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But sometimes, you just got to be. 
My kid was at a playground at the zoo yesterday. She is three. Obnoxious asshole kids bigger than her everywhere. I kind of had to keep a close watch on her. I didn't plan to let her stay long, just let her slide a few times then we go.
So this little 8 year old shit is running around being a bully. Always one in every crowd every damn place you go. And he's a big 8 year old, too. She is sitting at the top of a slide waiting to go down and he literally comes up behind her cutting in line, practically sits in her lap, almost knocks her down, and slides down ahead of her.
Then, because of course the little shit can't possibly let a little three year old slide down the slide after him, he turns around and starts clomping back up towards her.
And that's when he came face to face with me leaning casually across the slide blocking him in my dark shades, man's hat, and stern expression. I just said "Excuse us, please." I didn't intone it in such a way as to invite negotiation. He looked at me with an absolutely, positively stunned look on his face. Then he went on back down. I waved him away from the bottom of the slide and said "Thank you" when he moved.
After that, he stayed away from my kid.
The kicker? Little shit's mom standing not 8 feet away fucking yacking on a cell phone.
I honestly do not think, judging from the look on his face, that anyone ever, EVER told that kid "no" or corrected him in any way. Seriously, this kid looked like he'd been tasered. To tell the truth, I don't think it even occured to his mom that maybe letting your oversize 8 year old bully little pigtailed toddler girls is bad fucking form. Just unbelievable.
My mother, who witnessed all this, was absolutely shocked at how obnoxious all the kids were. I told her that unfortunately, that was pretty normal. You will almost always have to check some asshole-in-training when you hit the playground. Most kids are just clueless, and there is no malice in their behavior. They just don't know any better. And every now and again, you get some kid who likes to go out of his way to crap on other kids, usually much smaller than him. Their fun is making sure nobody else has fun. Nice.
I'm wondering how soon is too soon to teach my girl to deliver a solid right hook.
My kid was at a playground at the zoo yesterday. She is three. Obnoxious asshole kids bigger than her everywhere. I kind of had to keep a close watch on her. I didn't plan to let her stay long, just let her slide a few times then we go.
So this little 8 year old shit is running around being a bully. Always one in every crowd every damn place you go. And he's a big 8 year old, too. She is sitting at the top of a slide waiting to go down and he literally comes up behind her cutting in line, practically sits in her lap, almost knocks her down, and slides down ahead of her.
Then, because of course the little shit can't possibly let a little three year old slide down the slide after him, he turns around and starts clomping back up towards her.
And that's when he came face to face with me leaning casually across the slide blocking him in my dark shades, man's hat, and stern expression. I just said "Excuse us, please." I didn't intone it in such a way as to invite negotiation. He looked at me with an absolutely, positively stunned look on his face. Then he went on back down. I waved him away from the bottom of the slide and said "Thank you" when he moved.
After that, he stayed away from my kid.
The kicker? Little shit's mom standing not 8 feet away fucking yacking on a cell phone.
I honestly do not think, judging from the look on his face, that anyone ever, EVER told that kid "no" or corrected him in any way. Seriously, this kid looked like he'd been tasered. To tell the truth, I don't think it even occured to his mom that maybe letting your oversize 8 year old bully little pigtailed toddler girls is bad fucking form. Just unbelievable.
My mother, who witnessed all this, was absolutely shocked at how obnoxious all the kids were. I told her that unfortunately, that was pretty normal. You will almost always have to check some asshole-in-training when you hit the playground. Most kids are just clueless, and there is no malice in their behavior. They just don't know any better. And every now and again, you get some kid who likes to go out of his way to crap on other kids, usually much smaller than him. Their fun is making sure nobody else has fun. Nice.
I'm wondering how soon is too soon to teach my girl to deliver a solid right hook.
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