Why don't other parents keep an eye on their kids! Rant
Went to a cafe that has a small play mat area, which is very baby-ish (a large mat with boxes of baby toys), it's not exactly a play area for bigger kids but I understand they get curious and if they're playing its no issue.
The playarea is fenced off with a small open gap to walk in and out. A little girl who was much older than the rest of the kids, maybe 4, wouldn't let any of the smaller kids out of the play area. She put her arms across the opening and would push any kid trying to get past back onto the mat, shouting "no" at them. She pushed my baby twice before I had to just take him out the play area because her parents were no where to be found??? She made another little girl cry by shoving her so hard, her mum had to take her out the playarea too.
I seen as I was leaving that her parents were sat at a table way over the other side of the cafe, absolutely no way of seeing the playarea and hadn't been checking in on her at all. There was loads of empty tables overlooking the playarea so they easily could've sat closer to watch over her. I just don't get it??? Just needed to vent because it bugged me 😮💨👍🏻
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@Mikaela I told her its not nice to push the first time she did it, but the second time I could see my baby was about to cry so I just took him away from the situation. It's so frustrating x
@Fay I don't blame the little girl at all, but her parents should have been watching her. It was definitely an angry push though, it was like she wanted to play with all the babies but they kept on leaving so it was frustrating her, which I understand is hard for her to navigate by herself, so her parents should've been there to intervene 😬 It's them I'm annoyed with xx
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I would've asked the parents to sort their child out, or told the little girl she can't stop other kids from leaving. I have zero issues parenting other people's kids when they refuse to. I've had to tell off 6-7 year olds off for throwing electric toys and seesaws at 1-2 year olds (whose parents had also just left them unsupervised) in the under 3 section at soft play before. My motto is if you want to choose how they're parented, parent them. If you're going to refuse to parent them, don't get shitty when someone else does.