I must say I hate the saying boys will be boys. Really what does that mean?? To me it's an excuse for when a little boy misbehaves. Recently my little guy has been having play dates with one of the neighborhood boys. Now this little boy is rough but lately seems to have a bit of a mean streak in him. It started with him just pushing Ash around. I waited a bit to see if this boy's mother was going to say something and also to give Ash a chance to stick up for himself. When neither happened I spoke up and asked Ash do you like him pushing you? Ash said no so I told him to tell his friend he doesn't like being pushed and to please stop.
Well we took a little break from seeing this "friend" but decided to give it another try today. First this boy pushes Ash down a slide face first that had a puddle of water at the bottom and Ash got soaked. Then he punch Ash in the eye. What makes it even worse is that his mother just stood by and did nothing. Needless to say we will not be having anymore play dates with this neighbor anytime soon.
It bothers me that Ash was getting pushed around but what bothers me more is that this boy's mother stood by and allowed her son to act this way. No discipline. No apology. Just acted like this was a normal way for a child to play. Rough play is one thing but this boy was just outright being mean. So I guess it is time for us to find some new friends.
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