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November 21, 2006
I'm going to have to grow a pair so I can teach them not to be a wuss like me
I'm not sure which exciting incident of the day I should spew about. There were just so many!
I'm absolutely pooped, which is, I'm assuming, why I was starting to get short tempered this evening for no specific reason. I finally remembered that I had a wretched nights sleep last night, no fault of the kids, for once.
While at the park today, we encountered a couple older girls (10? 12? How the hell would I know?) Jamie went right up and introduced herself and her sister, and then kept up a running commentary. The girls kind of ignored her, although they weren't mean and Jamie didn't seem to notice. Katie climbed onto the equipment, but cried every time one of them moved toward her.
But that's not the interesting part.
One of the girls had half of one of those giant lollipops. At some point she tossed it to the other girl, who of course missed it and it broke on the slide. No biggie, the pieces would just brush off, and the girl who threw it did, at least the big pieces. Here's where I started to wonder if I should say something. I'm usually not big on disciplining other people's kids, or even really talking to them. She banged what was left of the lollipop on the slide farther up, breaking more big pieces of, but also some sugar dust, and this time, they didn't wipe anything off.
Soon after, they wandered back to their bikes and took off. I thought I'd try to make this a teaching moment for Jamie (I don't think it worked, but I figured I had to give it a try,) explaining that what those girls did wasn't nice, it was rude and ill-mannered and ruined the fun for everyone. I'm not sure if they heard me from the other side of the trees or what, but they came back a few minutes later and at least brushed off the big pieces. Then they sat down in the middle of the structure and started getting out drawing supplies, I think.
I went ahead and called it, figuring that they didn't really want Jamie talking to them while they were hanging out, and knowing that Katie wasn't going to do any climbing or sliding with strangers nearby.
So, should I have said something to the girls? I'm so not good with confrontation.
Posted by me at November 21, 2006 8:20 PM
Comments
I am not good with confrontation either. I wouldn't have said a word. (just thought nasty things in my head)
Posted by: Rhonda at November 22, 2006 8:06 AM