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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 357202" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Poor kid, Not only does he have these "issues", he has a mom who cannot react appropriately to his behaviors so he may NEVER learn to react differently.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion she was WAY off. Did anyone at the store say anything? I would have expected the greeter to offer ice or something, and to want to write up an incident report as the store could be held liable if you were the litigious type.</p><p></p><p>The mom may have been exhausted, but it is no more an excuse or reason than having "issues" is. I can see a child biting out of instinct when grabbed by a stranger, esp a child in meltdown who is one big ball of reaction with very little thought left. Actually, I could see Wiz doing it if surprised up to about age 10. He wasn't a biter but if grabbed unexpectedly by a stranger who got close to his mouth well, he is so tactile defensive that he might very well bite.</p><p></p><p>But no matter HOW exhausted I was I would NEVER just whine about his issues if he bit/hit/hurt/mangled someone. Reacting the way the mom did means the kid may very well NEVER learn not to bite/hit/whatever others. MY kids would have KNOWN that an apology was in order IF they could, that THEIR allowance/birthday/fun $$ would be used to pay for this person's doctor visit and they would NOT have gone out in public for a LOOOOOOONG time, not until I could TRUST them.</p><p></p><p>I would have tried to INSIST you get medical treatment. Heck, our Wallie World would have also done an incident report and encouraged you to see a doctor = on their dime!!!! But our WW seems to be very on top of things. Not sure yours is if no staff member asked if you were OK. Regardless of the hour they are supposed to have a greeter to help in situations like a child running out, etc.... (In many stores the greeter is to prevent theft. Ours does that but also does SO MUCH more and is expected to do the other stuff also. Keeping kids from running outside, dealing with events like these that happen near the door, both are examples of other things the greeter is supposed to handle.</p><p></p><p>I am so sorry you got hurt. Thanks for trying to help keep a volatile difficult child safe!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 357202, member: 1233"] Poor kid, Not only does he have these "issues", he has a mom who cannot react appropriately to his behaviors so he may NEVER learn to react differently. in my opinion she was WAY off. Did anyone at the store say anything? I would have expected the greeter to offer ice or something, and to want to write up an incident report as the store could be held liable if you were the litigious type. The mom may have been exhausted, but it is no more an excuse or reason than having "issues" is. I can see a child biting out of instinct when grabbed by a stranger, esp a child in meltdown who is one big ball of reaction with very little thought left. Actually, I could see Wiz doing it if surprised up to about age 10. He wasn't a biter but if grabbed unexpectedly by a stranger who got close to his mouth well, he is so tactile defensive that he might very well bite. But no matter HOW exhausted I was I would NEVER just whine about his issues if he bit/hit/hurt/mangled someone. Reacting the way the mom did means the kid may very well NEVER learn not to bite/hit/whatever others. MY kids would have KNOWN that an apology was in order IF they could, that THEIR allowance/birthday/fun $$ would be used to pay for this person's doctor visit and they would NOT have gone out in public for a LOOOOOOONG time, not until I could TRUST them. I would have tried to INSIST you get medical treatment. Heck, our Wallie World would have also done an incident report and encouraged you to see a doctor = on their dime!!!! But our WW seems to be very on top of things. Not sure yours is if no staff member asked if you were OK. Regardless of the hour they are supposed to have a greeter to help in situations like a child running out, etc.... (In many stores the greeter is to prevent theft. Ours does that but also does SO MUCH more and is expected to do the other stuff also. Keeping kids from running outside, dealing with events like these that happen near the door, both are examples of other things the greeter is supposed to handle. I am so sorry you got hurt. Thanks for trying to help keep a volatile difficult child safe! [/QUOTE]
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