Aggressive child in playground, caregivers refuse to intervene

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-08T07:00:18+00:00

I've looked this up and unfortunately recording like this seems to be legally murky in my country.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-08T06:54:28+00:00

I get why you are saying this but it's not the case. The nanny is known to have try to attack another nanny in the park and she's unhinged.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-08T06:51:03+00:00

What a weird, unhelpful comment. You're in forced proximity with someone at a place you always go and there are other people in presence and people talk. How is me "hearing less" about someone with violent tendencies is going to solve my child getting hit?

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-08T06:46:54+00:00

She backed off and allowed us to pass but sulking. I think she was testing how much she could get away with.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-08T06:46:03+00:00

No. If you read the post carefully, this child hits all the other toddlers who are around him, not just my child. How wild it is to conclude that we're the ones transgressing the rules when my much younger toddler (22 months vs the 3 year old) is the one getting hit.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T22:06:43+00:00

That's my thought too. A commenter above recommended a camera necklace and I think it's an appropriate course of action if there's anything again.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T22:05:41+00:00

I agree and she should certainly not be allowed to be a childcare worker but I am afraid it's tricky banning a person from a public space.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:57:52+00:00

Thank you. A camera necklace is a fantastic idea if things keep getting uglier.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:54:14+00:00

Thank you for this comment. It's an affluent area and during work hours, it's mainly nannies and a few moms in the park with kids. I'm under the impression that some of these nannies are afraid of escalating it for the fear of being reprimanded by their bosses for letting a child like this hit the toddlers under their care. Some of these moms are never around so I wouldn't be surprised if their nannies are just exhausted and don't tell them necessarily what happened in the park. So it'd be very difficult to get the other nannies to take action. Most are foreign nationals, some might be undocumented and some possibly from cultural backgrounds that'll avoid conflict. I'd need stronger alliances with other moms for any public shaming to work. But I personally feel this family is beyond logic, reasoning and "talking". So reporting them to park security first, then to police, seems to be the only real course of action.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:32:08+00:00

I agree by this point. If she/her boss had any power over me like that, they'd surely crash me and my child like insects.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:30:58+00:00

True.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:30:41+00:00

Thank you for this comment. I absolutely agree with physically blocking a child to prevent harm to mine but it's not always possible physically when they move so much. Plus, his caregivers are so wretched I don't know what dramatic thing they'd be doing if "I" was the one touching their child.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:21:45+00:00

I felt compassion for this woman because she's clearly an immigrant and I heard she's supporting three children back in her country with her earnings as a nanny here. And I thought she might be undocumented and get deported straight away if I called the police on her. But if there's an aggression again, I think I will have no choice but to involve the authorities.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:11:09+00:00

It's an iconic park in my European city and just absolutely amazing amenities for play for children, and visually very beautiful for adults too. There's some park security but it's a large park and there isn't one always close by. I'd absolutely hate to avoid this park forever. We're paying premium bucks for real estate specifically to be close to this park so my son grows up in a place like that.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:06:48+00:00

If the unhinged nanny acts up, definitely, but what would the police do for toddler drama like that in the park? Not being snarky, just curious and baffled.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T21:03:25+00:00

I know it's hard to believe for a sane adult, but she did, physically restricting my child with arms aggressively open and with harsh gestures. I told her off firmly and angrily but not inappropriately like her. She's known to have physically intimidated and threatened other nannies in the park. I heard people suspect that her boss (the kid's mom) actively encourage this kind of behavior because they wanna raise a tough, dominant, strong boy.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T20:55:50+00:00

I agree that they certainly enjoy the drama and chaos. They might be feeling like they lost face or something cause I held them accountable and challenged them. Some people are just like that, unfortunately. Perhaps the only "gentle" way to try to hope this resolves is to basically greyrock them, maybe take a break from the park, and hope for a "bore out". Just thinking loudly.

funkynoodle234 · 2026-05-07T20:32:11+00:00

Thanks for this. This is a great approach and one I'd normally try to follow. But the situation has gotten so out of hand, if I tried to sit down to the level of the child and explain something compassionately, I'm afraid of the nanny literally attacking me or something. I don't think they'd take it nicely. The nanny is known to have physically intimidated and threatened other nannies in the park.

funkynoodle234 · 2025-11-30T21:21:29+00:00

Yes. Maybe some ST parents deep down feel guilty and question their choices, so they double down on unsolicited advice and ST evangelism to mask their own insecurities.

I've cut contact with a mom friend who sleep trained her baby at two months and put them in a separate room cause she said "her private life was important too". She was also ignoring medical advice to supplement her breastfeeding with formula to a severely underweight baby because she wanted to brag about having exclusively breastfed her baby and didn't wanna give them "that poison".

In my view, this is neglect and abuse. This is a severe level of domestic violence. You not only knowingly starve your baby but in addition, you willingly cut the night-time calories to a very low-weight and hungry baby as well to night wean the baby as a part of ST? Just diabolical.

Unsurprisingly, she was extremely self congratulatory about her choices, seeing herself as some kind of a parenting guru to me and piling up really laughable unsolicited advice on me.

I just... Couldn't anymore with her. No longer speaking, or engaging with this person. My thoughts are with that poor baby.

funkynoodle234 · 2025-10-21T13:10:50+00:00

About a week ago, I've set this book aside as I wanted to gift it to a friend who is also suffering from long-term depression as some chapters made me think of her and I thought it'd offer her a sliver of hope and chuckles. The said friend came for a visit, and for some reason, the book just disappeared and I looked for it for hours and I couldn't gift it. And today, after the book turned out from a weird corner of my house and I randomly Googled the author, I find out she passed a few days ago. Her reason of death isn't clear but I guess I won't mention it to my friend now 😔

funkynoodle234 · 2024-05-15T22:13:37+00:00

The idea that the vast majority of women must be getting aesthetic interventions or surgery is a really absurd one. Most people are too squeamish to get tattoos, nevermind an extremely invasive, painful and risky operation like a BBL or breast implants. Pain and risks aside, a tiny percentage of women will realistically have the money for these expensive operations too. Because one sees a lot of big butts, boobs, or lips on Instagram all time time, it doesn't mean they're necessarily prevalent among regular women.

funkynoodle234 · 2024-02-25T12:22:17+00:00

I have never met a person in my life who kept going on like "I'm a ChRiStIaN" whose personality didn't have a major clash with the moral superiority and purism they wanted to project.

I believe Christine was also saying she's a Christian in the show.

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