But why why why do some parents (and I use this term very loosely!) see nothing wrong with dragging a toddler to a effing Rated R movie???
Dh and I went xmas shopping and decided my pregnant butt needed a break from the crowds and bustling around.. so we took in Sinister at the cheapo show connected to the back to Target...
Aside from the fact that the atmosphere is completely inappropriate for children let alone those under 2 friggin years old... this wonder of a mother had finally had enough of the whining from her young toddler about 20 minutes in and literally yanked the poor thing up, dragged him in to the hall, and proceeded to start smacking him around (I could hear slapping sounds followed by his whining turning to screaming) and I just sat there bristling and uncomfortable as hell listening to the whole exchange.
I'm wondering why the theater even allows children in a rated r show. So effing stupid.
Now I'm an anti-spanker and this post totally ISNT about spanking at all or how I feel about it... But under what circumstance could even a spanking mother justify behaving this way toward a 16 month old BABY???? She forced him in to an inappropriate enviornment and expected him to effing sit still for almost two hours? What the hell did she expect was going to happen? I wanted to cry and kill this woman all at the same time.
I always mind my own business... always. I am not confrontational whatsoever but this was impossible to ignore and went on for another half hour right outside the door.... you could hear everything and it made me miserable (can't imagine how the poor kid felt) I left the theater in a terrible mood. Thanks jerk.
And I'm just at a loss as to what kind of moron parents would so blatantly and shamelessly treat a baby like shit right out in public.... end rant.
Have you ever witnessed bad parenting so over-the-top ridiculous that you went against your 'mind my own business' instinct and went off on someone? If there was ever a time I wanted to flip the hell out on a bitch... it would have been today.
I saw a woman screaming at her daughter for leaving her jacket somewhere, and I just felt so terrible for the little girl. I understand being annoyed, but the hate in her voice was evident and heartbreaking. This old woman who was next to me on the street actually said something to her, and then later on down the sidewalk she looked at me and said something to the effect of "please don't ever treat your son like that."
So I definitely know how you feel. I probably would have reported her to management for possible child abuse, though. Especially if she was yelling and spanking her for half an hour. :(
Quoting aimesnyc:I saw a woman screaming at her daughter for leaving her jacket somewhere, and I just felt so terrible for the little girl. I understand being annoyed, but the hate in her voice was evident and heartbreaking. This old woman who was next to me on the street actually said something to her, and then later on down the sidewalk she looked at me and said something to the effect of "please don't ever treat your son like that."
So I definitely know how you feel. I probably would have reported her to management for possible child abuse, though. Especially if she was yelling and spanking her for half an hour. :(
And I am with you...I was pissed when my cousin took her 5 year old to see breaking dawn.
I wonder if she didn't in fact get removed by the staff... because I was certainly not the only one noticing what was going on which reassured me I wasn't just being hypersensitive or overreacting... plenty of heads in the theater were turning toward the back annd people were making hushed comments after a while... I bet someone left and said something... I hadn't even thought of that till just now.
Quoting jhslove:Wait, so she was smacking her son around for half an hour and no one stepped in? Where was the theater management?
And to answer your question, I have no idea why anyone would think that's okay. That's heartbreaking.
But she shouldnt have hit him for being restless. He is a child, they cant do anything for long periods of time. She should have expected it.
I don't understand it myself. I was told by another mom that children need to learn at a young age movies are make-believe and once they know that they should be able to handle anything.
I've called CPS on a woman who was slapping her baby, maybe 10 or 12 months old, at walmart. She wouldn't let him ride in the buggy, but expected him to stay right by her side and touch nothing and walk at her pace, when he would fall back behind her, she would slap him in the head, when he would touch something on a shelf or rack, she would slap him in the head, if he would start to wonder off, she would slap him in the head. A walmart employee and I stayed right behind her till the cops showed up, and as they were approaching her from behind they saaw her slap him so hard he lost his balance and fell down. They confronted her, words were exchanged and she was arrested.
My baby fell out of the crib today:(
- Nolanzo
on Dec. 8, 2012 at 8:40 PM