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Im panicking a bit as to whether I went too far in this situation. Im 17F. In a youth theatre group. We are doing a production currently and only people in a certain part of the show were being used for like an hour of rehearsal.

The rest of us were in a room unsupervised. The little kids were being very loud. Im usually great with kids but a 14 year old girl was getting really stressed out by the little kids. She started crying and saying she just wants them to shut up and was shouting at them to shut up. I tried to deescalate the situation and said. “Guys it’s ok to talk please just don’t be too loud as [girl] has a headache. Shes not feeling very well.” Some of the little kids then started teasing her and purposely annoying her.

She was getting more angry and started cussing at them. I said “Don’t swear at the kids. Do you need to go to the bathroom to calm down?” I also told the kids “knock it off shes very upset she shouldn’t have sweared. She feels sick though leave her alone.”

The girl wouldn’t back down though and purposely started saying inappropriate things. I said “seriously stop. Theyre little kids.” Some of the little kids understood what she was saying and started explaining it to other kids and I said “see that one knew what you meant. Seriously take 5 minutes.”

But she started shouting at them saying theyre annoying and should’ve been swallowed. Again which some of them understood.

The little kids ended up leaving her alone after I said again to leave her alone. But these two kids started play fighting really loudly and aggressively. The girl started losing it at them. I told them to not play fight it’s dangerous and stressing her out.

They stopped for a little bit and did it again. I told them again to knock it off. They again started play fighting again this time really aggressively. Like one kid hit his head pretty hard yet kept going. And this other little kid who wasnt a part of the play fight was getting upset too because she almost got hit in the mix of it.

This time I broke up the fight. I told them to stay away from each other and one of them said im being bossy and theyre just playing. I said they could get hurt for real though and the other girl almost got hurt and the 14 year old is getting annoyed.

He started sulking. I said you can still play just don’t play aggressive. But he was very upset at me.

That was a few days ago. Today my mother got a call asking to have a meeting with me. The parents of that kid complained that I was saying inappropriate things around him (I didn’t that was the 14 year old) and that I hit him (I didn’t hit him I was just trying to break up the fight.)

I am usually really good with kids I’m usually chill but I didn’t know what to do because I didn’t want them or other kids to get hurt and the 14 year old to say even worse things.

Im really scared about getting kicked out of the group or in trouble. I don’t know what to do. Does anyone have any advice. What would have been a better way to go about this? And what do I tell the director and owner?

Im panicking a bit as to whether I went too far in this situation. Im 17F. In a youth theatre group. We are doing a production currently and only people in a certain part of the show were being used for like an hour of rehearsal.

The rest of us were in a room unsupervised. The little kids were being very loud. Im usually great with kids but a 14 year old girl was getting really stressed out by the little kids. She started crying and saying she just wants them to shut up and was shouting at them to shut up. I tried to deescalate the situation and said. “Guys it’s ok to talk please just don’t be too loud \[girl\] has a headache. Shes not feeling very well.” Some of the little kids then started teasing her and purposely annoying her.

She was getting more angry and started cussing at them. I said “Don’t swear at the kids. Do you need to go to the bathroom to calm down?” I also told the kids “knock it off shes very upset she shouldn’t have sweared. She feels sick though leave her alone.”

The girl wouldn’t back down though and purposely started saying inappropriate things. I said “seriously stop. Theyre little kids.” Some of the little kids understood what she was saying and started explaining it to other kids and I said “see that one knew what you meant. Seriously take 5 minutes.”

But she started shouting at them saying theyre annoying and should’ve been swallowed. Again which some of them understood.

The little kids ended up leaving her alone after I said again to leave her alone. But these two kids started play fighting really loudly and aggressively. The girl started losing it at them. I told them to not play fight it’s dangerous and stressing her out.

They stopped for a little bit and did it again. I told them again to knock it off. They again started play fighting again this time really aggressively. Like one kid hit his head pretty hard yet kept going. And this other little kid who wasnt a part of the play fight was getting upset too because she almost got hit in the mix of it.

This time I broke up the fight. I told them to stay away from each other and one of them said im being bossy and theyre just playing. I said they could get hurt for real though and the other girl almost got hurt and the 14 year old is getting annoyed.

He started sulking. I said you can still play just don’t play aggressive. But he was very upset at me.

That was a few days ago. Today my mother got a call asking to have a meeting with me. The parents of that kid complained that I was saying inappropriate things around him (I didn’t that was the 14 year old) and that I hit him (I didn’t hit him I was just trying to break up the fight.)

I am usually really good with kids I’m usually chill but I didn’t know what to do because I didn’t want them or other kids to get hurt and the 14 year old to say even worse things.

Im really scared about getting kicked out of the group or in trouble. I don’t know what to do. Does anyone have any advice. What would have been a better way to go about this? And what do I tell the director and owner?

Im panicking a bit as to whether I went too far in this situation. Im 17F. In a youth theatre group. We are doing a production currently and only people in a certain part of the show were being used for like an hour of rehearsal.

The rest of us were in a room unsupervised. The little kids were being very loud. Im usually great with kids but a 14 year old girl was getting really stressed out by the little kids. She started crying and saying she just wants them to shut up and was shouting at them to shut up. I tried to deescalate the situation and said. “Guys it’s ok to talk please just don’t be too loud as \\\[girl\\\] has a headache. Shes not feeling very well.” Some of the little kids then started teasing her and purposely annoying her.

She was getting more angry and started cussing at them. I said “Don’t swear at the kids. Do you need to go to the bathroom to calm down?” I also told the kids “knock it off shes very upset she shouldn’t have sweared. She feels sick though leave her alone.”

The girl wouldn’t back down though and purposely started saying inappropriate things. I said “seriously stop. Theyre little kids.” Some of the little kids understood what she was saying and started explaining it to other kids and I said “see that one knew what you meant. Seriously take 5 minutes.”

But she started shouting at them saying theyre annoying and should’ve been swallowed. Again which some of them understood.

The little kids ended up leaving her alone after I said again to leave her alone. But these two kids started play fighting really loudly and aggressively. The girl started losing it at them. I told them to not play fight it’s dangerous and stressing her out.

They stopped for a little bit and did it again. I told them again to knock it off. They again started play fighting again this time really aggressively. Like one kid hit his head pretty hard yet kept going. And this other little kid who wasnt a part of the play fight was getting upset too because she almost got hit in the mix of it.

This time I broke up the fight. I told them to stay away from each other and one of them said im being bossy and theyre just playing. I said they could get hurt for real though and the other girl almost got hurt and the 14 year old is getting annoyed.

He started sulking. I said you can still play just don’t play aggressive. But he was very upset at me.

That was a few days ago. Today my mother got a call asking to have a meeting with me. The parents of that kid complained that I was saying inappropriate things around him (I didn’t that was the 14 year old) and that I hit him (I didn’t hit him I was just trying to break up the fight.)

I am usually really good with kids I’m usually chill but I didn’t know what to do because I didn’t want them or other kids to get hurt and the 14 year old to say even worse things.

Im really scared about getting kicked out of the group or in trouble. I don’t know what to do. Does anyone have any advice. What would have been a better way to go about this? And what do I tell the director and owner?