Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Child Abuse or Leave Them Alone?
Recently I was at a midtown grocery store and the below scene unfolded before my eyes in the afternoon.
A mom & her son standing in line at the check out stand. The mom is relatively young, she looked to be in her mid-20's. Her son, maybe between 2 and 3 years old. Her son was crying and crying hard & loud. Mom was carrying her son on her hip trying to pay for their items. Mom was in a tank top, shorts, and flip-flops, body tattoos were visible.
A woman stood behind them witnessing the crying scenario. The woman was a stranger. A bit older , probably in her early 50's. She was dressed in a full length solid-color cotton-like short-sleeve dress with comfortable walking shoes. She was alone and also waiting to pay for her items.
The woman voiced her concerns to the mom for the child's stress (crying) during the line, some words were exchanged, and the mom took offense and created a scene by shouting "the boy bumped his head on the door knob, call the police!" and stormed out to get the store's security guard & manager.
The mom & son, who stopped crying now, spoke loudly to the security guard and manager (for all to hear), that she was basically being harrassed by the woman. That she [the mom] was accused of child abuse and was threatened to have Child Services called because her child was crying! Obviously the mom was angry!
The woman then came up to the mom and said "I am right here and can hear you" turns to the guard and manager and voiced the following in a calm quiet demeanor "I am concerned about the child because he was in distress and crying non-stop. I had been witnessing the child's crying throughout the store the entire time. It was continuous and did not stop."
The mom rubuted immediately that "he was crying because he wanted ice cream ma'am and I am not going to give him ice cream; what child wouldn't cry when he can't have ice cream?"
However without hearing the reasoning or excuse, the woman continued with the manager and pleaded for "...somebody to step in and help that child..."
So question(s) of the day:
Do you feel that that woman had the right to step in as an advocate for the child? OR Do you feel the mom had the right to discipline her child by letting him "cry it out" in public?
A mom & her son standing in line at the check out stand. The mom is relatively young, she looked to be in her mid-20's. Her son, maybe between 2 and 3 years old. Her son was crying and crying hard & loud. Mom was carrying her son on her hip trying to pay for their items. Mom was in a tank top, shorts, and flip-flops, body tattoos were visible.
A woman stood behind them witnessing the crying scenario. The woman was a stranger. A bit older , probably in her early 50's. She was dressed in a full length solid-color cotton-like short-sleeve dress with comfortable walking shoes. She was alone and also waiting to pay for her items.
The woman voiced her concerns to the mom for the child's stress (crying) during the line, some words were exchanged, and the mom took offense and created a scene by shouting "the boy bumped his head on the door knob, call the police!" and stormed out to get the store's security guard & manager.
The mom & son, who stopped crying now, spoke loudly to the security guard and manager (for all to hear), that she was basically being harrassed by the woman. That she [the mom] was accused of child abuse and was threatened to have Child Services called because her child was crying! Obviously the mom was angry!
The woman then came up to the mom and said "I am right here and can hear you" turns to the guard and manager and voiced the following in a calm quiet demeanor "I am concerned about the child because he was in distress and crying non-stop. I had been witnessing the child's crying throughout the store the entire time. It was continuous and did not stop."
The mom rubuted immediately that "he was crying because he wanted ice cream ma'am and I am not going to give him ice cream; what child wouldn't cry when he can't have ice cream?"
However without hearing the reasoning or excuse, the woman continued with the manager and pleaded for "...somebody to step in and help that child..."
So question(s) of the day:
Do you feel that that woman had the right to step in as an advocate for the child? OR Do you feel the mom had the right to discipline her child by letting him "cry it out" in public?
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Weekend Meme: 5 Places You Want To Travel To With Your Child(ren)
Instructions:
- Those tagged will share 5 Places You Want To Travel To With Your Child(ren) before they turn 18!
- Those tagged will tag 5 additional people.
- Those tagged will leave their meme in the comments section (or a link) so everyone can keep track of what's being posted.
I was recently inspired by my co-worker who took her oldest son on a 1:1 trip to Japan! Her husband took the 2 younger children (2 years old and 10 month old) on a 1:2 trip to Hawaii during the same time and they met up afterwards in Hawaii!
5 Places I Want To Travel To With My Child(ren) Before They Turn 18
- Bhutan during Chinese New Year - where Daddy's big extended and loving family is!
- Paris, France in Christmas - so we can experience a different sort of Xmas celebration
- China (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Beijing) - it will be a first for all of us to learn our heritage and culture first hand.
- Bangkok, Thailand - this is the 'easiest' common stop for our international family gatherings
- Australia & New Zealand - absolutely looks gorgeous on the Travel channel
I tag the usual suspects:
Allison
Lynette
Kristy
Lin
Miriam
Monday, May 5, 2008
Grease babies
This is slightly disturbing but cute at the same time. Too bad we can't edit it to put our kids' actual faces in there... 'cause we've got all kinds of free time for things like that, right?
http://members.shaw.ca/anabw/grease.htm
http://members.shaw.ca/anabw/grease.htm
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