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apples and oranges

(1,451 posts)
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 09:21 AM Jun 2012

Is this daycare worker guilty of bullying...?

Or is she giving the boy a taste of his own medicine, perhaps to prevent him from becoming a bully?



A mother is upset after she says a worker at Sleeping Giant Day Care in Hamden, Conn., taunted her 3-year-old son while he was in time-out.

The video shows a daycare worker conversing with the young boy while he sits in a chair. Reese then posted the footage to YouTube, something she says in the video's description was done to raise awareness about what can happen at daycare centers.

"I don't like you," the boy says in the video.

"Newsflash, sweetheart: I don't really like you either, 'cause you throw toys," the worker tells the 3-year-old.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/tyesha-reese-mom-says-daycare-worker-taunts-bullys-boy_n_1637640.html

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Is this daycare worker guilty of bullying...? (Original Post) apples and oranges Jun 2012 OP
I'm almost more curious about how this got taken as a video treestar Jun 2012 #1
The worker's reply should have been: Raven Jun 2012 #2

treestar

(82,383 posts)
1. I'm almost more curious about how this got taken as a video
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 09:29 AM
Jun 2012

Why someone would happen to have a camera in that instance is odd.

I think the worker might have been under pressure and might be forgiven for that. Nobody's perfect. Shouldn't have said "I don't ilk you either," and maybe isn't that good with kids. It depends on how long she has been on the job and how well trained she was. Maybe she doesn't really like the job and needs another one instead.

Raven

(13,904 posts)
2. The worker's reply should have been:
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 09:35 AM
Jun 2012

"Oh, that's too bad because I like you but I don't like you throwing toys." More helpful to criticize the behavior rather than the person.

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