CURRENTLY QUOTING // Children

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.
-Angela Schwindt

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
- George Bernard Shaw

VENT SESSION // Kids can be so mean!

I knew that getting settled and making friends would be a challenge but I had no idea it would be this difficult.  We've lived in the new house for 3 months now and still haven't really met anyone. Knowing we would likely move to the city we currently live in I enrolled both kids in gymnastics at one of the local studios thinking we would meet some other families in the area and maybe make a friend or two.  Boy was I wrong! Even when the kids seem to connect and enjoy hanging outNone of the parents seem open to making new friends. We've also been going to various parks and even there the kids we've encountered have been mean and the parents are closed off and unreceptive.

Just the other day while at the park my 2 year old son was told by another little boy to "go away", "get out of here", "leave us alone", "don't follow us" and not willing to share the park or take turns on the slide.  And unfortunately the parents are too busy on their smartphones to pay any real attention to what is going on. I probably wouldn't be so bothered by it but since we are new to the area and are actively searching for new friends I think I'm overly sensitive.

Even my daughter while at the park said to another little girl and her mom that we are new to the area and would love to meet up again sometime. The mom just looked at her, gave a half smile and said, "it's time to go" to her daughter.  So frustrating!!!