Four year olds can be real jerks

[monkeybabe]

I took Zoe to the park today and we were playing on the jungle gym. There were two four year old kids there, and I know their ages because another little girl ran up and started talking to one of them and that kid asked how old she was to which she replied, "I'm almost 5," and the kid said, "So, you're 4; just say 4. I'm 4, too. Well, I'm playing with him right now, so you should find someone else to play with. Maybe that one over there?" and then she turned her back on the nearly 5 year old. Hello, rudeness! Anywho, Zoe was climbing up the stairs and then wanting to go down the big kid slide, so I was standing next to it, and catching her at the bottom. The first time she went down, the four year old boy yells, "My turn!" and proceeds to run up the slide Zoe was on (there were two, side by side, the one Zoe wasn't on wasn't in use at all) and then used it as a ramp for his hot wheels. I make Zoe climb back up the play structure, because we're enforcing "down the slide, not up" and when she finally got back up, both four year old kids were going up and down the slide and this is when the snooty, go play elsewhere conversation happened. They then sat at the top of the slides, blocking both and repeatedly told Zoe that they were using the slides. I put on my sugary sweet voice and asked them if they could please allow the other kids that were waiting to go down the slide, too. They told my why they didn't want to, but they moved anyways. I don't know who they belonged to, but their moms/dads/nannies were allowing them to be total jerks.

[rubber pants]

I dread for this day to happen. I know it will, sometime soon. I dont know if I will be able to put my sweet voice on.

Bunch of little punks.

[raynes]

What little turds.

[carawestt]

I find kids like that so annoying! Ask ladybug, I was so mean to the kids at the splash pad that were rough housing near Lincoln, Laney and Jake haha.

[melis74]

I hope I can find my sweet voice when this happens around me. Kids going up the slide is one of my biggest pet peeves(on the playground)!

[monkeybabe]

Jul 30, 2013 15:32:00 GMT -5 melis74 said:

I hope I can find my sweet voice when this happens around me. Kids going up the slide is one of my biggest pet peeves(on the playground)!

Zoe likes to stand at the bottom and I'm trying to teach her that we don't do that and that we go down the slide only, because there are other kids waiting to play at the top.

[melis74]

Jul 30, 2013 15:35:38 GMT -5 monkeybabe said:

Jul 30, 2013 15:32:00 GMT -5 melis74 said:

I hope I can find my sweet voice when this happens around me. Kids going up the slide is one of my biggest pet peeves(on the playground)!

Zoe likes to stand at the bottom and I'm trying to teach her that we don't do that and that we go down the slide only, because there are other kids waiting to play at the top.

She's thinking, "But Moooooom, I'm hot stuff up here!"

[livinreality]

We have this problem all the time at the playground! Hello let the baby go down th slide and no you may not climb back up it! Let's be kind to the little people, grrr.

[tuck]

So, this is probably flameful...when Holden was 4, we were at a really busy park. She was going to go down a big twisty tube slide with her shoes off, but some 7 year old turd was trying to climb up. I told the kid twice that he was going to get kicked in the face, but he still wouldn't move. Eventually, I told Holden to come down anyway. Sure enough, he got kicked in the face.

I'm really strict at playgrounds. I enforce the "games aren't fun unless everyone can play" rule and H has to be extra nice to younger kids. Consequently, she has a lot of toddler friends.

[monkeybabe]

Jul 30, 2013 16:10:00 GMT -5 @therealmc said:

One of my biggest pet peeves is parents who allow this rude behavior. I have been known to say things to parents who just sit there and do nothing.

They never interacted with an adult the whole hour we were there, so I couldn't figure out who to talk to about it.

[Deleted]

I'm not ready for Ada to be an age when kids can be mean to her and she understands! At the playground the other day there were several 5-6 year olds and 3 of them banded together and told one of them that she couldn't play with them. It was so sad

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Jul 30, 2013 15:25:29 GMT -5 carawestt said:

I find kids like that so annoying! Ask ladybug, I was so mean to the kids at the splash pad that were rough housing near Lincoln, Laney and Jake haha.

Hahahha ya but that was hilarious! When I saw you tagged me and the post title I knew you would be talking about that! Lol

[Dorothy Zbornak]

You can bet your sweet asses that I do not talk nicely to jerk kids at the playground. Or in our neighborhood.

DON'T FUCK WITH MY BABY, ASSHATS!

[pippilongstocking]

Those kids were so rude and the parents need to get a clue.

[UnicornDog]

Blech! Sounds like they're a couple of little assholes.

On a recent trip to the splash pad, a five year old kept offering his toy to E, then snatching it away from her when she reached for it. I wanted to dangle him upside down by his ankles in front of my face and make him listen to a speech about sharing and not being a prick to other kids.

[showdogz]

I am afraid of having to deal with this. Granted I live in such a small town that the playground is lucky to have one family at it but if I did go to a busier one I am afraid of snapping on bratty kids that seem to push an adult's buttons (no respect).