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[quote=Anonymous]Not badly hurt by any means, but he did get a small bruise.

He had been repeatedly jumping on the couch, kicking his legs up in the air as I was trying to make a snack for him and his younger brother. Younger brother has complex special needs and requires a lot of intervention. Asked DC to please stop jumping 3-4x, said jokingly "DC if you do that, you might hurt yourself, I don't want that to happen" on the fifth time I heard a "thunk" and he had banged his knee on the arm of the couch.

Immediate tears. I calmed him down a bit, told him there was no blood and he would survive. I picked him up, spun him around for a ride in the "waaahmbulance" and sat him down on the couch. I tried talking to him about why we make safe choices, and if he learned anything about the consequences of his actions. He grew quieter and quieter and almost hid his face behind his knee. He wouldn't talk to me, so I had to ask repeatedly, "can you use your words, can you look at me please." I eventually said "Ok, if you don't want to talk that's fine." I get up and MB is standing right behind me, quietly, with her eyebrows raised. She said in a quiet voice "do you not want to use your words, DS?" The way she said it made me almost feel guilty, I know I wasn't doing anything "bad", but I was trying to help her son see the connection between making safe choices and what happens when you don't make safe choices.

I'm not perfect and I don't pretend to be. Maybe i'm overthinking this, but for some reason I felt guilty? Like I didn't handle it right or something. MB didn't have anything to say or any remarks but at the same time I wonder if I should have handled it differently. [/quote]

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