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Toddler acceptable boundaries at park?
My toddler, age 2 is shy but sometimes overly friendly. She is used to having close friends at daycare who she hugs and in baby group/play group settings too.
Now, when going to the park the last two times, she has wanted to play with a girl and hold her hand that she has never met before, and she has wanted to hug a boy she saw that had never met before.
How do I tell her this is not appropriate?
she isnt really interested in going on the slides/swings, just drawing in the sand and making friends
3 Answers
- Anonymous7 years ago
My son does that too (he's almost 3) and i don't worry about it. The girls that he has tried to hold hands with have always treated him like he was diseased or something, so I figure he'll figure it out eventually. At this point they're still trying to figure out how to make friends. I'd be worried that intervention on your part would make her unsure about trying to make friends since at this age appropriateness is a concept they don't really get. You don't want her to start thinking she's not allowed to socialize.
- ?Lv 67 years ago
I don't think you can....And I wouldn't worry about it yet. Just gently distract her.
She can't understand the concepts of boundaries until she understands what relationships are and the difference between strangers and non-strangers.
- ?Lv 77 years ago
But that IS appropriate toddler behaviour. It's only an issue if the other child doesn't like it. In which case you gently tell her the other child doesn't like it and to find another child to play with.