Keep Your Hands Off My Son (Part 2)
If you missed the first part, you can read it here.
Attack mode, beware!
My breaking point was the other night, while in MD for Thanksgiving weekend, when everyone was downstairs, either watching the game or playing with Isaac and his mountain of toys. Greg was really into the game, and had already gotten snippy with the noise coming from the play area. Suddenly Isaac ran over to him to try and hug him, my brother impatiently pushed my son away, causing him to fall, and I. SAW. RED! Of course out came Mama Bear, claws and all. There was some yelling and inappropriate language involved from myself, and needless to say Greg was given the boot.
Isaac was totally fine, just brushed it off and quickly went back to playtime, but I was still raging inside, and am still. It’s one thing to want nothing to do with Isaac, which I think is bad enough, but putting your hands on a little one, accidental or not, is completely unacceptable in any circumstance! I do believe Greg did not mean to cause my son to fall, but that is beside the point.
Normally I am pretty non-confrontational and will go to great lengths to avoid an argument and keep the peace, but when it comes to my child I will go up against anyone or anything to protect him. It’s sad that the person in question was my own brother though. I never expected this in a million years, and it’s such a shame because something like this could really come between us unless it is explained and rectified soon. Greg and I have always had a friendly relationship, I thought. We have all had our tiffs over the years, as siblings normally do, but this is different and much more serious in my opinion.
So what do you think? I am certain I did not overreact, in fact I may have actually under reacted and should have dealt with this sooner, but I am wondering what you would have done in this situation, or if you have any ideas what would cause my brother to respond to my son in this manner?
