take care of your own kids!!!!!
By dianamunoz1
@dianamunoz1 (125)
United States
June 3, 2009 8:25pm CST
I had an incident today with a older lady I was getting my kids in the car they where standing right by the back door near the end of my back bumper when the lady that was parked right next to me was pulling out so close to my car actually almost hitting my car I did not say a word because i do have auto insurance so if she hit my car she would just have to fix it but when I saw her car about an inch away from my daugther I pulled my daugther out of the way and told her can you please be careful with my children and she said what i told her you are almost hitting my kids you can wait until I get them in the car or put your car in reverse so that you have more space she tells me that it is not her responsabillity to take care of my kids and that I should take care of them and I just blew the roof of the top of my car I told her that I was human and that if I saw a child I would make sure they got out of the way and the my children just like anyone else are pedestrians and have the right of way what shoked me was that my kids where not in the middle of the street or anything they where just standing next to my car I hope I never see that lady again she is heart less and i am a good mother I take really good care of my kids and they are my life if you where in that situation what would you do?
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18 responses
@moonchild117 (1987)
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
Wow, that was very inconsiderate of her. It doesn't mean that because they're not her kids, she doesn't have to be careful or whatever. It's about being careful not to hurt a child -- any child for that matter. If that happened to me I'd certainly get angry. What if she were in your position and her child almost got hit by someone else's car? The issue here is not whether you are a responsible parent (which I think you are) but being human enough to take care of the people around you, even if they are not of your flesh and blood.
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@dianamunoz1 (125)
• United States
4 Jun 09
that is what i asked her I said what if I was doing that to your kid would you like it she did not respond and drove away I tried getting her license plate but she drove off to fast
@moonchild117 (1987)
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
If she does have kids, I hope that doesn't happen to her. For now, just let it go. Be comforted at the thought that your kids are safe.
@tanya0712 (5)
• United States
4 Jun 09
I completely agree... Honestly, I probly would have jumped in her car and beat the crap out of her! But thats just me...
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@dianamunoz1 (125)
• United States
5 Jun 09
i think that if she did not drive away when she did and my kids were not watching me I would have too
@chilenita (473)
• Canada
18 Jun 09
well me... jajaja im a fighter u can say nothign to me about my kid or even swear around them.. i can but u cant lol. I was trying to teach my son to pick up his car that he droped due to me not doing what he want... we were down town and its soooo busy with ppl walking up and down and no one would step on it but ofcourse some guy has to pick it up and give it to my son... i took the car away and said ""gee thanks i thought i was his parent not u there goes my leson..." and i walked away pissed... like who are u? diod u have my kid no i did and if i wanted to leave the car there cause his being a brat thats my problem cause that was my money grrrrrrrrrrrr
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
4 Jun 09
Oh...oh...I'd of flipped. It is hard to keep an eye on the kids while loading up the car...they just move randomly. That driver should have just waited. If I see someone loading up...child or not and if they are close to me...I just wait. NOTHING is more important than someone elses safety. I couldn't live with myself if I hurt someone else because of my careless driving so ...I just sit and wait no matter what I have going on. This was not your fault. It is the law...you are to be in control of your vehicle at all times. I get angry when college kids just randomly run out in front of me....it'd be my fault if I were to hit one. even then...I'd feel horrible. I move so slow when going by the college. We are in a vehicle...we are armed...the pedestrian is not.
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@hanah87 (1835)
• Malaysia
4 Jun 09
Yes,you are make right way.You have been a good mother and take care your kids with carefully.I think there is no reason why the lady should not be carefully,maybe she also have a children and maybe she is like what you said, a'heart less'.Many people doesn't care about people life and just care about their life.Maybe they should be not allow for doing anything because they will hurt somebody.Thank you.
@roseyroser (1059)
• United States
4 Jun 09
What?!?!? Well of course you should take care of your kids, but that doesn't mean you should get so close to someone else's kids that you are going to hit them! When some of my kids on my block were younger, they would cross the street alone, and not looking very well for cars.
Everytime I'm on the road, I slow down when I'm near people ESPECIALLY children. For example, today as I was pulling out of my parking spot, there was a man and his young girl getting out of the car, I slowly went forward past their car while I was making sure the girl wasn't going to turn run in front of my car. I also live near an elementary school, so when I drive near my house when the kids are getting out of school I watch very closely to see what they are doing - to try and avoid an accident. A kid could run out from the side of the road at any moment.
I don't have any kids right now, but if I was in that situation. I would say something like "I DO take care of my own kids. I also make sure I keep my distance from people and their property so I don't hit them!"
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
4 Jun 09
well, that lady is really cruel and heartless... when she is driving, she should be careful not to hit any pedestrians especially children... if she happened to hit your children, she will be responsible for it no matter what... i dislike reckless driver... if she can't drive properly, then don't drive... just take public transport... don't put her own life and other people's lives in danger... glad that nothing happen to your daughter... take care and have a nice day...
@Ithink (9980)
• United States
4 Jun 09
I would have been livid! You were taking care of your kids, it isnt like they were running around in the parking lot! I probably being me if it was possible would have stepped in her way so she couldnt have gone anywhere and then gave her a piece of my mind. LOL! Yeah that is me with ignorant people and she was by the sounds of it.
It is her job as she was the one pulling out to watch what she was doing and if she couldnt do that I would say she shouldnt have a license!
@kezabelle (2974)
•
10 Jun 09
She should have waited for you to get them in the car im sure it wouldnt have taken long, yes its our responsibilty to watch our children but if you have more than one child it can be hard to be half in and out the car strapping one child in while watching the others, although i do often now make them all climb in then i go and strap them in at least then they are safe in the car and out harms way.
@BlueGoblin (1829)
• United States
4 Jun 09
I'd have to be there to get a look at what happened. Personally I wait for people to get in their vehicles before backing out. