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Message: <blockquote data-quote="luckymadonna" data-source="post: 3386628">You seem concerned that she is a big "farm" girl, and could hurt him by holding her hands back into his stomach so horribly tight; I would be, too. I am not sure what is at the root of his request--you might find that out over time. But, I would tell her to stop agreeing to his request immediately, and I would tell my son that we know about this, and we don't want him hurt, and that the sitter is concerned, as well.He is seven. You do not owe him an explanation for a decision you make as his parents, but if you want to, try explaining "hernia" and any other internal injuries you'd like. She is nineteen. You do not owe her an explanation, either, because she should know better than to hold a boy's stomach in so TIGHT that she's almost breaking his spine.</blockquote>