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Patience Wearing Thin - Kids
Replies: 11Last Post May 9 10:06pm by holyman
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So... I work with kids on Tues and Thurs.. they're about 4-6 years old.  And at first, it wasn't so bad.  Of course you have to be VERY patient with children, and I've had numerous parents commend me on my patience with them...

But man... it's getting harder and harder to stay that way.  Of course, I doubt I'll ever snap, but when a kid spits on your face to get out an eraser, or you throws something at you, or continuously hits your arm to get your attention... Or when they decide continuously biting on their pencil to break the lead is fun... lol, you start to get just a bit irritated and tired.

Haha, of course... I love children, so it's all worth it... but sometimes, you just want to snap, but you can't, lol.  Oh well, such is life... lol.

QUESTION: Anyone else have a little kid they have to put up with? (children or work?)  Lol, how much patience do you have with them?


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Yeah, my son can get to be a real bother sometimes. I just have to constantly reassure myself that I chose to put myself into this position of responsibility, and that I have to deal with the issues as best I can.

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Yes, my little brother. he likes to wield knives, so I don't stick around to argue.

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My patience is on a very thing line at the moment with a
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I always snap with my sister, but she knows that when I start to get read she has crossed the line. XD!

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Dont work with kids!! you should know that
nope i dont have anyone like that

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Quote: from leanneS at 1:59 am on April 30, 2008

Dont work with kids!! you should know that
nope i dont have anyone like that

Well... when I applied for the job, I was aiming for doing higher level math, but they didn't need anyone, so I did English with kids (older).  And then... at one of the other branches they own, one of their workers left, so they asked me to work with the younger kids..

Haha, but I ~love~ children, I can't even begin to explain.  But just because I love the kids themselves doesn't mean I enjoy being spit on, or getting snot on my arm... -__-'.  Haha, I love the job (And luckily on Mon and Wed, I work with older kids so it's a good break), but damn... recently, many kds that have come in are really tough to deal with -__-'.


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Besides school my job is house work and taking care of a 9 month old baby girl. I find when I get her into routines and stick to it she is very easy to manage. It frees me to do work around the house or study because I work around her napping or while she watches one of her fav videos. But she does have endless energy as well as needing constant stimulation and just like everyone she has her moods which takes patience. I could only imagine what it's like to have an entire classroom to supervise and keep entertained while trying to provide proper stimulation.

Post edited at 2:21 am on April 30, 2008 by berrycuda

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I used to work with young children. I've worked with children aged 4 months to 6 year. I found the 2-3 year olds the hardest and came close to loosing it on several occasions. I ha a potty filled with pee thrown at me once, you just have to walk away from the situation sometimes and come back when you're calmer.

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I have to put up with my little sister a lot, and she aggravates me so I snap and I get into trouble. shes the devil child. But I love her.

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I used to work at the YMCA in the gym and we had 4 full courts and 7 sport courts behind them. So, basically it's one huge room full of adults playing full court games, teenagers playing 3 on 3's and a bunch of little fucking kids running around doing shit.

I got to the point a few times where I banned them from the gym for the day but...there were times when I wanted to either kick their heads off a cinder block wall or just leave.

I understand ya.

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Leave those kids alone

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