embracing change

[flowmom]

Another stressor has been dealing with S6 harassing/bullying one of the new neighbours (a 5 year old). There have been a few incidents during S6's child care time, which is obviously challenging for me to manage. I just had a long conversation with his mother about potential solutions and what it's all about, etc. It sucks because I feel for her and her children trying to fit into a well-established community. OTOH, it's very hard to control everything when children are regularly playing together in communal space. I find dealing with these things SUPER stressful. I can take proactively steps to ensure that her child isn't a target for S6, but there may be a high price to pay for our family...like S6 having even less freedom to play with his friends in the courtyard and like discontinuing a childcare situation that has unique benefits that I can't replicate. Ugh.