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Thursday, September 17, 2009

What would you do?

If your child was tackled to the ground and had his/her face shoved in the carpet of the playland, what would you do?

Today while playing in the mall's playland Kayla was tackled from behind by another girl. Kayla did not cry or hit the other child but she had a look of bewilderment, kind of like "what in the hell is this kid doing?!?" As Kayla continued to struggle to get up I quickly removed her from the situation. I did not say anything to the other child hoping her parents' were nearby but they were not. The whole situation probably lasted about 5 seconds and Kayla was not hurt or scared. In some ways I think it is good that she learns to adapt to different situations whether good or bad but also it is not easy watching your child get tackled for no reason.
Just so you aren't thinking Kayla is a wimp, this child also tried to push another little girl off the play gym and only stopped when the father came running in, from where I do not know, to discipline her.

So this evening Kayla and Daddy practiced elbow drops on Elmo! I think she is ready to go back to the playland!

1 comment:

Kate said...

Oh man, I dread these days. I don't know what I would have done, but I agree, elbow drops on Elmo were definitely in order!