Last night Logan and I headed to park across the street. We had decided to bring a couple of his cars, because a lot of the time we are the only ones there in the evening. This proved to be a very interesting adventure all by itself.
We like going to this park in the evening sometimes, because it isn't as busy and the older kids are not usually there. Could not have been more wrong this time!!!
Well A bunch of younger kids were there, mostly with grandparents. I look over and see 1 boy a couple years older than Logan, start to attack my son, because he wanted a car.
What catches my eye is Logan starts to run quickly and I hear him yell NO!! As I am walking over there I see this kid literally start putting Logan almost in a head lock and take the car. Oh Yes, you know mommy (me) was there in a heart beat!!
I don't believe in yelling at others children and rather let the parents handle their own. Even though I was fit to be tide, I still calmly said to the other boy "Honey you can't do that, you can't just take his car and not ask" Well he gave the car back.
Next thing I know here comes grandpa and says "Is it that blond boy there" and points to the boy that was going after Logan, he continues "because that's my grandson and he can be quite a trouble maker" I said it's okay now and explained what had happened.
During this time the park was getting very full and a lot of kids were racing up and down the paths for the slides and things, you know what I mean where they are off the ground. Kids were getting hurt all over the place and crying was happening every 30 seconds it seemed.
All of a sudden every child wanted Logan's cars and he didn't want to share, so as I was telling him we were going to put them away for now, he decided to share. :)
All the children were happy, Logan was happy and he learned a valuable lesson.
LESSON:
When you share then you have friends to play with and when you don't They Will Hunt You Down! lol
10 comments:
Man, it's a vicious world out there on the playground! Good lesson though.
lol Katy, yes it sure can be. I am just glad everything worked out and Logan learned to share better and the other boy learned to ask.
Wow, amazing what children learn in such a short time.
I remember the playground days. Enjoy them because they will pass in what seems like the blink of an eye.
My girls are older now and we have a whole new set of lessons to teach.
The job of a parent never ends & it never gets easier, but I love every minute of it. Sounds like you do too.
You are so right Cube, I do enjoy parenting and it is not always easy for sure, but it doesn't take much to realize the greatest gift in the world is being a parent.
Very good,liked your last comment lol.
We as parents need to know our children naturally do not know how to play. We have to teach them the good ways, not through tv or other children, disaster!!!
Keep up the good work.
That is very true Jazmin, I think that is where sometimes as parents we forget. Our children learn from us and our examples, also the time we take or don't take to teach them is so important.
After your Dora post, I was expecting to read that Logan had taken off running with the cars saying 'you're too late now, ha ha!'... lol... glad it turned out ok and he didn't get hurt. Maybe you should go to the park more often when there are lots of kids so he can get more interaction, it's not a bad thing, so long as they aren't left unattended like so many parents do. Good post, thanks.
lol Lakelandmom.
Yes you are right, him being around more kids is a very good idea. I know that some of the older kids are not always supervised or careful of the younger children, but that's why I am there. :)
Very good lesson.
What I've always done with my children is bring only the toys or things they want to share,your child knowing ahead of time. Letting them pick them out and of course I'd help if they were to generous case it was knew things.
Also when they received new things they didn't have to share at lest until the newness wore off. Helps them not get frustrated and selfish. Must work because my children are not selfish.
Sadie, that is really good advise.
I agree children should not be made to share everything and should be able to have their own special things they don't have to share. As long as those are kept up when other children are around so you don't have a huge issue on your hands. I totally agree with you!!
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