was two older boys in school uniforms would have 7 or 8 and they were all over the equipment, scarying the little kids and NO parents insight!!!!

I watched and waited (spoke to the boys a couple of times and asked them to be gentle with my son etc) 15mind later their mother rocks up....well did i give her an earful:mad: she deserved it too for leaving her OLDER children unattended in a little kids play area!!!!

sorry rant over LOL

Tiny star Im like you, ever watchful as we all know our children arent angels but hey they arent the devil either, they are just kids and with the proper guidance and SUPERVISION they are fine!

[CarolineF]

Any way I hate it when parent sleave their kids there UNATTENDED and go browse the near by shops!!!! WTH:mad:

OMG have they not heard of child abduction??????:eek: :eek: :eek:

[PointyHair]

OMG have they not heard of child abduction??????:eek: :eek: :eek:

There's a lot of people who either don't care or are too ignorant to care. I've heard numerous stories from people in DOCS who're called nearly every week to children walking along down roads in only a nappy or nappy/tshirt with no adult to be found around.

It makes you wonder if perhaps a license should be required to have children.

[gillianf]

I wonder about parents who don't keep their eye on their kids!! The other day, DH and I put Matt on one of those coin-operated cars (it was a huge monster truck thing) and this little 5/6 yo boy decided to climb on (obviously wanting a free ride and was harassing anybody who got in the car for a free ride). Being 8 months pg and my emotions not being what they should *blush* I asked him to get off, cos I wanted pics of Matt riding this car...(just call me the mamarazzi :laughing: ) Anyway, he refused and when I asked where his mum was, he couldn't tell me. I was also paranoid about him falling off the darned thing, cos you're suposed to INSIDE and not on top, but he wouldn't listen?? And then DH tells me I"m over-reacting cos it's just a little boy who wants some fun.... What is it with kids these days who don't give a damn when an adult talks to them? Sheesh, when I was growing up, you listened when an adult asked you to do something, unless they wanted to hurt you (but that's a whole other topic!). Ok, vent over... :D

[Ana Gram]

My DD would have screamed bloody murder if your child had hugged and kissed her.....

[TinyStar]

All the more incentive for my DD to land a big wet sloppy one on her :kiss:

[Ana Gram]

And then unfortunately DD would probably hurt her trying to get away. And then I would like like the bad guy! It's nice that you enjoy your child's affection but not all kids are like that. Maybe you need to start teaching her that some people don't like hugs and kisses from strangers and not to push it if they aren't interested.

[Oscar's mum]

I think at aged 1 it is very sweet that your little one is sooo affectionate. ;)

[Funkychicken]

I think you'll find, Tinystar, that this will be a passing phase and as she grows a bit older she will understand the difference between smooching her loved ones and smooching strangers. It will also make for great story telling when she is older!:D

[TinyStar]

I think the original point of the thread was that if both parents are around to supervise, then any unpleasant experiences for both kids can be avoided :thumbsup:

It's all about learning social interaction, I wouldn't think anyone was the bad guy just becasue their kid reacted to something they didn't like, it's only natural.

If the parent is around to see what is happening, then they can speak up and say "my kid doesn't like that" or if both parents see what has happened ie kid 1 upsets kid 2 unintentionally and kid 2 retaliates (sp sorry) then both parents know what has gone on, and possibly kid 1 has learnt something, they also have the opportunity to separate their children before anyone gets hurt, so no one is the bad guy iykwim.

Funkychicken I hope so otherwise she could get herself into trouble, lol

[Rainbowbrite]

My daughter is exactly the same as yours. Loves nothing more than kissing & hugging other kids. Why should we teach them not to be affectionate at this age??? MJ just came up to me just now, I picked her up & she gave me a :kiss: & :hugs: & patted my back :D

I agree TinyStar, people should be watching their kids :yes: