Received Monday, March 26, 2007
This morning I was near Union Square in NYC walking up University towards 14th and I watched a nanny "walking" a young little blonde girl maybe four or five to school. She never interacted with the child once and allowed the child to trail a full block behind her never once even looking around to see where see was. Several students and myself were alarmed and at first thought the child was lost and by herself--esp. when the child was on the street corner near a busy intersection and the nanny was several feet away. The little girl was wearing an orange coat, light pink gloves and had a striped school bag that had both those colors. Nanny was middle aged maybe South Asian. I felt I had to post this in hopes that someone will see it. This child is in danger on a daily basis if this is what happens every day!
Not to jump on you or anything, but couldn't you have said something to the caregiver? something simple as, you need to keep ahold of your little girls hand before she wonders away and gets lost, may have a person think twice about doing it again.
ReplyDeleteWord up, 12:52!
ReplyDeleteI love this-why didn't you say something? Soemthing simple like "is this little girl alone?" would have gotten nannies attention that people see what she is doing! Union Square area in NYC is a very area-ugh! I have seen children like that while walking my own son to school and stood right in front of them blocking thier way and loudly asked "are you alone? Who is with you?" Get involved people!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are children and nannies for crying out loud! It's not like we are asking you to stop gun wielding criminals!!
A word to the wise. Or sometimes, even to the not so wise, could make a difference.
ReplyDeleteAnd in the last post someone did say something and she was "yelled" at for that! why not focus on the nanny not the poster
ReplyDeleteThe possibility of being yelled at would not stop me from saying something. Sticks and stones, etc.
ReplyDeleteA nanny
the point is that nothing anyone does here is ever right, no matter what anyone says there is something they should have done better, or they are racist, or they are lying and making it up, or they are the nanny trying to get attention or they are... it goes on and on, focus on the story not the poster is my only point.
ReplyDelete8:25. I think suggesting what might have been done in a situation can be helpful in that the next time someone who reads this site encounters a similar situation, they may have the courage to act. It isn't helpful to be snarky however.
ReplyDeletevalid point, 2:49
ReplyDeletea car careening out of control and there well could be one dead child. Or even the child spotting something that interests her in the street and running out in front of a car. Kids need to have their hands held when walking near traffic.
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