To leave my child alone with a first-aider?

[Contraryish]

It's a non-issue, really! Just curious really as to whether others would have done similar.

Last week, I was at a farm park with my two children (10 & 8). The farm park has an indoor play area with some big slides. Unfortunately, my son suffered a slight injury which required minor first aid (or at least Placebo!).

The staff found the first aider, who said the treatment was in the first aid room. I knew the treatment was minor and painless. So I told the first aider I would stay to look after my other child, and they disappeared together. Five minutes later, he was back, patched up and all was well.

It was only a couple of minutes later that it occured to me that others might have played it differently and that I had effectlvely left my child in the care of a stranger.

Would you have let him go alone or dragged the other child kicking and screaming off the slides to go to the first aid room with him?

If my dc were younger than I would of gone with, but at 10 and 8 I would of done the same as you op.

I wouldn't be too worried about leaving a 10 year old with a member of staff at a place like that, but I would have gone automatically I think whatever the age of the child.

I would be seriously unimpressed with an 8 or 10 year old having to be dragged off play equipment 'kicking and screaming' because their sibling needed first aid.

No, she wouldn't have been kicking and screaming, I may have exaggerated for effect. She would have been fine about it, but it didn't seem necessary to drag her away.

Stranger only in the sense that a new teacher is a stranger. A responsible adult with a job to do. You were right.

I agree Andrew, I wouldent be too worried, your child is 10 not a young child!

Of course you did the right thing. I would have gone with a smaller child just in case they were worried, but an 10 year old should be perfectly confident to go off by themselves with a first aider.

Thanks all, good to know my instincts aren't completely screwed!

I think I'd have gone along but I do tend to be a bit lacking in trust generally.