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Disturbing Incidents at 9th Street Playground — Brooklynian

Disturbing Incidents at 9th Street Playground

imasloper
imasloper
edited November -1 in Park Slope
From Park Slope Parents, two "disturbing incidents" at the Ninth Street Playground. Incident One: "My babysitter was very upset about an incident in the playground today. It involved a 12-18 month old boy who was wearing only a diaper and sandals and had been playing in the fountains. He appeared lost and approached a mom crying. Apparently the boy's caregiver appeared after a 30+ minute search for her.

I'm surprised not to see anything on the board about this and am wondering whether the boy's parent(s) are aware of the incident. Obviously, I wasn't there but would like to correspond with parents who were there and might know if the parent(s) have been informed.

Incident Two: "Last week my mother in law watched a baby eat 3 marbles from a game near the women's bathroom before she could get to him and pry the 4th out of his mouth. No one was around. Finally a little girl came up to him and took him to her own mother who was his baby sitter. The baby sitter was chatting with friends on the opposite side of the small jungle gym area in the shade and quite out of site from the baby. We don't know the child's name and hope he's okay. Marbles seem like a miserable thing for a tiny one to pass. I hope they don't block up his sysem."
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  • carmen
    carmen
    I would like more details on this before we start crucifying whoever this caregiver is...
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    Carmen wrote: I would like more details on this before we start crucifying whoever this caregiver is...
    No can do - sounds too reasonable.
  • carmen
    carmen
    re: baby marble eater...


    why would your mother in law *watch* the kid eat almost 4 marbles?! I have no children but even I would have probably ran over after seeing marble number two entering his/her mouth...
  • witch-king
    witch-king
    Demosthenes' child.
  • sterling2000
    sterling2000
    Run!

    Hide yer kids!

    Hide yer marbles!
  • besus
    besus
    Carmen wrote: re: baby marble eater...


    why would your mother in law *watch* the kid eat almost 4 marbles?! I have no children but even I would have probably ran over after seeing marble number two entering his/her mouth...
    As a parent, I'm thinking "watch" was a poor choice of words. Perhaps "see" would be better. Sometimes it's difficult to stop something like that on a playground as you're engaged with your own kid(s)...

    You'd be surprised at the almost superhuman speed that children can get into trouble (or, for that matter, pound a couple marbles). No doubt the mother in law was watching a child as well. Imagine running over to stop the marble eater only to look back and see your charge eating whatever else was on the playground.
  • possibly_maybe
    possibly_maybe
    Poor kid. The marbles are supposed to go in the nostrils, not the mouth!
  • veets
    veets
    Well whoever saw whatever should do a posting on"Saw Your Nanny.." because people do read that and perhaps the parents will recognize it was indeed their kid that possibly was subjected to this inferior supervision.
  • raw
    raw
    So how many pieces do you get to Saw Your Nanny into?

    I once saw what I assume was a nanny scream the F-word several times at a toddler. I assumed the caregiver was not the mother because the toddler and caregiver had VERY different physical features. Even if the toddler was the adopted or birth child of the caregiver, the language and behavior of the caregiver was abusive. It kills me to think that some parent might unknowingly pay nannies to abuse helpless toddlers who will eventually need years of psycho therapy.

    As for the grandmother supposedly watching babies eat marbles...that is just plain stupid.
  • besus
    besus
    raw wrote:
    As for the grandmother supposedly watching babies eat marbles...that is just plain stupid.
    I'm pretty sure she saw what was happening, made some popcorn, melted some butter, spread out a blanket, mixed a gin and tonic, and watched the whole thing go down.
  • witch-king
    witch-king
    I doubt the toddler understands the F-word, so no harm, no foul.
  • superjonbot
    superjonbot
    THIS FREAKING BS! If it was marbles eating children, that would be disturbing! but this is normal child nonsense. Everyone knows marbles are easily removed by using a box cutter on child's belly. I'm not even a doctor and I know that.
  • filmlover44
    filmlover44

    Subject: Re: Disturbing Incidents at 9th Street Playground

    It's my understanding from the Gowanus Lounge that the police were called for the lost child, so I assume that the parents know!
  • daver
    daver
    witch-king wrote: I doubt the toddler understands the F-word, so no harm, no foul.
    ^--Obviously _not_ the parent of a toddler.

    Not that there is anything wrong with that! :mrgreen:

    They may not understand it, but they will monkey see monkey do. To teachers, grandparents, etc. Great fun.
  • witch-king
    witch-king
    I would not use (or I would hope I wouldn't use) the F-word on my own toddler. No one wants a child who will shock grandma with florid language :D
  • daver
    daver
    Ah, memories.

    Party. Guy and gal get into a screaming match. "Fuck you!" "No, fuck you!"

    Later, grandma's house.

    Swinging.

    A little voice says, "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck."

    "WHAT is he saying?"

    "Oh, he is saying 'truck' mom."

