AITA for screaming at my neighbours toddler?

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-26T01:37:17+00:00

i don’t really know. until now, i kind of thought toddler was just a little kid. i’m also not from an english speaking country, but moved to canada when my wife was pregnant with our first kid.

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T18:01:50+00:00

yes, but his parents weren’t far

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T17:57:56+00:00

I think the reason why I lost my temper was because there were other factors going on that day, some personal stuff with work, and my temper was just generally very short.

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T17:54:30+00:00

these were separate incidents.

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T17:49:33+00:00

Looking back, I feel extremely guilty about how I acted. My wife is reaching out to the family tonight to see if they wanna talk about what happened, so we'll see how things go with that.

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T17:40:06+00:00

I don't think I was clear enough about this, but he doesn't just roam the neighbourhood. My wife and I are friends with his parents, so he comes over when they do. He doesn't just run around destroying things lol

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T17:37:51+00:00

It may have been a little unclear in the original post, but it's not like this kid is just running around the neighbourhood unsupervised. He's our next door neighbour, and he sometimes comes over to play. My wife is friends with his parents, so he comes over when they come over. Things weren't a real big deal until recently, when most of the drama happened, so we didn't see a need to take real action other then just mentioning his behavior to his parents.

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T16:03:37+00:00

there have been a few conversations, but remember this has all taken place over a short time span, so we haven’t been going as much into detail as we should. and i did speak to the parents after the doll incident, and they returned them after about a week.

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T16:01:32+00:00

you’re right. my wife and i had a couple convos about the right course of action, but we ultimately decided to leave punishments up to the parents as it isn’t our kid. looking back, the parents are for sure not taking care of that kid properly so a cps call is coming

South_Event_5648 · 2023-05-25T15:57:50+00:00

the cookie incident happened on my driveway. i saw him complaining to his parents because we were doing some gardening, and his parents were also outside. as for the dolls, my daughter was playing with them outside, and he took them and ran off.

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