By Anonymous - 10/07/2015 16:52 - United Kingdom - Nottingham

Today, I had to explain to several young children why asking the new blind girl to play hide and seek with them is inappropriate. FML
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MrConcise 34

She can hide with another child, I think it's sweet they wanted to include her. Maybe you were being a little uptight and should have thought of how she could play instead of why she couldn't.

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Ajf92002 23

It's saddening that she's blind, and may have been embarrassed but you did your best OP!

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sherbear86 21

my cousin is blind, when we were kids we would play hide and go seek in the dark to even the playing field a bit... he still always won.

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Brandi_Faith 33

Makes sense. He's had the chance to hone his other senses. I think it's really cool how the other senses can be magnified when one is lost.

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khoov19 20

well maybe she saw the humor in it too....just because she's blind doesn't mean she doesn't have a sense of humour

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xenawpwa 4

Well it actually depends on the girl's senses.....some blind people have a better sense of "feeling" someone walking or running by them, or merely just standing in front of them. Their hearing and smell senses are also heightened, thus making up for the lack of sight. I only say this because my eyesight is pretty awful, but my sense of smell and hearing is usually excellent. Of course I have selective hearing skills like most lol.

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JMichael 25

She probably would of won. listen to their heartbeats. yea pull out the Daredevil moves

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extremereviews 26

I'm assuming that this is similar to a daycare, why would they hire a blind person to watch over children?

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shelzykid 12

One of the children was blind, not the caretaker.

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Emma1562 35

Read it again, the kid was blind not the one watching them!

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TheLadyOpal 30

I think the blind girl IS one of the children.

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Hyenayena 27

They are just kids, and may not understand why that's rude. What counts is their intention: they wanted to play with her. I'd much rather the kids be inclusive than the alternative. They could have been mean to her, but what counts is their good intentions

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Sparx1_1 16

It's more inappropriate to tell the kids not to invite the girl to play. Kids are creative - all you needed to do is let them know that she would need help to play and then let them figure it out. They'll invent a new way to play (which is a huge boost to their self esteem) and everyone gets to have fun.

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knightmareengage 16

Because young kids totally need adults suggesting they exclude the kids that are different or disabled...(face palm). Maybe you should suggest they play a game she can participate in or have her hide with one of the other kids.

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