Sammie doesn’t back down
We had an incident at The Little Gym last Friday. Sammie was on the uneven bars and this little boy (actually he was more like twice her size) came and wanted to swing on it too. Sammie is going full-speed through the possessiveness phase so she immediately turned to him and yelled, “my turn!” Unfortunately, this wasn’t a mellow kid and so he yelled back, “No! My turn!” They yelled back and fourth and then he got bored and took off to the balance beam. I guess Sammie decided she wasn’t through with him so she ran off after him! I kid you not! I gasped with horror as I was watching my ‘lil kid (the smallest in the class…again) pick a fight with this boy. I know. I know. I’m a bad parent for not intervening at this point. But I did…eventually. This was just too fun and exciting to watch. Besides. I tend to let her sort things out for herself with other kids before I step in. So once she caught up with him, she climbs up behind him and yells, “No! Sammie turn!” They go back and fourth some more until he’s had enough verbal abuse from her and pushes her. So THAT’S when I intervened. His mom was there too. No harm was done so we just distracted our kids with other stuff and that was the end of it. Sammie’s never been one to back down but I was so surprised to see her this aggressive. Nutty kid. Don’t know where she gets it.