Pissed Off Parent

[youretooloud]

Sigh... I have more.

I honestly think you should call the school and apologize for demanding a teacher be fired for this. I think it's absolutely absurd that you did that.

Being upset for your daughter is one thing. Demanding a teacher be fired because she didn't call you when she fell is something completely different. It's a huge overreaction.

[daycare]

You mean, the teacher allowed the children to go OUTSIDE? I'm assuming this was without a helmet and bubble wrap?

This makes me so mad too! No good can ever come from children playing outside! Especially on nonsense like slides.... what's next? Swings? Balls? OMG!

That is what's wrong with the world today... too many kids are going outside. They should be sitting on the couch with a game controller in their hands and eating oreos.

Sending the kids outside is just lazy. It's an excuse for the teachers to stand around and socialize and tell the kids "Go Play".

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OK.. all sarcasm aside..... I hope she doesn't have any serious injuries. But, bruises, scrapes etc are normal parts of childhood. Kids who aren't allowed bruises should not be sent to group activities, and honestly should just be kept inside. My daughter heard "**** it up buttercup" a lot as a child. If it's bruises and scrapes, she'll be fine, and hopefully not do whatever she did to cause herself pain.

lmao....you are sooooo funny!!

[dEHmom]

ok, i'm not pointing fingers here...

it's that time for the forum cycle reminder. but i'm too lazy to post the link.


I think some of the posters on here are being a little bit harsh.

The op was a little extreme but given the fact that there is an injured child, I can understand. but some of the responses the op has received are a little over the top. I of course am giggling to some of them but I think they are a little uncalled for.

[GretasLittleFriends]

ok, i'm not pointing fingers here...

it's that time for the forum cycle reminder. but i'm too lazy to post the link.


I think some of the posters on here are being a little bit harsh.

The op was a little extreme but given the fact that there is an injured child, I can understand. but some of the responses the op has received are a little over the top. I of course am giggling to some of them but I think they are a little uncalled for.

I understand where you are coming from. And the thinking about the cycle of the forum makes me giggle... It is true though.

On a side note, has anyone looked closely at the user name? It reminds me VERY much of the word erotic. I'm suspecting a registered troll, but I could be wrong, and IF I am, I apologize and do hope that the girl isn't injured too seriously.

[dEHmom]

I understand where you are coming from. And the thinking about the cycle of the forum makes me giggle... It is true though.

On a side note, has anyone looked closely at the user name? It reminds me VERY much of the word erotic. I'm suspecting a registered troll, but I could be wrong, and IF I am, I apologize and do hope that the girl isn't injured too seriously.

yep i thought the same about the user name. And once i read the post i was thinking that the response was a little over the top, and just meant to get a rise. But never know right.

[daycare]

I understand where you are coming from. And the thinking about the cycle of the forum makes me giggle... It is true though.

On a side note, has anyone looked closely at the user name? It reminds me VERY much of the word erotic. I'm suspecting a registered troll, but I could be wrong, and IF I am, I apologize and do hope that the girl isn't injured too seriously.

I looked at the name several times and I thought that it was spam.. I can see the spamers so I ignored it at first.... very unusual name...But I also have an unsual name and I think common names are just that...common....

[Unregistered]

mom is overreacting

Mom to mom here - I think you're overreacting.

Your child is 9 years old and is far old enough for a variety of things. If this child was 5 or under, I might feel differently, only because certain young aged kids need more decision assistance than older kids and I think we all agree that younger kids need much more supervision than older kids do. For example, your 9 year is old enough to decide if she can go on the slide and old enough to know if she jumps off the slide or walks up the slide or runs down the slide, she could fall and hurt herself - because she's been told 100s of times in her life for doing just that.

I'm betting the daycare teacher gave her plenty of reminders of safety while she was doing what she was doing. If she wasn't being supervised at all, then that's a different story all together but I doubt a center allowed her to be outside by herself without incident. And your 9 year old is old enough to tell you exactly what happened and old enough to lie about it to make herself look good.

