Well that was a first. 😬
In the park, there was a group of 9 boys, and the eldest by far was beating on one of the younger 8, who then collapsed sobbing while his little brother fell weeping over him to protect him from more.
I stopped, and a Colombian woman did, so at first I deferred to her. But while she helped the boy up, his brother still clinging to him, the eldest kept defending his actions: it was the child's fault if he got hit for messing with someone bigger. The woman left. But...
@MLClark Thank you for stepping in! 💜
Thank you 🙏
May he always remember the lesson and the power of kindness to help educate when behavior goes astray
@MLClark ❤️ Thank you!
Even in another language, we are all aunties and uncles.
Ya did a good thing.
I love that framing. Thank you, Corlin.
good going! it's time for people to take the role of adults when we see kids behaving badly. it takes a village, as they say, because parents can't be everywhere. especially these days.
@MLClark Glad they listened to you and accepted the learning. 💙🧡💜Your heart must have been beating so fast!
@ACG2 Exactly that, ACG2! Thank you. 🤗
It was important to say something to this teen picking on littles.
My Spanish still glitches when I'm nervous, but I told him that he had responsibility to use restraint because he was stronger, & to remember that he's setting an example to these other boys for how to be.
The younger ones cheered & agreed with me, & I brought the older into the fold by saying that he was still learning, too. & he listened. All ended well. But whew! My first time getting involved in a row in a second language!