Every Friday after school, my daughter attends at the club activity at the library. After the club activity, one of her classmates asked her to play with him at the park.
We went to the park located next to the library. My daughter and her classmate started running around in the park. So far so good, until the boy classmate asked my daughter to follow him to one of the playground equipment. It was a huge tube. I believe kids are supposed to play by going inside through the tube. But the boy climbed the tube and stood on top of the tube. He urged my daughter to do the same as he did.
Just looking at him standing on the tube made me feel sick. I worried about him falling down. My daughter was standing on the picnic table, just about to move to the top of the tube. I run to my daughter and told her not to stand on the tube. On next second, the boy who was standing on top of the tube disappeared from my view.
When I quickly moved to the other side of the tube, I saw the boy fell on the ground, crying.
I felt a sudden pain in my tummy. I felt like somebody just squeezed my stomach.
I asked him what happened. He answered he tried to jump and failed to land with his feet. He fell from his cheek. He was still laying down on the ground.
I asked him if he could sit up. He said it was too painful form him to do so.
I was not sure if he broke any bones in his arms or legs. I don’t have any medical knowledge to assist somebody who is in emergency needs.
He said his older brother and his friend were in the skate park, which was located on the other side of the park. My daughter and I called out their names. When they came, I asked the boy’s brother to call their mother. I let him to use my cell phone.
When his brother talked to his mother over the phone, he finally put a smile on his face. He told us their mother just parked at the library parking lot. We all looked toward the parking lot. I saw a woman walking toward us.
My heart started pounding. I scared what if the mother was a “monster mom”. She might blame me for her son’s injury.
But on the next second, I saw her smiling toward us. Her first word was a greeting to my daughter by calling her name. I was surprised that she knew my daughter’s name”. Her second word was said to me. She said heartwarmingly “thank you for staying with my son”.
After we introduced each other, I found out the mom works at the cafeteria. That was why she knew my daughter’s name. She has three children. My daughter’s classmate boy was her youngest. She knew enough about her youngest. She knew enough that I was not to be blamed for her son’s injury.
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After we came back home, I still concerned about the boy. I texted the mom asking about her son. She quickly replied back to me. She thanked me for asking about him and told me he was doing fine. I was glad to know that.
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Today I was just lucky to have such a thoughtful mother. She could have been a monster mom and blamed me for her son’s injury, even though I just happened to be there. I learned from today’s incident. When the boy started climbing up on top of the tube, I should have warned him because it is dangerous.
Everyday there are a whole bunch of learning opportunities for me.
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