How would you have handled this?

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I think that I would have been forced to go to the center of the playground, and in my best loud voice announce:

"Attention children, these two twins (pointing them out) have cooties and will infect you if you get too close, also, their mother is a carrier also and has some really bad cooties that will cause you to never have fun"

Then look at her and smile!

problem solved.



hehehehehe

(the alternate cure would be ta put me boot up her....umm, nevermind)

 

[golfgal]

I would have had to say something snotty back like "I'm sorry, I didn't realize you owned that slide. Next time we will remember to ask your permission for our kids to play on the slide".

What a nut job. If your kids don't like strangers the responsible thing to do would be to get them out to get used to being around people they don't know.

 

[disneyjunkie]

First I would have laughed in her face. Then I would have invited all 50 kindergartners (and any other kid that wanted to join in) to play a nice rowdy game of tag.

 

[Kae]

Tell her put a swing set up in her own yard.

Kae

 

[Stacerita]

I would have let her know that if her child doesn't like being around strangers then she should feel free to move her child away from them.

 

[matthew&haleysmom]

Seriously if I am following this correctly that was one strange interaction - and if the mom of the little girl doesn't want her daughter to play with others (strangers, whatever) then she doesn't belong at the playground and I think I would have handled it by saying - "This is the playground and we are all here to play so I guess if you want it to yourself you are going to have to find a different time of day -- maybe earlier or after dark."

Liz

This is what I would have done! My kids played at the playground all of the time with every child in sight! When a parent acts like this, I tell my kids to ignore the crazy mommy!!

 

[mickeysgal]

Thanks to Helicopter Mom, this precious little snowflake is going to be a real treat in school.

 

[MoniqueU]

That mom is not doing her little angel any favors. What she should of done was go reassure her own child and explained that it was ok to share the slide. I am surprised her oldest isn't homeschooled. It sounds like one of hers might have to be if she keeps sheltering her like that.

 

[lulugirl]

I would have told twin mom to "bite me".

 

[TomLovesBecky]

Twin mom is a nutjob. If she doesn't want her precious little darlings playing with filthy commoners on the playground, then maybe she should treat them like the princesses they are and build them a private playground and not allow the great unwashed anywhere near them.

What I actually would have said is, "You don't own the playground. If your child can't handle playing with other kids, then you should leave and find a more appropriate activity. Hope she does okay in Kindergarten despite this problem."

 

[PaulaSue]

This afternoon a bunch of kids from my dd kindergarten went to the playground after school. There were a ton of kids there and they were all running around being kids. A bunch of us moms were talking when, All of a sudden this other mother( she has 2 year old twin girls and a 5 year old DD) comes up to another mom and says "Your little boy made my daughter cry"(one of the twins) he went down the slide and he scared her. She doesn't like strangers and even though I told him he couldn't play with her, he went down the slide anyways"

The mom of the boy went to her son and asked what happened. He said I was waiting to go down the slide" Another mother there confirmed that nothing happened, he just was waiting at the top of the landing to go down the slide and the little girl started crying.. she saw the mom go up there and told him that she doesn't like strangers. The little boy waited until she went down the slide and went down and followed her up the stairs to go again. The mom told him again that she didnt like strangers but he continued to go up the stairs to the slide. this is when the mom picked up her dd and she come over to the boys mom. I guess she didn't want him around her dds at all?

The mom apologized and said he didnt mean to scare her, he just likes the slide. The mom of the twins made a sarcastic comment about "everyone treats my girls like a circus act" and the other mom said " no my kids love to play with everyone..The mom of the twins said snottily "WELL, I dont let my kids play with kids we dont know. So The mom told her son to leave the little girl alone and play with his friends. He looked at her and said " I dont want to play with babies anyway.. We all laughed... Well apparently the mom of the twins was not happy because we laughed and how the mother handled it and made another comment about people talking and not watching their kids and took the girls to the toddler section of the playground( where they should have been anyways). The rest of the moms all rolled our eyes and kinda laughed it off but the mom was upset and asked a few of us what she should have done differently....

I told her to ignore her. She seems very snotty..and her son did anything wrong, he didn't touch her or even play with her, he was just waiting patiently for the slide and if she didnt want her kids to play with kids she didnt know then dont take them to the playground when there are 50 kindergartens there!

plus last ast week, I told her how cute her girls were and she was like "I know" and turned the stroller around so I couldnt see them!

Wow what a woman! I bet you will have stoires all school year with her kid in the class. Poor teacher!

 

[Robmom]

That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. How can a woman go to a public playground and not play with strangers? When I take my DS to the park, we don't usually see the same kids, they are all strangers. What a nut job.

 

[wilderness01]

She needs to get a swingset for her own backyard if she doesn't want her daughters interacting with kids on a playground. And hope her daughters get along with each other, because, with a mom like that, they're not gonna make any friends. Sheesh.

I was going to say exactly what you said!

 

[dogluva]

I would have had to say something snotty back like "I'm sorry, I didn't realize you owned that slide. Next time we will remember to ask your permission for our kids to play on the slide".

What a nut job. If your kids don't like strangers the responsible thing to do would be to get them out to get used to being around people they don't know.

This happended to me at the pool. A father asked me to keep my girls (little) away from his son. They "scared" him. Uh, ok. My little six and four year old girls who wouldn't hurt a fly. Weirdo. I told him he didn't own the pool and we all pay the same fees. Buy your own indoor pool if your kid is such a wimp.

This also happened at the doctor. A mother didn't want my healthy child near her healthy child (well visits are separated). She kept telling him to get away from the area they were in. I freaked on her and told her to find a doctor that made house calls.

People can be strange.

 

[JESW]

So why were the TWO YEAR OLDS playing on the SCHOOL playground? Other Mom could have thrown that back at her that her children were at HIS school - unless I misread this and you were just at some playground.

I have found over the years that the playgrounds bring out all the wacky Mom's. My youngest is 9 now so the only playground we really hang out at is the one at her school - before and after school so she can run around with her friends. (weather has been GORGEOUS here in MA lately!)

Prepare your child for the path - not the path for your child -- words of wisdom that wacko Mom could use...

Jill

 

[MichelleVW]

Wacko! If your child has stranger issues stay home.
It's a playground. Get over yourself twin mom.

She is just another wacko mom, going to raise wacko kids. Sounds like she has a head start with that.

Wacko is the word I would use!!!

First I would have laughed in her face. Then I would have invited all 50 kindergartners (and any other kid that wanted to join in) to play a nice rowdy game of tag.

I don't know that I would have laughed, but she sure would have gotten the "omg you're an idiot" look from me!!!

I used to work with a wacko like that. Her son just started Kindergarten this year and she has already been in to see the principal about kids "picking on her son" during recess!! The kid has no hope to be normal...

 

[RitaZ.]

Well, you could have kindly pointed out that she should have reserved the public playground just for her children.

How is the poor kid going to get over her fears if the mom is constantly reminding her that she is fearful? Let the kid be!

 

[MinnieMe87]

First I would have laughed in her face. Then I would have invited all 50 kindergartners (and any other kid that wanted to join in) to play a nice rowdy game of tag.

Love it!! Twin Mom sounds like a total nut job. I feel bad for her kids!

 

[veraletta]

I think I would have said “you really shouldn’t bring your daughter to a public play ground, if it scares her to be around others children, maybe you should think of having your own play ground in your own yard, that way your daughter will not cry or be upset.”

And then I would have laughed at her, sorry but this lady is crazy, who goes to a public play ground and talks to other people and children like that?

It’s a public playground for people who like to have their children play with others people children, if not it would have said private play ground.