Originally Posted by JeepGirl6:
I told the father to have his wife text my later in the evening to let me know how her son was doing because I was worried about the bruise and his nose...She just texted me saying he was "Doing Okay" I texted her back saying Thank you for letting me know, I feel so bad and then she wrote Yes, we weren't very happy seeing it. We know it wasn't intentional....
I feel like they are still upset with me...I wasn't happy that it happen either but I don't want them to be upset with me where their is nothing I could have done to prevent it....
I honestly had to roll my eyes at her response. I can tell he is an only child.
I am impressed that you went 2 years without any bruises or bumps! I write AT LEAST one incident report each week, sometimes as many as 5! I don't put these 3 to 5-year-olds in bubbles nor do I prevent them from running when we are outside at the playground. That is where most of the incidents here occur. The parents know that I let them run, jump, skip, walk, etc. and that I won't be shadowing all 9 children with my arms around them saying, "Be caaaaaareful!" as they swing on a monkey bar, climb up the jungle gym, or bounce on the see saw. I've had children go home with a dark bruise on their noggin and one on their eye (from them losing their balance and their face hitting the jungle gym bars), skinned knees, ant bites due to sticking their hand in the ant pile, etc. I have never had a parent have an issue. They might say, "Oh no! Are you okay?" but that's it. The funniest responses are when the parent teaches the child that it's a "battle wound" or when they say, "Oh, that's the best he could do today?
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