cowboyup
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No, I am not referring to the movie.
I took my nephew and niece to the park the other day and my nephew started playing with 2 girls about his age (yup, he's starting the chase early, lol) anyhow, they were playing fine, then one of the girls picked up a rock - about 3 lbs. and attempted to throw it at my nephew!
I came unglued! I was so furious at those little girls - mind you they were only 4, 5 years old. Had that rock hit my nephew's foot (where she was aiming) I am quite certain his foot would be in a cast right now.
I turned to the girls and said, "oh no you don't, you put down that rock right now and get out of the rocks" ... or something like that.
So the girl threw it down on the ground, and still grazed my nephew's toes. He came hobbling to me; I sat him down, took his shoes and socks off to make sure everything was ok (yes, he's fine, whew!) - all the while the grandmother who was with the girls was talking on her phone. Finally she comes over and asked what's going on.
I said, "Your girl (and I pointed) threw a rock at my nephew and hit his foot. Had I not yelled at your kids to put the rock down, he would have a broken foot, that's what's going on"
All she said was sorry and wrangled her grandkids up and I saw them leave about 5 minutes later.
Then my nephew actually made me teary when he asked why were those girls mean to me....How do you explain to a 4 year old that there are people - or in this case - kids who just don't know how to play nice or were never taught to be nice?
...well that's actually what I told him; that those girls haven't learned how to play nice...some people don't know how to be nice.
(I had no flipping clue as to what to say to him)
Well, we get home, his mom gets home shortly thereafter and of course I tell her what happened. I told SIL to keep her counseling hat on....so my nephew asked his mom the same question. Broke both our hearts! She basically said the same thing I did.
I just had to get this off my chest. I would hate to be a kid these days. Girls are especially mean (according to SIL as she works with elementary kids)
Why is it so hard to just be nice rather than mean? I don't get it. I'm sure it'll be one of those unanswered universal questions but it angers me, makes me sad, all at the same time! And other feelings ...
It's a sad, cruel world we live in and there is such a fine balance of doing what's right and teaching your kids (adults for that matter) right from wrong, morals, values, and just plain basic common sense.
I took my nephew and niece to the park the other day and my nephew started playing with 2 girls about his age (yup, he's starting the chase early, lol) anyhow, they were playing fine, then one of the girls picked up a rock - about 3 lbs. and attempted to throw it at my nephew!
I came unglued! I was so furious at those little girls - mind you they were only 4, 5 years old. Had that rock hit my nephew's foot (where she was aiming) I am quite certain his foot would be in a cast right now.
I turned to the girls and said, "oh no you don't, you put down that rock right now and get out of the rocks" ... or something like that.
So the girl threw it down on the ground, and still grazed my nephew's toes. He came hobbling to me; I sat him down, took his shoes and socks off to make sure everything was ok (yes, he's fine, whew!) - all the while the grandmother who was with the girls was talking on her phone. Finally she comes over and asked what's going on.
I said, "Your girl (and I pointed) threw a rock at my nephew and hit his foot. Had I not yelled at your kids to put the rock down, he would have a broken foot, that's what's going on"
All she said was sorry and wrangled her grandkids up and I saw them leave about 5 minutes later.
Then my nephew actually made me teary when he asked why were those girls mean to me....How do you explain to a 4 year old that there are people - or in this case - kids who just don't know how to play nice or were never taught to be nice?
...well that's actually what I told him; that those girls haven't learned how to play nice...some people don't know how to be nice.
(I had no flipping clue as to what to say to him)
Well, we get home, his mom gets home shortly thereafter and of course I tell her what happened. I told SIL to keep her counseling hat on....so my nephew asked his mom the same question. Broke both our hearts! She basically said the same thing I did.
I just had to get this off my chest. I would hate to be a kid these days. Girls are especially mean (according to SIL as she works with elementary kids)
Why is it so hard to just be nice rather than mean? I don't get it. I'm sure it'll be one of those unanswered universal questions but it angers me, makes me sad, all at the same time! And other feelings ...
It's a sad, cruel world we live in and there is such a fine balance of doing what's right and teaching your kids (adults for that matter) right from wrong, morals, values, and just plain basic common sense.
