Mean kids at play groups

How old? Is someone in charge of the play group?

Please have this reported at school , this is not normal and correct behaviour.

@Haley My son is 2 and the kid is almost 3. I don't think they really have anyone in charge. Maybe one person to just make sure everything gets cleaned up but I have no idea who it is.

@Anabella It is just a play group at the library. I can never figure out who is in charge. I may just have to call the library.

We had the same problem at our playgroup. Same ages too. The mum generally didn't do too much to stop the behaviour and only intervened if he cried when my son wouldn't let go of whatever toy he was trying to snatch away. I ended up leaving early a few times but we have stopped going completely. I found my son became very upset for days after asking why his friend was hitting him. You can always look for another playgroup or we do one on one playdates instead

I step in and speak up for my child. If I’m out and I notice this kinda behavior I stick close to my child and when/if that kid comes around I will supervise closely. If a child takes a toy from my kids hands I am quick to say excuse me give that back we do not take toys out of peoples hands. Now if the child is super young and runs off with the toy before I get a chance to speak I let it go but I do let my son know that was rude (and validate his hurt feelings) so he learns not to do that to others. Now with hitting I scold children. If I see a kid hit my kid I will sternly tell them hands to yourself, hands are not for hitting. I’m confrontational so I would also speak with the parents if this is going to be a person you guys see a lot.

sometimes kids need to hear it from other people. I didn’t know what to do either but when I saw a kid push my child to go down the slide it just snapped in me to say something and I nicely bent down to his level and told him “no pushing okay?” And he said okay and didn’t do it again. After that of course, I’d be a little more authoritative and tell them to keeps hands to self.

I taught my daughter to tell kids that hit/push or anything inappropriate, to say “no touching!” Because other kids shouldn’t be putting their hands on you in that manner