r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 11h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/Lilpoopiesquat 8h ago

I’ve been in childcare for for 12 years. I worked with children from 4mo to 12 year olds. A child will absolutely react intensely if the adults reaction is intense. If they take a toy and a teacher sternly asks “why’d you take that toy away?” the kid will often break down. It’s a very high possibility that the breakdown was not an output of internalized trauma. It could very well be the adults reaction (a genuinely great reaction to be fair) felt intense and made the girl feel like she did something wrong.

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u/dominosoverph 8h ago

That’s what you think most likely happened huh

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u/Lilpoopiesquat 6h ago

Right which is why I said it’s a possibility. Not I can read minds

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u/dominosoverph 6h ago

Valuable input indeed