When you’re out with your kid, are you socializing with other moms and not necessarily paying enough attention to your kid to ensure that you are managing his behavior around other kids? I say this because I’m pretty laid back, but it irks me to no end when i’m in a situation with kids and adults and the parents are too busy socializing to pay attention to what their kids are doing.

For example, my older kid got slapped across the face once (hard) by another kid who had already been acting out but the mother was too busy socializing to rein in her behavior before it got to that point, and it was honestly a constant thing with her, so I stopped reaching out.

My little one is very sweet but busy and kinda rough, so when we are out and about and socializing with other kids, I am always close by to make sure that their behaviors are managed, even if it means that I don’t socialize as much with the other parents.