    Little voice just has to take it further, "fuck you! fuck you! fuck you!"

    "So now he is saying 'truck you' then?"

    Embarassment.

    Banishment for so-called friend.

    Arg.

    Not as bad as during potty training and the toilet aisle at Home Depot.

    Now _that_ was a bad scene.

    Damn kids.
  • stacey
    stacey
    witch-king wrote: I would not use (or I would hope I wouldn't use) the F-word on my own toddler. No one wants a child who will shock grandma with florid language :D
    LOL I used to drive my kid from Boro Park to PH each day to drop my son off at my mother in laws.

    Boro Park IMO had the worst drivers who would just cut you off. One day my then 3 year old son was quietly playing in his carseat and I yelled "put a signal on motherfucker". A few weeks later my mom was visiting from Florida and while we were in the car I got cut off. I started to curse but caught myself before I did and instead yelled loudly "ARGH" and right on cue my son says "what's wrong mommy no motherfucking signal?" Of course I got THE look and a lecture from my mom.
  • dddddd0814
    dddddd0814

    Subject: right

    No, you weren't worried, in either incident, because you would have had a conversation with the caretaker(s). That simple action seems to have not occurred on either occasion. Instead you found it more appropriate to cry crocodile tears on a blog about it. Boohoo.
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    witch-king wrote: LOL I used to drive my kid from Boro Park to PH each day to drop my son off at my mother in laws.

    Boro Park IMO had the worst drivers who would just cut you off. One day my then 3 year old son was quietly playing in his carseat and I yelled "put a signal on motherfucker". A few weeks later my mom was visiting from Florida and while we were in the car I got cut off. I started to curse but caught myself before I did and instead yelled loudly "ARGH" and right on cue my son says "what's wrong mommy no motherfucking signal?" Of course I got THE look and a lecture from my mom.
    That just made me laugh out loud, no small feat considering I've had a stomach virus for 3 days. Thanks for laugh!
  • raw
    raw
    witch-king wrote: I would not use (or I would hope I wouldn't use) the F-word on my own toddler. No one wants a child who will shock grandma with florid language :D
    So true. Granny once slapped me for asking "what the hell is a virgin bastard?"
  • filmlover44
    filmlover44
    I have a similar story. I was on the bus with my kids, one in a stroller along with a bunch of Catholic School girls. I was trying to get off of the very crowded bus with the stroller, baby in one arm, toddler in hand when the bus closed the doors and took off. I started cursing "Shit!, Shit!". My son, who could not pronounce SH began to..."Dit, Dit".
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    filmlover44 wrote: My son, who could not pronounce SH began to..."Dit, Dit".
    In a classic case of irony, although unable to pronounce it, your son was apparently well on his way to spelling it in Morse Code.

    :lol:
  • daver
    daver
    filmlover44 wrote: I started cursing "Shit!, Shit!". My son, who could not pronounce SH began to..."Dit, Dit".
    When I was a wee lad, I had the SH down, but not the T. Or I heard it wrong. I dunno. All I know is that I have lived my life with relatives telling me the tales of me toddling out of my father's workshop cursing, "Ship! Ship! Ship! Oh, ship!"
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    the bad girl of first grade, lisa plow, used get so mad at teachers telling her to get back in line that she would stiffen her whole body, make hands into fists at her sides, screw up her face, and yell the bad word she'd picked up from her tough older brother: "BOWL!"

    then the teacher would haul her off to the principal's office and all of us goody two shoes in line would gasp and whisper to eat other in shock. "lisa plow said bowl, lisa plow said bowl..."
  • carmen
    carmen
    oddly enough, my story is kind of backwards...after spending the weekend with my grandmother, I started saying "Cheeses!" every time I messed something up. Little did my mother know that her toddler was actually trying to say "Jesus christ!" in accordance with my grandmother's language. Similarly, we have a video of me trying to ride my first two wheel muttering "shit, shit shit" under my breath...again, after a summer at grandmas.

    My granny swears like a trucker, folks.
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    cartoon about church mice, proselytizing cheeses
  • the chipster
    the chipster
    http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/74

    I used to love the Art Linklater (sp?) shows. But then there's always planned mayhem.....enjoy!
  • littlegal
    littlegal
    Oh the things I have heard working with little people...Four-year-old "smoking" a toy french fry and saying it was her marijuana...three-year-old pouring us both a "drink" and telling me to drink my gin like daddy does before "drinking" her own...another almost three-year-old asking me if i would like a gimlet. The stories go on and on and are all completely true...I've been working with children for years so plenty of time to hear all this and much more.
  • superjonbot
    superjonbot
    Don't believe the hype, Children are over-rated.
  • witch-king
    witch-king
    superjonbot wrote: Don't believe the hype, Children are over-rated.
    In the most recent episode of Man Men, Don Draper instructs his young daughter in making mixed drinks (which she serves to guests). So they can be useful (with proper training).
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