The other day I was sitting eating my lunch on my steps by my classroom trying to tune out the children playing around me. However, right in front of me I started to notice an altercation between two preschool students. One wanted to pass between two particular cones, the other child was blocking. I thought, they'll work it out, the other kid can just go around. That is not what happened though. The child trying to pass starting pushing back on the other child. At that point, in retrospect, I should have said something. The kid blocking the cones pushed back and the other one fell. At that point another teacher noticed and disciplined the two students. She then turned to me and frowned and walked away. Whoops.
As I am around little people all day, I realize that as an adult I have a responsibility for all the children in my field of vision. I am learning that it is my duty to keep all children safe from harm whether that be from each other, themselves, or the obstacles around them.
Another byproduct of that is that when I see children in public space I have to stop myself from wanting to intervene. Sometimes, it is when a parent is mistreating a child or is allowing unsafe behavior carry on.
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