How would you handle this situation?
I took my (will be 2 years old this month) toddler to the park yesterday and he was having a great time. He sometimes tries to play with other kids' toys and I will always redirect him and tell him something along the lines of, "That's not yours, buddy!" However, I noticed that a lot of parents don't do the same. I bought my kid sand toys like a shovel etc. so he could play in the sandbox and a woman just let her kid play with mine and other kids things. Like didn't even ask? Now, I don't mind sharing but my toddler started crying and got upset (he's starting to realize now what belongs to him vs what doesn't). I was like, WTF do I do??? The mom saw this and wasn't telling her kid to stop. Then, some other kids started playing with his things and when we were about to leave I politely said, "hey, we're leaving can we have those back now?" and the kids said NO?!?!? I was shocked, like where are these kids parents to correct them? I ended up saying something like, "Well, these belong to us and we're leaving now so we need them" and they gave them to me but like wth. If someone offers to let my kid play with their thing but the person it belongs to wants it back I...have my kid give it back. Has anyone experienced this and how do you respond? I feel like I'm teaching my kid to be respectful of others' belongings but its not being done to him so I'm disappointed.