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Open Letter to the "Parents" I Saw in Target...
Posted 01-26-2008 at 03:13 PM by amyblue
I know this isn't really the place for it, but this has been eating away at me all day now. We had a really nice morning. The girls got nice long baths, C even enjoyed playing in the tub with K for a while, which is unusual. We had a birthday party today for a friend of K's, and decided to pick up a few things we needed at Target afterward.
C fell asleep on the way, so I put her carseat into the basket. K started to act up a little, but I reminded her that I LOVE to shop by myself and her dad was at home needing company and she straightened right out. I was enjoying my retail therapy. We were stalking the end caps. You might have recognized us by the balloon tied to C's car seat.
On the other side of the aisle, I could hear your little girl starting to melt down. She was probably between 3 and 4 years old, and it was nap time. Your husband made it worse by yelling, "STOP CRYING!" every 3 seconds. Really, is that effective? Take her home and let her have her nap, have one of you take her out to the car and sit with her while the other finishes. I've been there with the tantrums. I know it sucks.
You came around the corner and were approaching where we were shopping, when the little girl yelled out again. What happened next left me absolutely dumbfounded. Three caps away from me, I saw your wife lean right into that sweet little child's face, and I heard her hiss, "I said shut the F#@* up." and continued with something else I couldn't hear.
Really. I was rendered completely speechless. Not only from the words themselves but from the hateful, venomous way that they were spoken. How in the world do you talk to your child like that? Even worse for me, if you're treating her like this in public, how bad is it at home for her? My heart aches for that baby.
I didn't speak up. Maybe I'm naive, maybe I'm sheltered, maybe I miss a lot by not shopping at Walmart, but I have never seen anything like that before. I have spent the last several hours wishing I had spoken up for your child. I hope that someone will soon. No child, absolutely none, deserves to be talked to in that way.
UGH.
C fell asleep on the way, so I put her carseat into the basket. K started to act up a little, but I reminded her that I LOVE to shop by myself and her dad was at home needing company and she straightened right out. I was enjoying my retail therapy. We were stalking the end caps. You might have recognized us by the balloon tied to C's car seat.
On the other side of the aisle, I could hear your little girl starting to melt down. She was probably between 3 and 4 years old, and it was nap time. Your husband made it worse by yelling, "STOP CRYING!" every 3 seconds. Really, is that effective? Take her home and let her have her nap, have one of you take her out to the car and sit with her while the other finishes. I've been there with the tantrums. I know it sucks.
You came around the corner and were approaching where we were shopping, when the little girl yelled out again. What happened next left me absolutely dumbfounded. Three caps away from me, I saw your wife lean right into that sweet little child's face, and I heard her hiss, "I said shut the F#@* up." and continued with something else I couldn't hear.
Really. I was rendered completely speechless. Not only from the words themselves but from the hateful, venomous way that they were spoken. How in the world do you talk to your child like that? Even worse for me, if you're treating her like this in public, how bad is it at home for her? My heart aches for that baby.
I didn't speak up. Maybe I'm naive, maybe I'm sheltered, maybe I miss a lot by not shopping at Walmart, but I have never seen anything like that before. I have spent the last several hours wishing I had spoken up for your child. I hope that someone will soon. No child, absolutely none, deserves to be talked to in that way.
UGH.
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That is heartbreaking. I know as parents our children can try our patience but our children don't have the means to communicate effectively. Obviously these parents lacked those skills as well. It's just said that some people take out their frustrations on their children like that. Sometimes a child's meltdown is more the parents fault, especially when they push a child past their limit for the day and expect them to handle it like an adult. It is scary to think what her home life might be like.
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Posted 01-27-2008 at 07:58 AM by RockLittleMama
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After I wrote this, I decided I may have been a little dramatic. I see much much worse on the news every day. I think the part that's bothering me was that I didn't speak up for her when I had the chance. I guess it really puts my parenting flaws in perspective, when I feel guilty for dragging my kids to work at 6 am.
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Posted 01-27-2008 at 12:42 PM by amyblue
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