Re: Taking away kids toys
I have a story to relate.. I am going to share even if it's not exactly what you have asked for!!!
I have lots of disney magnets on my fridge so someone came to visit us with their 3 year old who wanted to play with them.. I let her play with the magnets and when it was time to go home, I wanted my magnets back but the bachi didn't want to give them back to me and her mommy didn't say anything to her.. I was sooo heart broken so I tried asking her couple of times politely but the bachi refused.. and her mommy was just laughing saying oh she likes disney just as much as you do (and i am thinking um okay, go get her own magnets) but at the end I told her if she gave it back to me, I will give her candy!
She handed it back to me and I had no candy for her.. I felt horrible but i got my magnets back!!
I really wish her mommy would have told her its not okay to take stuff from otehr people's house!!!
I will not let anyone touch my kids toys and inshaAllah my children will not want to bring anything from someone's hosue eitehr.. it has to be taught!!!
This reminds me of something similar. My sister is all about scrap booking and is the emotional/sentimental type. During her high school graduation party the cake was brought out to cut. On top of the cake was a plastic graduation cap and scroll with 'class of.." written on it. She took it off the cake and put it aside (to keep it for sentimental purposes) and this little kid wanted it so she said you can have it for now but I want it back. Of course when he was leaving he didn't want to give it back, and on top of it his mom and dad were ridiculing her for wanting it back............so she never got it back. Even to her it sounded petty but she really wanted to keep it as a keepsake. Kind of offtopic but GTG's story reminded me of this incident
I think that children need to be taught that playing with other people's toys is ok but taking them home is not ......by their parents.....I would never let my child take anyone's stuff home