Nasty mother
By coffeeshot
@coffeeshot (3783)
Australia
October 6, 2007 2:27am CST
Today I was standing in my front yard when a woman walked past on the road. All of a sudden she stopped, turned around and literally yelled 'GEEETT OONN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOOADDD! NOOOWWW!' She was really angry and I thought 'who is she talking to? A dog? Soon after, 2 young children walked past with their heads down, in the boiling hot sun looking depressed. The mother was about 200 metres ahead of them and she wasn't even keeping an eye on them. I couldn't believe it, these kids looked so sad. I actually had tears in my eyes and I wanted to go pick them up and hug them. Mothers and fathers are supposed to be a child's comforter, someone they can rely on to look after them and provide them with love and encouragement. I wouldn't be suprised if those kids grew up to be drug addicts or alcoholics or criminals. With no love in the household there's not much hope for them. What's your opinion on this?
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14 responses
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
6 Oct 07
I'm with you on this coffee, and every time I see parents either screaming at their children or ignoring them and letting them run around being obnoxious, my heart goes out to those little kids. It is all abuse as far as I am concerned. How do they expect the children to grow up acting right if this is the example they see every day and everywhere. Maybe people need to be able to pass a test of some kind before being allowed to be parents.
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@stella1989 (2274)
• India
6 Oct 07
Yes its very sad and disheartening to see such parents around who don't even care a bit about there children..!!
I feel very bad to see such things...!!
BUt one more thing you cannot judge them by just one incident..!! May there is some other fact about that mother getting angry over her kids. May be those kids are really messing her around!!
I know many such children around who are excellent in making the cutest and saddest face ever whenever they want to...!! When the the reality is something else..
DOn't take me wrong. Its both way correct..some where parents are getting very harsh on their kids and some where children are getting way more smarter than their parents.
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@stella1989 (2274)
• India
8 Oct 07
Hey..seems like you read all my reponses..!
thanks for that buddy!!
and thanks for the compliment too.
will see your around.
:)
@Kowgirl (3490)
• United States
6 Oct 07
Verbal abuse is running rampant in families like this.
Some times I think that all who have suffered from verbal
abuse tends to do the same thing to their children.
This is how they are raised and all that they know, so their
children will suffer just like they did at the hands of an abuser.
They put people in jail for physical abuse but verbal abuse is sometimes worse.
The only way to break this vicious cycle is to get counseling
before you have children of your own.
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@thefortunes (2367)
• Netherlands
6 Oct 07
Hi Coffeeshot, stories as the one you just told are an example of careless parents, and how much damage they could and are doing to their own kids. And probably their kids will do onto their own kids later on. It's such a shame that people like this are having children. And why getting some if you dont give them the care and love they rightfully deserve?
TheFortunes
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@fhm1987 (243)
• Pakistan
6 Oct 07
i agree with u. but parents are the only ones to whom their children are dearest. perhaps they kids have commited and intolerable mistake. moreover the anger of parents may be temproray...just for 2 mins or so. Also be not astonishing if u see the kids happy with their parents in some parks the next day.
• United States
7 Oct 07
It is so easy to pass judgement on others. My husband and I raised a large blended family. We put both of our families from previous marriages together.
Also as we grandparents, we overlook many of the simple actions of children. What parents may feel is terrrible behavior in their child, puts a smile on our face.
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
6 Oct 07
Whereas the mother should have been walking with them and making sure they got home safely she actually could have been angry for a real reason. The kids might have just gotten in trouble and the mom was still upset over it.
BUT I just want to say I don't condone that behavior especially in public NOR do I think she should have been walking ahead of her kids like that.
@Foxxee (3651)
• United States
7 Oct 07
Is that all she did?
All she did was say "get on the other side of the road now!"
Hmm. I guess I would have to be there to see what your talking about.
I don't see nothing wrong with making your kids get on the right side of the road.
At least she wasn't hitting them or using verbal abuse.
Verbal abuse is name calling and making the child feel little.
Just because she raised her voice and said those words "get on the other side of the road now." doesn't make her a nasty mother.
Maybe I'm missing something here.
Or maybe I read it wrong.
Or did she do more?
@infoguy (210)
• India
6 Oct 07
its very hurting to know how these little kids r treated Children rely more on their mothers for love and care.But nowadays this is happening a lot in society.Without love from parents children are directed to the wrong dark sider of their life, they get along with wrong company.
@raychill (6525)
• United States
6 Oct 07
It makes me sad when I see things like this. But there are so many children who are out there like that. What makes me more sad...is to see animals abused. Just hearing or reading about it brings more tears to my eyes than children. I'm not really sure why, I think I just like Animals more than People.
Anyway yeah I mean it's a really sad thing and the most you can do is call social services on them... but sometimes in some cases that might just make things worse.
@sugarfloss (2139)
• Malaysia
7 Oct 07
hello coffeeshot,the woman must be mad at something.Some parents just don't know how to handle pressure & blow it on their kids.This is not right,I wish the woman would just get help for herself and her kids.That's just one of the things we see,what happens when she's in the house and she needs to release her anger?These poor children might suffer because of their sick mother.Is reporting an abusive parent to the authorities allowed today?
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
6 Oct 07
I agree. Where there's no love shown how is a child to learn how to love. Or they will do things that aren't right to get the love they need. It's so sad. Just like the song by Pat Benatar "Hell's for Children" it is true for a lot of them these days. That is why I tend to favor the unloved child who ever they may be, to show them love and how to handle mistreatment that they recieve. I hate it when a parent is like that. No one deserves to be treated in such a way.
@alamode (3071)
• United States
6 Oct 07
Sometimes kids grow up well in spite of their parents, not because of them. I have a neighbor like this woman... she lOVES drama, all day long. The louder she is, the more people look. But her kids are fine... nice to talk to, pleasant and interesting. They are biding their time, and will be able to leave in a few years and only return if they want to. She will pay for her moments of drama with some very long, quiet and lonely times.
@gugart1818 (5)
•
7 Oct 07
if the mother didn't care for that child..ask that mother if you can adopt it andthen if mother agrees that you can adopt her child go and adopt it^_^
