Toddler Talk Thursdays | Playground Bullying

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This Week’s Topic:

Playground Etiquette: What do you do when another child is pushing, hitting, kicking, or hurting/bullying your child at the playground.

It is not coincidence that I picked this topic this week.

Recently my son was pushed around while playing. Except, I wasn’t there to see it. My Sister-in-Law was, and he reacted in the best way she knew how and I was proud of her for doing so. However, although was far from wrong, it wasn’t how I would have handled it.

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So my Sister-In-Law was watching my son at the indoor play area in the mall while I was picking up his holiday outfit. This particular play area is always busy. And small when you see how many kids like to play there.

This particular day there was a little girl who was around 3-4 years. She apparently didn’t like my son. According to my SIL she kicked him, and pushed him multiple times. (FYI, my son thinks this is playing as long as he isn’t hurt, he thinks it is funny.) My SIL watched, and no parents came to stop this behavior. So she ran in and swooped Squishy out of the play area. He was not thrilled with this. (I heard him crying long before she reached the store I was in.)

She didn’t want him to get hurt, he didn’t want to stop playing, and clearly the little girls parents were not paying attention.

I took him back over and let him go back to playing, but only while watching to see if anything else happened with this little girl. It did, she pushed him again. But this time the parents saw it and pulled her aside for discipline.

Had she not, I most likely would have told her that hitting was not nice, and my son does not like to be hit. I told Kim it would be okay to say the same thing if issues happen. She told me she was uncomfortable with that.

So what would you do in this situation?

What do you do if your child is being picked on or bullied?

What about if they are the one pushing?

I will tell you, I am looking forward to Squishy being able to say what I am working on him with. “I don’t like it when you push me.”

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Comments

Adelina Priddis says
November 10, 2011 at 10:54 am
good topic! We haven’t really had too many run in’s with this.
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
November 10, 2011 at 5:54 pm
I’d be looking for parents too, but if they didn’t do anything, I’d be sure to say something because you want to send a clear message to both children that bullying is not tolerated!
Shanan says
November 10, 2011 at 7:31 pm
I remember before I had a child being so careful and cautious when I was watching my niece to not offend any of the parents. I can’t explain why now–maybe a fear that I would be called out as not belonging…not being a parent at the time?
Shanan
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Cori says
November 10, 2011 at 10:36 pm
I’ve been known to the park nazi or mama bear who is there to protect the kids in my care from bullies. I normally will talk tot he child, and hope the parents make the connection and also come over and apologize and possibly disapline thheir child!
Louisa says
November 11, 2011 at 1:02 am
Great post! I’ve been on both sides of the coin and I have to say I really appreciate it when people say something to my child but in a non-agressive way. At this age they are still learning and I don’t think being agro with a child you don’t know helps anyone though I can fully appreciate the “lionness mother” thing coming out too. I probably would have said something to the child too and tried to remove my child from the situation if I think it needed it. I’m not sure if I would call this bullying though – I think at this age they are still learning a lot about empathy and while they know right from wrong are still at the prime age for exploring cause and effect. Thanks for getting me thinking! x
- Emily says
  November 11, 2011 at 1:15 am
  No I agree my example wasn’t bullying, especially at this age. However, if not stopped at this age or corrected it will turn into bullying.
  (Although I have seen children bully at this age bc it was they see in their home :: MAJOR SAD FACE.) But I have also seen older kids who bully on the playground, or take control of a certain piece of equipment and don’t let other play, and get aggressive when kids try.
  I am the same way in that I would like others to be able to tell my son that hitting isn’t okay or nice. And of course I would always do it in a non-aggressive manor and hope others would too. It could have just as easily been my child pushing kicking, taking toys…
Louisa says
November 11, 2011 at 1:19 am
That’s it totally (for me) – it could just as easily have been my child! The hardest ones are when you encounter a parent who doesn’t think it could have been their child. But that’s a whole topic in itself! 🙂

Emily

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