The Things Managers Say … That I Have to Clean Up
I had an interesting conversation with one of my parents … she wanted to speak to me about her daughter … Her daughter is a typical alpha-female … she is a strong girl who at times can be a bit too strong and dominating … BUT she has a heart of gold and if you are one of her loved ones, she will fight for you tooth and nail and I think that makes her an awesome person.
One afternoon the children were acting up ~ and this child is one of them … Let’s call her Hilary for arguments sake … Hilary was running around and being silly ~ she is after all a child … and Hilary broke something that had just been built near our sandpit. It was flimsy and a complete waste of time and I don’t know why it was part of the plans in the first place … regardless, it was broken and this child fell over onto the hard ground.
My manager told Hilary’s mother that she was out of control and that she was really being difficult … and put this child in a really difficult perspective for the mother. The mother was really upset by this. She asked me if I shared the opinion of my manager. My manager actually spends very little to no time with this child, or any of my kids for that matter and for her to pass judgement on the child.
I had already spoken to the mother a few weeks ago about her daughter’s behaviour and we had already discussed some strategies and such … and it was working.
My managers is one of those managers who doesn’t really seem to engage often or very successfully with children and it shows in her interactions … She’s awkward … I have had quite a few managers who have either been awkward straight up, or the children totally didn’t like them at all and you could see it! Why work with children when you don’t know how to engage with them or they don’t like you? But hey, what do I know?
Anyway, I couldn’t believe that my manager passed such harsh judgement on this child upsetting the mother … it was done without much sensitivity either …
I managed to calm the mother down and she felt better about the situation … I told her that I couldn’t comment on my manager’s experience with her child, but while in my care, in my room, the child was =this= way and even when acting difficult, you could reason with her … blah blah blah …
I hate being put into those situations …
Friday Tuesday
