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Originally Posted by HendrixandLucy  and also, YES, childcare was my first choice at the time. I absolutly adore children and was with that family for three years even though I was completely under paid and taken advantage of BECAUSE I LOVED THE KIDS. And by the time I left they were much more well behaved then when I started and they absolutly LOVED me..... children NEED to be disciplined. It shows them that they are loved and that their caregiviers actually care about them. I spent more than double the amount of time with them than their parents did and that is why they acted out. They were absolutly starved for attention.
I just am appaled that you have the nerve to speak to me like you have any idea who I am.
And again..... you probably missed the smiley face at the end of my post.... I WAS KIDDING. |
Calm down.
You're right, I don't know you- but you made quite the post there and I commented it.
Sorry you are APPALLED, but next time- if childcare was your first choice? Maybe you should think before you say things like wishing the dog "bites that little brat" smiley face or no smiley face...
I have a sense that you are angry, but you are very parental-blaming this situation. (nevermind that you felt more of a parent in your nanny position, but I don't know the parents side of the situation... so I won't go into that!)
I understand that kids need discipline (proper CARE maybe is the better term!), but no one deserves to be hurt.
While parents should be watching their children, they also don't watch them 100% of the time when they are around a group of people their parents know (in a house). It's boring for a kid to stick by moms side, and I would have assumed that the kid was off with some other kid, or chatting it up with someone's else' mom or another adult. I know these things take 2 seconds to happen, but no one is perfect.
"It takes an army to raise a child". If no one saw the kid wander off, then what does that say for the people there? That no one cared to keep an eye out for her kid either... Something bad could have happened!
People make mistakes, but in no way shape or form did that kid deserve what he got.
I say shame on every single adult present.