Lately Jackson and Jacob have been interacting more with their peers. Not just my friends kids but strangers at parks and indoor playgrounds etc. I've found that my kids tend to get picked on.
They tend to get hit, have toys taken, pushed etc. I'm not sure what to do about it. I've done the "well, you'll have to find something else to play with" and the "some kids are not nice, I'm sorry honey" and then I've decided that when my kids come up to me and tell me they've been hurt or had something taken they are asking me to make it right, to protect them and I'm just not sure how to do that.
Usually the parents of these "not nice children" aren't really easy to converse with, telling my kids to hit back isn't appropriate. But, I need to respond. I want my kids to know that their father and I will not tolerate them being bullied but I need to figure out what "not tolerate" will look like. I need my children to know they can come to me and set the expectation that we will create as safe of an environment for them as we can...Any ideas out there?