Accidents happen. I can understand you're upset because in my state, daycares have to line item each bruise, scrape, etc upon arrival of the child for mandatory abuse reporting - I've been asked many times about bruises on the knees, scapes on the elbows, etc but so has everyone else that went to our daycare. If I had a $1 for every bruise, cut, scape that my child comes home with just from daycare every week, I'd be a rich woman. From that standpoint, I can understand you're upset because you obviously don't want this coming back on you. You should definately be sure the injury notification was put in writing and be sure that it was logged in their injury log book to be reviewed at their inspection. Depending on how things work in your state, you may be able to get them to pay for her medical treatment - but I don't know the laws surrounding things like that and the requirements either way. You could call your state's licensing to find out on that. And you definately need to get your child to the pediatrician immediately to be sure there aren't any internal injuries!

[youretooloud]

On a side note, has anyone looked closely at the user name? It reminds me VERY much of the word erotic. I'm suspecting a registered troll, but I could be wrong, and IF I am, I apologize and do hope that the girl isn't injured too seriously.

LOL.. My mind is never in the gutter anymore. I've gotten so old.

My first image was the exorcist movie.

[SilverSabre25]

i had the same thought about both the forum cycle, the name, and the over-reaction...on both sides (although I agree that some of the responses are giggle-worthy)

[Sugar Magnolia]

Just an observation....

A child gets an injury at school. Let's just say a fall from a slide, like the op experienced. Yes, make a report to the parent and explain fully what happened. But....has anyone else noticed this??? Child gets injured at school, parents all indignant, huffy, mad. Child comes to school Monday with a visible bruise, cut, whatever. "Mom, what happened to jimmy's arm?". "Oh he fell when we were at the park, but he's ok." Suddenly, minor injuries are totally ok if they happened on MOMS WATCH! But the exact same minor injury is a HUGE PROBLEM when it happens at school. Its never a two way street.

[youretooloud]

A child gets an injury at school. Let's just say a fall from a slide, like the op experienced. Yes, make a report to the parent and explain fully what happened. But....has anyone else noticed this??? Child gets injured at school, parents all indignant, huffy, mad. Child comes to school Monday with a visible bruise, cut, whatever. "Mom, what happened to jimmy's arm?". "Oh he fell when we were at the park, but he's ok." Suddenly, minor injuries are totally ok if they happened on MOMS WATCH! But the exact same minor injury is a HUGE PROBLEM when it happens at school. Its never a two way street.

My daycare parents are all pretty good about not being all jumpy like that. But, last week, I was putting sunscreen on one boy, and when I pushed his hair out of the way, he had this HUGE purple knot on his forehead. I didn't know when, where or how it happened. (fortunately at home) But, they forgot to tell me. I kept asking him "how did you get this?" He said "Mummfytah". (which apparently meant "Mommy's trash can")

I forget things too, so I wasn't mad... just worried, since I had no idea what "Mummyfytah" meant.

[mickey2]

Oversensitivity To Safety Is Hurting Kids!!

I posted this a while back. You should read it!
Oversensitivity To Safety Is Hurting Kids!!

https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31029

Kids NEED to be allowed to BE KIDS!!!

[CheekyChick]

I have been scratched, stepped on, head-butted, and had my hair pulled by the children in my care. Should I fire them? ::

[dEHmom]

well so far both dcb's I have now have both gotten hurt. one got road rash from the back steps when he lost his balance. The other fell onto a toy car, and got a bruise on the cheek.

Today, dcb #2 was eating lunch and all of a sudden I see little tiny red bumps forming around the mouth, cheeks and arms/hands. I let dcd know and I gave him a list of everything that was in lunch and breakfast today, and snacks. He just said "oh no, he had that yesterday already". Sort of looks like a heat rash, but I didn't notice it or it came back while he was eating lunch. Whew.

[Christian Mother]

I understand where you are coming from. And the thinking about the cycle of the forum makes me giggle... It is true though.

On a side note, has anyone looked closely at the user name? It reminds me VERY much of the word erotic. I'm suspecting a registered troll, but I could be wrong, and IF I am, I apologize and do hope that the girl isn't injured too seriously.

That is exactly what I thought looking at the op's name on here. I did a triple double take......