Location: Chevy Chase Recreation Center (aka Livingston Park) -- Washington, DC.Nanny: African-American, average height and weight, hair in braids, wearing a black track suit with red accents.
Children: At least four: two looked like they were around 4 years old, two others (a boy and a girl - looked like brother and sister) looked to be 7 or 8. I heard the nanny use the names Matt and Liza when she was calling out to the children (although I can't remember which was Matt and which was Liza).
The incident: At the park, the two older children were beating up on each other -- hitting, kicking, punching. I saw them run up to a woman (who I'm assuming is the nanny). She was standing away from the older children but close to the two younger ones. The nanny ignored the kids as they tried to get her attention, and then as they climbed onto the chain link fence and into a tree. The only time I saw her attempt to do anything was when she took her keys and flung them at a child. I was standing too far away to tell if she actually hit the children with her keys, but they did not leave her hand. She then continued to ignore the kids while they ran around the entire playground trying to hurt each other.
OP here, I forgot to write in my description of the incident that the nanny was on her cell phone the entire time. I'm not sure how that slipped my mind in writing the description.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how you fling something at someone without it leaving your hand?
ReplyDeletefling (flng)
ReplyDeletev. flung (flng), fling·ing, flings
v.tr.
1. To throw with violence: flung the dish against the wall. See Synonyms at throw.
4. To cast aside; discard: fling propriety away.
v.intr.
To move quickly, violently, or impulsively.
n.
1. The act of flinging.
I think since keys are transatory and in motion on a set object, a key chain, that the act of flinging the keys does not require tossing the key ring. Therefore as a scare tactic, one kid fling keys towards someone or something, ie a rabid dog to scare said thing away.
If the keys were on a lanyard and the nanny was holding the end of the lanyard, they could have hit the kid without leaving her hand.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad we're all focusing on the important part.
ReplyDeleteWell, the very very stupid former (hopefully) nannies that comment here must be taken to school though I think there's no hope for them.
ReplyDeleteFirst teach your kids a good behavior, and respect to others.
DeleteWho cares if she flung them or not...did she hit the kid and does anyone know who she might be?
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