Me and my big mouth :(

[cfred]

Nah....it happens! I was horrified once when I accidentally pocket dialed my aunt during a particularly chaotic moment in daycare. Fortunately, I was in the clear....in fact, she was impressed that I didn't lose the plot considering what she heard going on in the background. Ahhhh, if only she'd been privy to our 'ceremony' to say goodbye to our cat Bootsie. It was dreadful and I handled it exactly wrong. One little girl started to cry, so another boy said "It's not so bad, imagine if it was your MOM!". Hysterics, then I barked at him (totally wrong thing to do), then he started to wail, then the others just pitched in so as not to be left out. My attempts to quell their sorrow with a lesson in Buddhism only made it worse. Yup....awful and I had to fess up to the parents about the whole mourning mess. Fortunately, they thought it was funny, but if anyone had been pocket dialed in that moment, I hate to think what would be going through their minds.

[sunnydays]

Cfred...I am sorry, but I cannot stop laughing reading your post...I know it isn't funny, or wasn't at the time (and sorry for the loss of your cat). But, oh boy did you ever give me a much needed laugh Sounds like a comedy of errors! And a good reminder that all of us mess up sometimes...we are all human, and anyone who claims to be totally patient, totally calm, totally careing all the time...well I don't think I would believe them!

[cfred]

Lol, that was a couple years ago. I can laugh about it now I've always had many animals passing through the house as we did kitten rescue and rehab for a time and have had many pets over the years. Death is part of it so I've always been open with kids about that. But Bootsie....poor Bootsie....she was soooooo old and with these kids most of their little lives. I perhaps.....PERHAPS. ....underestimated their attachment to her. And my boyfriend at the time was from Shanghai and big into Buddhism and teaching me about it. So OF COURSE, that made me an expert. I really thought it would help. It SO did not.

You should have been there when I had to put one of our pet rats down....something I had to do myself at naptime. The kids didn't see that, but got the puddle of goo that was me afterwards.

[Momof4]

Oh, it happens to all of us once in a while. We know our dckids best and what works to get their attention. Sometimes a loud stern voice is necessary and if more parents used a stern voice maybe there would be less work for us to do! However, I always keep my doors locked and I like to know when my dc parents are arriving so that all is as well as can be, I see your point. If I'm talking in my 1/2 bath or dining room and a parent is at the door I'm sure they would be able to hear me and sometimes I'm freaking out a little when children are misbehaving at lunch and then I think about someone listening outside the door, oy!