As a mother it hurts to see....
By melanie1208
@melanie1208 (133)
United States
September 8, 2008 2:15am CST
The weather today is good, so as family (my husband, me and our daughter) decided to go to the lake. My husband go fishing and I watched my little girl play in the water. There were 3 kids i think ages 7 to 8 playing as well. My daughete who were born friendly, started to approach them and try to join whatever they were doing. At first they tried to ignor her but then she still tried to approach them. And when they were playing at the sand my daughter approached them again and started to join... One of them told her to stop and not to join them in their game. I know they are just kids, but as a mom it kind of hurt me ! My daughter just stand there and watched. After a couple of minutes, I took her by the hand and ask her if she ready to go and play on the slide instead. It just hurt to see your kid, set aside thats all !
3 responses
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
8 Sep 08
My son has had to deal with that before when we are out at the park and he tries to go up and play with another kid. Sometimes they do not want to be bothered with playing with some kid they do not know. I normally try to distract him by trying to get him to play on something else.
@melanie1208 (133)
• United States
8 Sep 08
i guess as parents it is difficult to see our kids being left out in the crowd. I told my husband about it and he told me that it happened to him as well while in the park, but instead he tried to join in the play so our daughter would not be left out and other kids would enjoy as well !
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
8 Sep 08
I am sad to know that you felt hurt. As a mother I understand your feelings. But don't so upset. May be your daughter is small that is why they don't let her into their gang. I heard the same thing from my kid's day care Lady. When the kids aged 5-8 groups are playing they play their own and just wanted to avoid the small kids (less than 3 years old) with them. The reason is very simple, they can't manage the smaller ones in their play. It is not because of any enmity or non-friendly attitude but they just want to enjoy the playing without any disturbance. I am not justifying the other kids but I just want to pacify you so I explained the incident. Your daughter is friendly so definitely she will get so many good friends. Be happy and positive. Best of luck, to you and your family.
@melanie1208 (133)
• United States
8 Sep 08
Thanks Sreekala, im a first time mom so I dont have that much experience when it comes to kids. Now I know that it happened to other kids too and not just to my little baby. That gives me a relief !
@GemmaR (8517)
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8 Sep 08
I understand that this would have been hard to watch, but some kids aren't as friendly as your daughter, and obviously the kids in this case weren't.
It won't have bothered her though, kids get over things very quickly, and she will still have had an amazing day with you and your husband!
@melanie1208 (133)
• United States
8 Sep 08
Thanks Gemmar, i just hope that this would not affect her personality at all. Thanks goodness, that kids does not know how to make grudges and could easily let things go !
