Playground Bullies

I’ve had my first encounter with them on Sam’s behalf, and it is frustrating. When you’re a kid, you can haul off and smack them, but it's not at all okay for adults. I used my dog voice to tell the little boy not to kick Sam, and he stopped in mid air. Then he started laughing and wandered off. He went on to really whack another child before his mother thought maybe he should go home. This was a 4-5 year old, which I thought would know better.

Today, Samantha approached two girls in the tunnel at the playground and gave them her megawatt smile. One of the little girls looked at Sam and screamed “Go away, I hate you!” I took Sam’s hand and told her that girl was mean and we didn’t want to play with mean, nasty girls. We went down the slide instead. It didn’t faze Samantha one bit. I, however, noticed that the little snit scowled at us and everyone else, and I started to feel sorry for the horrible child.

Sam sat on a tire swing with two five-year-old boys who couldn’t have been sweeter. He thought it was funny that she was a girl but her name was for a boy. He kept asking if he was being careful enough with her, then he told me he was very good at taking care of babies, that he had a two-year-old brother at home. His name was Corey and I hope he stays as sweet as he is now. It’s funny, so far I have to say the boys are much nicer kids and the girls are really bossy. I hope Sam stays sweet.