When A 4 Yr Old Tries To Trip You...

[mac60]

So today I had a just turned 4 yr old, who was sitting in a child's chair in the middle of the play room because he had been naughty, try to trip me.....I got up off the chair, walked past him, and he stuck his leg out to try to trip me. I felt his foot brush against my leg......My daughter who is 20 saw it, and was like wow, can't believe he did that to you.

[Zoe]

Oh man. That would make me want to remove myself from the situation and count to 10! Wow. I think that would warrant a note and a talk with his parents. Not ok! Regardless of his ability to actually make you fall is irrelevant! Wow...

[ninosqueridos]

yikes!

[Candyland]

Oh man. That would make me want to remove myself from the situation and count to 10! Wow. I think that would warrant a note and a talk with his parents. Not ok! Regardless of his ability to actually make you fall is irrelevant! Wow...

I was thinking that I'd want to remove HIM from the situation! ::

Yes, that is a big-time no no! What if he succeeded and down you went! who knows if you would have hurt yourself or some other child.
I would have a big-time talk with him NOW; then talk to his parents today.

[Zoe]

I was thinking that I'd want to remove HIM from the situation! ::

See, if I tried to remove HIM, then I'd start in on him (vocally of course) before I've had the chance to calm down! :: I don't have any anger issues or anything, but blatant disrespect get me so upset!

[Blackcat31]

It was a perfect example of impulse control...or rather lack of it. I would think that if I were in his position and sitting in a chair and in trouble, I would be feeling angry or frustrated (who LIKES to be introuble?!?) and if my "punisher" :: walked by I would impulsively think to put my leg out there and trip them....but that is where the difference lies, I am NOT 4 but I would think of doing it, I would just have better impulse control....LOL!!!!

I would be mad about it or kind of about it too....but it is kinda funny though!

[nannyde]

So today I had a just turned 4 yr old, who was sitting in a child's chair in the middle of the play room because he had been naughty, try to trip me.....I got up off the chair, walked past him, and he stuck his leg out to try to trip me. I felt his foot brush against my leg......My daughter who is 20 saw it, and was like wow, can't believe he did that to you.

Today would be his last day.

I couldn't afford the outcome of him successfully tripping me. It could devestate my livlihood and my sons future.

Too risky. We know as we go along that accidents can happen and we can be physically harmed. As you age that reality becomes more and more a part of how you move, what you do, how much risk you take. Healing from something like a hip fracture could put an end to a career. I've seen that happen IRL with one of my friends who did care for nearly thirty years.

A couple of weeks of hospitalization, surgery, and physical therapy completely demolished her livlihood and to this day affects her health.

I coudln't manage it.

Part of my raising kids is to teach them how important it is to be safe around me. I have a few health issues (very poor visiion) that directly affects what I can and can't do with and around them. I teach them from a young age to go wide around me so they don't run into me. I can't see them in my side vision. I teach them to feel their way down the stairs when I'm co-walking with them because I can't see where the stair ends below me. I teach them not to throw, hit, fight, bite, kick, etc. in part to protect me and the others in the house.

We all need to get thru the day in one piece.

[Candyland]

Today would be his last day.

I couldn't afford the outcome of him successfully tripping me. It could devestate my livlihood and my sons future.

Too risky. We know as we go along that accidents can happen and we can be physically harmed. As you age that reality becomes more and more a part of how you move, what you do, how much risk you take. Healing from something like a hip fracture could put an end to a career. I've seen that happen IRL with one of my friends who did care for nearly thirty years.

A couple of weeks of hospitalization, surgery, and physical therapy completely demolished her livlihood and to this day affects her health.

I coudln't manage it.

yes, that's reality, sad to say.
It's truly a serious thing this little boy did.

[TBird]

Today would be his last day.

I couldn't afford the outcome of him successfully tripping me. It could devestate my livlihood and my sons future.

Too risky. We know as we go along that accidents can happen and we can be physically harmed. As you age that reality becomes more and more a part of how you move, what you do, how much risk you take. Healing from something like a hip fracture could put an end to a career. I've seen that happen IRL with one of my friends who did care for nearly thirty years.

