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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, I don't see how anything I said suggested that I was up tight about kids running up the slide or cursing, you ladies really need to calm down. As I said, I just want to know what my responsibilities are in this situation, as I've only ever been in a position where there would be another child's parent to go over and speak with if I had a real concern.

I would appreciate this not turning into a debate on free range parenting. I couldn't care less about the subject. I want to know if, legally or otherwise, I'm expected to take action if a kid not under my care gets hurt at this playground. If I'm readying my kids to go home for example, need to take them to piano class shortly, and some punk takes a flying leap off of the monkey bars and breaks his arm, am I obligated to stay there and help him, even if it means my own charges are late to their lesson? My guess would be no, as he's in the same situation he would be in if I had never been there at all, but it just seems like as an adult I would need to take charge of the situation.

What would you do if you had your charge at a playground and someone else's child got hurt but there were no parents around? Call the police? Take the injured kid temporarily into your care? (Don't misunderstand - I'm not saying I'm a cold hearted bitch who wouldn't help a kid who gets hurt, I'm just asking about my social and/or legal obligations so I can be aware of them.)

Also, my boss takes her kids to this playground regularly so I'm sure she's well aware of the environment. I'm just not at all used to it and would like to know if it's generally acceptable to tell stranger kids to quit tossing the f bomb around my 5 year old or not. He doesn't repeat it, I'm sure his mom's made the rules very clear long before I took this job, but I'm personally uncomfortable with it flying around like that.[/quote]

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