Recently, I took Dawson to a fairly quiet beach and placed his bucket, shovel and other beach toys in the sand while I put sunscreen on him. No sooner than I lathered up, a much older child (she was at least 7 or 8, and my son is not yet 4) came over and asked if she could play with Dawson. Of course, I said yes, but then she grabbed his toys and walked over to wherer her parents were sitting, halfway across the beach. Her parents didn't say a word or acknowledge the fact that she had someone else's toys in her hands. I had to go over to this family and politely say, "Dawson is more than happy to share his toys, but you'll need to come over by him to play." The mother looked at me as if I had a lot of nerve to request my child's toys back. I was furious, yet trying to smile and be polite. When the little girl didn't make any attempt to bring the toys back, her mother said to me, "Well maybe you can bring your son over to this side of the beach?" I politely declined and told her we were already situated where we were and that I'd would be pleased to have my 4-year-old's toys so he could play with them. What makes me mad is that I FELT GUILTY for going over there. Either I'm too nice or I'm a push over. I got the toys back, but this mother glared at me the rest of the day.