A couple of weeks of hospitalization, surgery, and physical therapy completely demolished her livlihood and to this day affects her health.

I coudln't manage it.

Part of my raising kids is to teach them how important it is to be safe around me. I have a few health issues (very poor visiion) that directly affects what I can and can't do with and around them. I teach them from a young age to go wide around me so they don't run into me. I can't see them in my side vision. I teach them to feel their way down the stairs when I'm co-walking with them because I can't see where the stair ends below me. I teach them not to throw, hit, fight, bite, kick, etc. in part to protect me and the others in the house.

We all need to get thru the day in one piece.

It's like you said in your blog nannyde....this child is apparently used to "running" his household and was pretty upset about relinquishing his power in the Time Out chair. If parents would just take their power (and most of all their responsibility) back, kids wouldn't do things like this. My kids would have a very rude awakening if they ever did something like this to their provider, teacher or ANYONE giving them love & care!!!

[mac60]

The kid told on himself.....which he is very good at. I explained to the mom what happened, she made him apologize to me.

While terming may work for some, I need my income and it is not an option. I wish I was in the position so many of you are in that the option of terming is always brought up, unfortunately, not all of us are in that position. I do this job to earn money and support our family, the unemployment rate in our county is one of the highest in our state......I am lucky to have the families I have considering the unemployment rate here.

[TBird]

The kid told on himself.....which he is very good at. I explained to the mom what happened, she made him apologize to me.

While terming may work for some, I need my income and it is not an option. I wish I was in the position so many of you are in that the option of terming is always brought up, unfortunately, not all of us are in that position. I do this job to earn money and support our family, the unemployment rate in our county is one of the highest in our state......I am lucky to have the families I have considering the unemployment rate here.

I agree...I definitely wouldn't terminate for something like this, especially if the parents are paying, reliable and respected you enough to make the child apologize.

[mickey2]

Is this little boy normally a good little boy or is he a problem child to begin with?

If he is normally a very good little boy perhaps he did not realize that what he had done could severely hurt someone. Has he ever done anything in the past to try to hurt anyone?

[nannyde]

The kid told on himself.....which he is very good at. I explained to the mom what happened, she made him apologize to me.

While terming may work for some, I need my income and it is not an option. I wish I was in the position so many of you are in that the option of terming is always brought up, unfortunately, not all of us are in that position. I do this job to earn money and support our family, the unemployment rate in our county is one of the highest in our state......I am lucky to have the families I have considering the unemployment rate here.

I get it Mac but I see it like this. How will I make a living if he hurts me?

To me, what he did afterwards wouldn't matter a bit. That's between him and his parents. I can't do a job where I think someone is going to hurt me. I just couldn't do it.

[mac60]

I worked outside the home for over 20 years. There were good days, there were bad days. I look at my job now in the same respect...some days are good, some not so good. To me, it is a part of life, part of the job.

[Unregistered]

Today would be his last day.

I couldn't afford the outcome of him successfully tripping me. It could devestate my livlihood and my sons future.

Too risky. We know as we go along that accidents can happen and we can be physically harmed. As you age that reality becomes more and more a part of how you move, what you do, how much risk you take. Healing from something like a hip fracture could put an end to a career. I've seen that happen IRL with one of my friends who did care for nearly thirty years.

A couple of weeks of hospitalization, surgery, and physical therapy completely demolished her livlihood and to this day affects her health.

I coudln't manage it.

Part of my raising kids is to teach them how important it is to be safe around me. I have a few health issues (very poor visiion) that directly affects what I can and can't do with and around them. I teach them from a young age to go wide around me so they don't run into me. I can't see them in my side vision. I teach them to feel their way down the stairs when I'm co-walking with them because I can't see where the stair ends below me. I teach them not to throw, hit, fight, bite, kick, etc. in part to protect me and the others in the house.

We all need to get thru the day in one piece.

I wouldn't term over this either. Kids get frustrated. Kids test. Kids lack impulse control sometimes. Child learns. We all move on.

I'm not sure if I would be allowed to continue to hold my license if my health concerns were of yours. I think my county might question my ability to keep the kids safe if I had to do so much to teach them to be safe for me???