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INCIDENT: yesterady at our AP playgroup, another kid plays rough and dd gets hurt. Other kid had no bad intent, ,she was just aggressive and careless, imho. ANywya I am comforting dd and saying sorry but the other girl is NOT saying sorry nor is her mother doing anything but standing about 20 yards away.

I wonder if I should have intervened earlier tomake sure that both played gently. Now that Ihave observed this girl and her mother frequently, though they are both very nice and all, I have come to the conclusiont that their way of handling these situations, which I know are bound to occur, are incomaptible with mine. So I find myself taking action to prevent the two from playing too frequentlyor too lolng or without me close at hand and fully alert (unfortunately I was trying to take a picture of them when the incident happened).

Ihope i have given enough description to get some kind of advice from you all, otherwise i will edit and add more info later.

gotta run
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IMO, twenty yards away is quite far away when you have a physically exuberant child

Have you spoken with the mama at all about pitching in to watch her dd a bit more closely? Does the mama have other little ones?

I don't expect anyone to say sorry, though...but checking to make sure they're okay is something I find to be important to model.

Not making much sense today...sorry!
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Originally Posted by georgia
IMO, twenty yards away is quite far away when you have a physically exuberant child

Have you spoken with the mama at all about pitching in to watch her dd a bit more closely? Does the mama have other little ones?
this I would like to do - i just don't know how!
SHe has no other little ones. I almost think she was staying away because she did not know what to do either - can that be possible?
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DD just loves to play with Sandy! They have so much fun in the sandbox! I feel a bit worried though when Sandy gets excited/upset because I'm afraid someone's going to get hurt. Would you be willing to keep an eye out with me a bit closer to the sandbox so we can make sure everyone stays safe?

Or just: Hey, can you help me keep an eye on them so we can make sure everyone stays safe?

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