javacodeman
Inactive User
I'm in a quandary as to how to best handle the situation described below and experience by me last night. Before I detail the situation, I would like to detail some of what I believe to be guiding principles:
Our children need us to stand up for them when they cannot themselves (i.e. someone intends harm on our children, we stop it if we can).
Our children need to learn to put other's needs first.
The situation:
We're sitting down for dinner with guest from our church with our three year old daughter. They have a two year old boy that is, well, a two year old boy. Throughout the night, he is spitting on her (rasp-berrying a fine mist all over her) and hitting her. Of course my daughter take objection to this by crying or screaming, but not retaliating. I take her aside and tell her that were the child mine, he would be disciplined. The boy's parents, however, take nor firm disciplinary actions, only politely scold him and make him apologize over and over.
What could I have done differently? I feel like I should have told the parents how I felt, but I'm not sure. I am confident that we have a lot of love and a lot of discipline for our children and are raising them very well--I'm just not sure how to interact with non-disciplined children when their parents are there and they (the children) are abusing my children.
Suggestions?
Our children need us to stand up for them when they cannot themselves (i.e. someone intends harm on our children, we stop it if we can).
Our children need to learn to put other's needs first.
The situation:
We're sitting down for dinner with guest from our church with our three year old daughter. They have a two year old boy that is, well, a two year old boy. Throughout the night, he is spitting on her (rasp-berrying a fine mist all over her) and hitting her. Of course my daughter take objection to this by crying or screaming, but not retaliating. I take her aside and tell her that were the child mine, he would be disciplined. The boy's parents, however, take nor firm disciplinary actions, only politely scold him and make him apologize over and over.
What could I have done differently? I feel like I should have told the parents how I felt, but I'm not sure. I am confident that we have a lot of love and a lot of discipline for our children and are raising them very well--I'm just not sure how to interact with non-disciplined children when their parents are there and they (the children) are abusing my children.
Suggestions?