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Yeah, because it would have been assault on a minor.
This is not as black and white of a situation as so many people here seem to want it to be. Lots of talk about what everyone would have done if they were there ... yeah, sure. It's easy to be a tough guy when you're not in the middle of it.
Some people can cash their verbel check, sometimes it's just not someone acting "tough," sometimes, it's somebody who wouldn't mind getting violent for the right reasons. I carry a jackknife, and a knuckleduster, can't wait to send someone to the e.r.
I took my son (7) and six of his friends to the neighborhood park today. I always scoop up as many as I can so they can all play together. Everyone was having a great time until another boy showed up with no parents to be seen and started yelling and cussing for no reason at the other kids. I tried to stay calm and watch to see how the kids would handle the situation...
You waited to see how 7-10 year olds would handle the situation with an older kid yelling and cussing at them????
What???
How are 7-10 year olds experience with this? YOU should have immediately scooped up all of the kids and taken them away from the unsafe situation. That was your first mistake. As a parent you took the responsibility of taking care of those kids. You failed.
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Now that I think about this might be a Troll thread.
You waited to see how 7-10 year olds would handle the situation with an older kid yelling and cussing at them????
What???
How are 7-10 year olds experience with this? YOU should have immediately scooped up all of the kids and taken them away from the unsafe situation. That was your first mistake. As a parent you took the responsibility of taking care of those kids. You failed.
That was my first thought and it still is.
Yes my son was the 7 year old and I have been preparing him to eventually be allowed to not have me fallowing his every move and try and handle situations that might occure on his own with the the skills that I've taught him. I did expect that my son would not get involded or say anything back and immediatly head for home which he did. However the other kids engaged in yelling back at the boy and making him more angry to where it became physical. I have hoped that in trying to lead by example for these other kids that they would follow lead but no.
You waited to see how 7-10 year olds would handle the situation with an older kid yelling and cussing at them????
What???
How are 7-10 year olds experience with this? YOU should have immediately scooped up all of the kids and taken them away from the unsafe situation. That was your first mistake. As a parent you took the responsibility of taking care of those kids. You failed.
That was my first thought and it still is.
First off, I am not in question of my parenting skills with my son. He is supervised, and being prepared to become a positive productive member of society as well as a happy, heathy human being. My watching his reactions to situations tell me what we need to work on and I am there to intervene if need be.If I handle every situation for him he has no skills to protect himself. I do have to send him to school, I can't be there to handle everything for him. He is in self defense classes and is being prepared there as well. He knows to not escalate a situation and to run to get help, scream to alert and as a last resort use self defense. He is 7, he does not have the skills to defend himself yet, he is still learning them which is why I don't let him out on his own yet. But I will have to one day and am very confident that he will have the skills he needs because I am a good mom. I have not failed!
Last edited by NaturallyNat; 03-11-2015 at 11:12 AM..
Get a phone before you ever take your kid to the park again.
Very good idea! Others have also posted this advice and it is very much appriciated from all. My application with Assurance Wireless is already in the mail! It's a free cell phone company for low income. Thank you.
I'd rely on a jury of my peers to convict me... Under your circumstances, it was best for you to have a cooler head than I would have had... But I'da still be whippin' on the child's father when the cops got there...
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Why would you have waited that long??
