My 3 year old brother was at a playground with a bunch of other kids 12 and under. My little brother is extremely social and friendly when he sees kids at playgrounds. He just wants to grab their hand and go down the slide together. And he goes up to them very fearlessly too, which I am extremely proud of him for not being shy and making new friends. None of the kids wanted to play with him this time, they all kept ignoring him and running away like if he had a contagious disease. He would look at us, put a pouty face and shrug his shoulders in a "why won't they play with me?" kind of way. We just laughed a bit to show him that it was no big deal and so he moved on playing by himself.
Then this kid was climbling the ladder to get to the top where my brother was. So he motioned for the kid to join him so they can go on the slide together. The kid followed him then took a detour to go on these tricky poles that a 3 year old obviously can't do yet. The kid stood in the way so my brother couldn't move. My mom and I were close by so we watched everything that happened and I was just worried he was going to push my little brother off. Then he went around my brother to where he almost pushed him off and proceeded to go to the slide. My brother excitedly made his way to the slide and when he got there the kid turned around and rudely said, "STOP FOLLOWING ME!!" My mother quickly replied with "he only wants to play." But the kid didn't care and literally ran off after hurting another humans feelings. He had to be around 5 or 6 and he was already taught how to be rude and ignorant to other people..even babies.
The funny part was that his mother was carelessly on her phone not even watching her child enjoy the moments while he's still young, to notice how rude he is being to other kids in a social setting. It was ridiculous and I just wanted to fucking throw her phone in the water fountain. If there's one thing I hate it's when parents go on their phone when they're supposed to be spending time with their own children. And then they say "they grow up so fast, where did the time go?" ..YOU WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE PHONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WATCHING YOUR CHILD GROW!
My poor 3 year old little brother stood on the slide lost for words. He looked into my eyes with such pain and hurt and said, "Why doesn't he want to play with me?" Fueled with anger I had to tell him the sorry truth of it. I told him, "there are some bad people in this world Uriah. Not everyone's going to be nice to you, but you can't get upset at that. You have to get up and keep playing like if that kid didn't matter and enjoy your time at the park." He slid down the slide slow and confused as to how somebody could even act like that, but quickly got over it as he saw new kids coming to the playground.
It was 2 girls and a younger boy and they all became friends pretty quickly. Once they got to the kiddier side of the playground they all had a blast. Taking turns, holding hands, chasing each other and having a good time together. He forgot all about the kid that was mean and appreciated the time he spent with the ones that were nice to him. I'm happy he did and I think he learned a valuable lesson on some people in this world.
I seriously don't know if some parents didn't read the entire "Good Parents Manual" or something, but come on people.. it isn't that hard to teach your children to be nice to everyone they meet, especially complete strangers at a playground. It's outrageous that that kid had the nerve to say that to a little kid in front of my mother and I. And it's more outrageous how his mother didn't even know about it to see how extremely mean he was to someone he didn't know. I may not be a parent yet, but I am a human so I know having good manners is essential for a growing person.
Please teach your kids manners so none of your kids have to go through this again. I could not stand seeing my little brother so hurt..imagine that was your kid upset. You wouldn't like it either.
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