Personally I would talk to the parents, but when the parents aren’t responding positively on that i would to steer the situation in a positive way and say to the boy “did you want to play with my girl ? do you want maybe play tip or so ?” and when that is not effective I would say something like “I don’t think my girl likes this so much, thank you for trying to play with her” and leave.

Gently tell the boy that it is not nice to push and then encourage your daughter to play away from him (for a little while at least). No point engaging the boy’s parents. They would have told him off in the first place if they thought it was wrong. You can never convince some people they are wrong.

You should say it – please don’t push, it can hurt other people. And glare at the parents.

You should have said something to the parents, its hard and each situation is different, Perhaps a short “mate that is not very nice, we share here” could have the desired impact I’m thankful I am yet to have this happen, most parents are mortified

there are some good comments here

I have had this happen to my daughter and same thing parents have been right there, I just said loud enough so the other parents would hear, for my daughter to grab her shoes, lets go for a walk and look at shops, you dont need to be bullied by other children, the parents just gave me a filthy look. Another time I actually approached the parents and said excuse me, your child is pushing my daughter, they said it was just their kid having fun so i walked up and again done the same, told my daughter we will go look at shops because she doesnt need to be bullied and that we will come back later when she can play without having other kids push her around, her response was ok mum, its not nice to push like that boy/girl pushed me.

I definitely would speak to the parents

you need to explain to your child, b ut unfortunately cannot talk to the other child.

I’d grab my daughter and say “let’s go, that little boy doesn’t want to play nicely, pushing is naughty isn’t it?” An d go somewhere else and have fun

i would have said something to the little boy

that is horrible! Some parents!!!

Personally i would of told the boy that he wasnt being nice and if he continued i would of left with my daughter.

Personally it depends on the situation but if it continues and nobody does anything (as In the other parent) I will step between the children and explain it isn’t nice to push, hit etc and move my child to another activity.
I try not scare the other child at all just explain that my child doesn’t like it when she is pushed. Then move away. If their parents have an issue I will deal with that in my own way.

I would make the boy apologize!

Kids at that age will learn how to defend themselves. We should be teaching them to stand up for themselves not doing battle for them. Step in yes if it gets very physical or verbal but a little pushing and shoving is nothing!!

I tell off other children that push, hurt or bully my children as if a mother wont stand up for you who else can you trust – sometimes as a mother we have to face awkward situations with other mothers to do our best for our children.

I don’t think it’s wrong to say something. When it’s happened to me I just say “hey buddy be careful” or something similar and Iv never had a parent get angry at me! If it continues I say something to the parent because I don’t take my kids places for them to be hurt!

I would pull the little boy upon it, for sure. My main priority is my child. I wouldn’t be aggressive, I would just say “please don’t push.” Children need to be taught certain behaviours are not appropriate regardless of the circumstances. I can’t get over how some parents think it’s ok for their child to act this way. If they have behavioural issues then it’s up to their parent to step in and pull the child into line and let other people know about the issue. People are not mind readers and I’m sure decent people will understand.

I would if the parents didn’t stop him I would politely ask him to leave my child alone and if he still continued I’d probably say where’s your mum and dad then ask them to stop their child fr pushing mine! In my experience most of the time the parents are too busy talking or just don’t care. I have left a play ground saying (loud enough for the parents of the child being rough to hear) let’s go sweetie we will come back another time when there are children here that can play nicely!

Depends on the situation for my son I would let him stand his ground & say stop it I don’t like it & teach him to walk away I won’t step in just monitor it how far it’s going cause under 5 it’s going to get a lot worse when they go to school & mum & dad not going to be there to save them
But if yr child comes to u & screaming or crys & says that the other child won’t let her play then I would kindly ask the mum or child if they could play there as well