Dear nasty mom of mean boy at the park this afternoon,

Here's the thing.  When I have five kids in my care, and am still able to manage all five of them, keep track of all five of them, and play with all five of them, it seems to me that you should have been able to care for the one child you had with you.

When your child is approaching strangers to ask for pushes on the swing, to lift him up to the monkey bars, and to play ball with him, then maybe it's time you paid some attention to your child and not expect everyone else's parents to look after him for you. 

And then, when your child pushes down a three year old in my care, and hits my daughter with a stick, and I tell him he can't play with us if he's going to be mean, coming over to me to tell me I need to talk to an adult instead of the child is probably not a smart thing to do.

Here's the thing, nasty mom of mean boy at the park this afternoon, if you had have been supervising your child the way you should have been, I would not have had to tell him not to push my child.  If you had have been giving your child the attention he needed, he wouldn't have been begging strangers to do things for him.  Another thing, do you really think I would lie about your child pushing my child?  Do you think I get kicks from telling other people's children what to do?

You know, seeing as how we were there for well over an hour, with your son constantly tormenting us to play with him and push him on the swings, and we did not even know he was there with anyone, would kind of scream the words "neglect" to me.  What would have happened if your son had have taken up with people not as nice as us?  We had no problem including him in our games until he started to get violent.  The thing is we shouldn't have felt like we had to.  Other people, or other kids would have fought back, or the more horrible thing, anyone could have taken your son from you.

Maybe next time you should pay a bit of attention to your son, maybe next time you shouldn't get upset when someone tells him not to push other children when it should be you doing that.  Maybe if you don't want to play with your child you shouldn't take him to the park.

Next time I'll send you a bill for child care and services rendered.

Sincerely,

jamie