Today, I had to explain to several young children why asking the new blind girl to play hide and seek with them is inappropriate. FML
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Today, while life-guarding, I had to explain to teenage boys that shoving objects up each others' butts and complaining that someone was giving them anal was inappropriate at a family facility in front of kids under the age of 10. FML
Today, I found myself arguing with a 6-year-old over a game of tag. FML
Today, I had to profusely apologize to a woman after my six year old son decided to crawl between her legs at the supermarket, then look up her skirt and loudly ask why she didn't have any panties on. FML
Today, I had to explain to my son why it is not okay to slap old women's butts. He's 16. FML
Today, I had to take my daughter home from school because she had been caught flashing the boys during class. I tried to explain to her that it wasn't an appropriate way to act or behave but she interrupted me, "Mom, you don't even understand." You're right. I don't. FML
Today, I had to explain to my 65-year-old mother that it is inappropriate for her to walk around in front of me in her underwear. Her response? "Too bad." FML
Today, I was babysitting a 4-year-old, and we decided to play a game of hide and seek. Before he started to count, he looked me in the eyes and said that if I hid in his spot, he'd murder me with a knife when he grows up. I have to babysit this kid for the rest of the summer. FML
Today, a student told me to fuck off. I work with 3 year-olds. FML
Today, I had to deal with a snobby rich woman who asked me to cure her daughter's "unhealthy obsession" with playing outside instead of watching TV with the rest of the family. She called me a liar when I said playing outside is a normal thing for a 6 year-old child to do. FML
Today, I got fired from my childcare job of five years because the other staff weren't as popular with the kids, so they accused me of being "creepy" because the kids all wanted to play a game with me instead of them. FML
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MrConcise 35
She can hide with another child, I think it's sweet they wanted to include her. Maybe you were being a little uptight and should have thought of how she could play instead of why she couldn't.
Ajf92002 23
It's saddening that she's blind, and may have been embarrassed but you did your best OP!
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ratorr2 23
Maybe she can't or maybe she can. You never know what someone can do until they try. Seems like a good time to test her limits and see what she's capable of doing and at the same time she won't be left out so much on social activities. Also, couldn't hurt to do some research and get ideas for her to try out.
daddysgirl8 21
They could've played marco polo.
aecribb 14
Yeah, it's not inappropriate at all, but I think that the blind girl would've had a major advantage as a seeker if her other senses are heightened and she could kind of hear where the other kids were going and possibly recognize a smell when she gets super close
orsombre_fml 11
So. ... Did she play with the kids or was she excluded from the group?
MyScurvy 22
She still should have been able to play the game (with another child), but I think a much better game would have been Marco-Polo
ftloosenfanzfree 7
Unless they were asking her in a taunting way then you were the one who was being inappropriate. A blind girl could absolutely have played with them and all you would have been doing is making her feel like she can't fit in with the other kids.
raygray20 7
this should have never been on here in the first place, kids dont think like adults, they dont see it like that. for u to feel ashame u had to explain it shows u to be the .....
Perry85 42
Hide and seek is just low class, ask her to play "Marco Polo" instead :D
fantasyworld 39
She could still play, she could be the seeker. All of her other senses are heightened so she'd be able to hear or smell them.
DestinyKing 13
I went blind when I was about eight or nine years old, and I have two brothers that are within a year of age from me. We used to play hide and go seek all the time. Before and after going blind. It didn't make much of a difference. Oh, and yes I could be the seeker. I don't really understand why y'all don't think that's possible. Actually, I preferred being the seeker, but that had nothing to do with blindness.