Wdyt of this? Time out at play place

belle204

I typed this earlier and the nest ate it. I took A to play at the inflatable jump place. There were a ton of kids there because a daycare came and it was a madhouse. I kept seeing these kids get put in timeout and thought it was the daycare workers doing it. It turns out it was the play place employees. At one point there were six kids sitting there for five to ten minutes.

I was standing there next to the bench they were on and A was on an inflatable nearby. I felt she's been there enough and is old enough I could not hover. I noticed her, a little boy and one of the employees coming towards the bench and asked what was wrong. The employee was asking them if they were just playing or what and then told A that she had to sit in time out for five minutes. I told her she wasn't with the daycare and asked again what was wrong. No one could tell me. She just said they seemed to be rough housing. A later said she was holding on the the net above the slide and the boy was trying to push her. Idk. I told the worker that A wasn't going to sit there and if something happened (that I didn't see) they could let me know and I'd address it. She said it was their rule and I'd have to talk to the manager.

I got our things and went to the front desk and the woman was apologizing and saying it had always been their rule to do that if they felt the kids were going to harm themselves or someone else. BS. I've been taking her there since she was 2 and not once have they posted those rules or have they pulled a kid aside for timeout. I told her I didn't appreciate her employee's tone and attitude with me  nor how she was talking to those kids. I'm all for disciplining and following rules but it really chapped my ass.

Am I being over-sensitive about it? Of course I want my child to behave (I know she's no angel) and I don't want anyone getting hurt and I should have been watching her more closely in hindsight. But, I just don't know that I want to go to a play place that puts kids in time-out.

Jodi&Joe

I would be LIVID!

DandRAgain

Yep..not ok.

I mean lifeguards at pools 'redirect"  blow the whistle,  yell at the kid to walk, and move on, but keep playing.

Its a bounce place...things are chaotic..kids get wild...and whatever...but its not the job of the poeple there to put kids in time out..just blow a whistle, tell a kid to knock it off and move on.

Ridiculous!!!

 

amanda&rob

I'm all about "it takes a village" but that seems really extreme!  And if I was there, I would want them to ask dd who her mom was and come talk to me first.  Then I could address what the problem is, give her a stern warning.  Then if I, or the employees, saw her again doing it then sure.  But aw heyll no, you aren't putting my kid in time out for that with out talking to me first.  

sunandsand

Yeah...if I am right there...I am going to be doing my own disciplining, thank you!

I guess your place is just trying to minimize injuries so they wont be at fault, but our bounce house place has us sign a waiver that says  they are not responsible for any injuries. 

MotherBucker

Um, yeah, I'd be pissed.

If I'm there, and my kid does something, bring them to me and let me handle it.

I'm sure they have parents that don't control their kids, and perhaps that is what stemmed the whole "time out" thing. But I think this was over the line.

belle204

sunandsand:

Yeah...if I am right there...I am going to be doing my own disciplining, thank you!

I guess your place is just trying to minimize injuries so they wont be at fault, but our bounce house place has us sign a waiver that says  they are not responsible for any injuries. 

We have to sign that waiver each time as well. That's understandable.

Mama Bear Tasha came out. Not pretty.

eta: I felt a bit bad for this one lady. She said, "there are six kids on this bench and three are mine. Y'all are going to have to behave." She kind of looked like she wanted to cry and I didn't get the impression she wasn't trying to keep them under control. I guess it's a fine line.

mulrooney

No effing way some bounce house employee is going to discipline my child while I am there. How old was this employee? what kind of training do they have? And if no rules are posted & you aren't signing anything re: them disciplining your child while there then that is beyond unacceptable & I would be contacting the owners.

joy143dh

I'd be pissed.   They should at least give warnings to the kid and let the parent know what the kid did!

At the bouncy place we go to, there is a strike 3 rule.  The employee will give a child a warning first, then will give the child a warning and inform the parent about the incident (sometimes the parents aren't paying attention), and the 3rd strike is the child has to "sit out" for 3 minutes.  I've seen a few kids get 3rd strikes and it's usually ok with the parents because the kid has already gotten warnings.  (And I think if the kid misbehaves again, they have to go to another room with a parent and watch the safety video again.)