Kids that hit

I need to vent for a second because this really stayed with me today.

I was at the park with my daughter (she’s 22 months, so still really little) and she was playing on the slide. An older child, probably around 5 or 6, suddenly kicked her and then tried to push her. I told him to stop and his mum came over straight away, told him off and apologised, which I appreciated. I said it was fine because I know they’re kids.

But honestly, inside I felt so upset. What got me the most was that my daughter didn’t understand what was happening and kept saying “sorry” to him, like she thought she’d done something wrong for being hurt. That really annoyed me and made me feel worst

I removed her from the situation and carried on, but it stayed with me. I know children are still learning and I’m not blaming the child, but it was just hard to see my baby get hurt like that

Have any of you experienced something similar? I just want to know I’m not overreacting for feeling this upset about it

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you’re feelings are absolutely normal

Yea I’m here lol in this too

I’ve witnessed similar situations with my toddler too. Your frustration is definitely understandable! As you said they’re kids and will make mistakes. I’m glad the parent reacted correctly, it’s not always the case (I’ve seen a dad laugh it off). The only advice I have is to talk it out with your toddler before moving on. Tell her she did nothing wrong, the other child made a mistake, this was not acceptable behaviour and we don’t do that because people get hurt. Also make sure that she’s ok and ask her if she’s hurt (even if she obviously isn’t). It will help her understand that it was not her fault and she’s not in trouble.

It's hard seeing your baby get hurt by anyone, it doesnt matter how old they are or the situation.
My daughters first experience getting hit by someone was at soft play which she'd chosen to donto celebrate her 2nd birthday. A little girl who was probably about a year or so older than her walked up to her, my daughter smiled and went to play with her but the girl just slapped her round the face and walked off. Honestly took everything I had not to hit the girl back automatically, you have to remind yourself that thats another child and they dont mean it. Children sometimes copy what they see or they just for some reason feel the need to hit, its not even necessarily in a negative way or for a negative reason. I have my son now who is 21 months old and is definitely autistic, he loves banging and tapping things to see what they sound like (he loves playing the drums) and he will sometimes walk up to us and smack us. Hes not being mean hes just learning. They dont remember momma. But we never forget x

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Hello ladies x

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I just want to imagine my life being a bit more privilaged 😅

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