Long story short.
Today during outside play time, one of my DCK took a thick plastic bat and hit my son in the head with it very hard. My son was not doing anything at all to provoke it in any way, he scream cried for almost an hour, which is not typical for my child.
I have never and I mean never had anything to this degree take place in my childcare ever. I do not allow for violence.
Well at the time, I was trying not to over react, so I just put the child in time out, which is a huge thing at my house. We hardly ever do time out.
I am so mad at myself because now that I think about it, I should have sent that child home right away. The only reason that I didn't, was because I was not sure if I was over reacting or not.
Am I over reacting? Should I have sent the child home.
p.s. some of you may be wondering why their was a baseball bat in the play area. Well the kids were using it in the sandbox as a huge flag for the huge sand castle they built.
Today during outside play time, one of my DCK took a thick plastic bat and hit my son in the head with it very hard. My son was not doing anything at all to provoke it in any way, he scream cried for almost an hour, which is not typical for my child.
I have never and I mean never had anything to this degree take place in my childcare ever. I do not allow for violence.
Well at the time, I was trying not to over react, so I just put the child in time out, which is a huge thing at my house. We hardly ever do time out.
I am so mad at myself because now that I think about it, I should have sent that child home right away. The only reason that I didn't, was because I was not sure if I was over reacting or not.
Am I over reacting? Should I have sent the child home.
p.s. some of you may be wondering why their was a baseball bat in the play area. Well the kids were using it in the sandbox as a huge flag for the huge sand castle they built.
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