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Felt a bit guilty this afternoon.

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Luckygirl Sat 20-Oct-18 20:49:46

If a child is playing happily with another, then it is your absolute obligation to butt out and enjoy a good book! grin

Jalima1108 Sat 20-Oct-18 20:04:41

but he was interacting with someone from his peer group!

You would just have been interfering in their fun felice and being a 'helicopter granny'.

Were the other parents interacting or interfering?

PECS Sat 20-Oct-18 19:51:40

Felice you were planning on developing his independent social skills! grin

felice Sat 20-Oct-18 17:25:07

I took DGS to the play are in Parc Royale here today. A really nice big, well maintained playground.
I got comfortable on a bench in the sun, 21°, leaves still green on the trees.
Picnic sorted DGS having a great time, made instant friends with a little boy visiting from Eygpt.
Got my glasses and my book(paper) out.
Then realised that no adult in a very busy park was on a phone,,,,none at all.
You can hear DGS from half a mile, dd the same, no volume control at all. It is an enclosed parc for young children very safe.
I felt really guilty that I was about to relax and get a couple of chapters in when all the Mums and Dads were interacting with their Children.
Ouch.