Bullied at soft play
Has anyone had any bad soft play experiences? My little man loves going every week, and I know children always have little fallings out and sometimes the odd push, but today was ridiculous.
I was at an under 7s soft play, and all the toddlers/children in there would have been 4 or under. My son is really confident and will go around by himself as it a small soft play and you can see the whole thing from the tables. I was holding my newborn while watching him, when all of a sudden I see a boy a year or 2 older than him hit him on the head. I moved forward to see better, then the boy gave me the most smug look as if to say “try and stop me”. He then grabbed a handful of my baby’s hair, and pulled him to the floor (holding him down by his hair so he couldn’t get up). My poor little man was so scared and was screaming and crying.
I don’t know if I was right for doing this, but frankly I don’t care - I shouted at this little boy to get off my son RIGHT NOW at the top of my lungs. The whole place went silent and everyone stared at me 😂 Luckily my sister was with us so she ran in and got him out as I was holding my daughter. He’s okay now but the whole thing really shook him up, and the parents didn’t even tell their son off so we quickly left. Why do people not watch their children in the soft play and treat it like a babysitting session?? I’m so angry for my baby.
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This! It makes me so cross. My eldest was a rough kid so I literally stalked him round soft play to make sure he was being kind, but some parents just leave them to it. My littlest is a softy and he gets bullied all the time at soft plays :(
I told a little boy off for literally climbing over my daughter in a tunnel. He went off crying to the parent. Another one sat having a brew on his phone. I was waiting for him to dare come over to me but he didn't x
mine is just so friendly that he thinks everyone wants to be friends. I appreciate that not everyone has to play with him because he can be a bit much (he tries to cuddle everyone). But this boy pulled his hair and pinned him down with so much force I couldn’t believe it!! I’d never shouted at anyone else’s child before as I don’t think it’s my place, but I didn’t even think I just had to get him off my baby 🥺
Poor bubs, I'd have done the same X
As said, I would have done the same. Frankly I don’t care if is appropriate or not, no child is going to purposely going to hurt my kid in front of me while I just sit there watching. And if my kid will ever do something like this to another kid then I would expect the same reaction.
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