Reply to When other nannies or mothers will not step in, do you?

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "When other nannies or mothers will not step in, do you?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I step in if it's aggressive. I do first look to see if the responsible parent for the child is going to do anything. When the answer is no, I say something if it's something I don't think is being handled appropriately by the kids. My daughter's pretty good at saying "don't do that to me" so I let her handle it herself most of the time. But if the other kid doesn't respect that s/he's been told no, then I  firmly step in and say something like "she said no." At one birthday party, there was one kid who seemed to really have no sense of personal space, self control, or anything - I assume a developmental delay, wasn't very verbal - so I wasn't stern with him but after asking him nicely to stop grabbing & knocking others over, I just resorted to physically standing between him and my child whenever he came near.

Honestly, I think I am crossing the line sometimes in the sense that I'm doing what other parents should be doing for themselves and I may not be doing it how they think is best and it should be their call with their kids, but I also can't stand idly by while another kid gets hurt when I'm a responsible parent witnessing the thing. So, I do end up telling other people's kids "hey, shoving is not okay" and surprisingly, I have yet to be chewed out by any of the other parents. I'm sure it's coming one day, from one of the "we don't say no, we redirect" types, but so far I haven't even gotten a stink eye. When I really feel I've overstepped, I apologize to the other parent for not letting them handle it themselves and I usually get a "oh, what you said was fine, no biggie" type response. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics