Problem Child

My sister-in-law is the Nursery Director at our church. As a Committee Member and a Volunteer, I have certain obligations to fulfill. One of them is to help in a room on the Lord's Supper Nights every so often. I still get to partake in it in the classroom, as long as I have the time to right my heart before-hand. As a volunteer, if we have a child that acts up...to where we have to discipline them (place them in time-out), we have to tell the Director (my SIL) before informing the parent.

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Last night was one of those nights. We had a child that was a little rambunctious. Later that evening, after I got home, I called her. This was our conversation:

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-Me: "SIL", we had a problem child tonight.

-SIL: Okay, what happened?

-Me: Well...she was pushing kids, yelling at them, taking toys away from them.

-SIL: Oh no.

-Me: Yeah, I had to sit her in the corner 3 times.

-SIL: Oh man!

-Me: Yeah, it got so bad that I almost spanked her little bo-bo. (Which btw, we would NEVER EVER do!!)

-SIL: Ummm....okay.

-Me: Yeah, it was pretty bad!

-SIL: Well, who was it?

-Me: "Sissy"

-SIL: HAHAHA!!! Oh Shauna! Your so funny!!

-Me: No, I'm serious, "SIL", she was really bad!!!

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Yes, MY child was the problem child last night!! I asked the lady that is in there all the time with them if she was always like this. She said no, that it was just when I was in there that she acted like that! Are you kidding me? I would think that my child would be less likely to act up when I was in there, for fear of the ramifications! Nope...just the opposite!

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SIL told me that the nights I worked, she would move me out of there. It would be so bad, but I was having to spend the majority of the time getting on to her, putting her in time out, or calming her down because I was paying another child attention! She was acting like she was the only child at home...which, of course, she is not!

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It's also amazing that she does NOT act that way at home...I don't know what her deal is when we are at church! UGH!!