But another confrontation in a library playroom!

[Anonymous]

My DS is nearly two and extremely energetic and athletic. He can be aggressive with other children and I am constantly on guard to that. Yesterday in the library playroom, DS was throwing light weight hollow, plastic blocks - they could not possibly hurt anyone if he hit them and he has a surprisingly good aim and wasn't close to hitting anyone with them anyway. Of course I fully intended to pick up the blocks when DS was done.

A nanny turned to me and said, "You have to do something about him." I had no idea what to say!!! I was speechless. I went over and picked up DS and left.

So seriously, who was out of line here?

[Anonymous]

You were. Clearly the nanny felt like the blocks were getting too close to her or her charge. Library playrooms are not for throwing things around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS is nearly two and extremely energetic and athletic. He can be aggressive with other children and I am constantly on guard to that. Yesterday in the library playroom, DS was throwing light weight hollow, plastic blocks - they could not possibly hurt anyone if he hit them and he has a surprisingly good aim and wasn't close to hitting anyone with them anyway. Of course I fully intended to pick up the blocks when DS was done.

A nanny turned to me and said, "You have to do something about him." I had no idea what to say!!! I was speechless. I went over and picked up DS and left.

So seriously, who was out of line here?

Both of you were a little bit off.

[Anonymous]

You were. You shouldn't allow your child to throw blocks of any kind of setting.


And what difference does it make that she was a nanny or a mother?

[Anonymous]

You were. Blocks are not for throwing, near another child or far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DS is nearly two and extremely energetic and athletic. He can be aggressive with other children and I am constantly on guard to that. Yesterday in the library playroom, DS was throwing light weight hollow, plastic blocks - they could not possibly hurt anyone if he hit them and he has a surprisingly good aim and wasn't close to hitting anyone with them anyway. Of course I fully intended to pick up the blocks when DS was done.

A nanny turned to me and said, "You have to do something about him." I had no idea what to say!!! I was speechless. I went over and picked up DS and left.

So seriously, who was out of line here?

Both of you were a little bit off.

How was the nanny off? Should she have ignored the plastic block flying by in a COMMUNITY playroom?

[Anonymous]

Maybe you both were a little. First, it's not okay to be throwing stuff around other kids -- unless you are in a ball pit or something. Regardless of the fact that they were light, he should throw them in the vicinity of other kids.

The nanny was really rude, though. She should have been nicer.

My son used to be like yours. I remember carrying him out of story-time after he stood behind the reader and was mimicking her (silently, of course. It was both hilarious and mortifying at the same time). Enjoy his rambunctiousness. Love him for it. But realize that not everyone will appreciate it in social settings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You were. You shouldn't allow your child to throw blocks of any kind of setting.


And what difference does it make that she was a nanny or a mother?

+ 1 Nannies are "the help" in some mother's minds and shouldn't be allowed to speak to any "master".

[Anonymous]

**should not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you both were a little. First, it's not okay to be throwing stuff around other kids -- unless you are in a ball pit or something. Regardless of the fact that they were light, he should throw them in the vicinity of other kids.

The nanny was really rude, though. She should have been nicer.

My son used to be like yours. I remember carrying him out of story-time after he stood behind the reader and was mimicking her (silently, of course. It was both hilarious and mortifying at the same time). Enjoy his rambunctiousness. Love him for it. But realize that not everyone will appreciate it in social settings.

Honestly - what should a mother or a nanny have said?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you both were a little. First, it's not okay to be throwing stuff around other kids -- unless you are in a ball pit or something. Regardless of the fact that they were light, he should throw them in the vicinity of other kids.

The nanny was really rude, though. She should have been nicer.

My son used to be like yours. I remember carrying him out of story-time after he stood behind the reader and was mimicking her (silently, of course. It was both hilarious and mortifying at the same time). Enjoy his rambunctiousness. Love him for it. But realize that not everyone will appreciate it in social settings.

You and OP both have brats. Both children are stunningly rude.

[Anonymous]

You were wrong. How can you possibly not see that?!!

[Anonymous]

OP, seriously, you though you were in the right? The nanny could have been nicer, but you shouldn't just let your son throw things around other children, regardless of how "soft" you thought the blocks were.

[Anonymous]

Sorry. You should have stopped your kid from throwing things in the library. She was 100% correct.

[Anonymous]

You were in the wrong - the child shouldn't be throwing blocks in the library. I wouldn't have said anything though if I was the nanny, I would just have picked up my kid and moved them to another area.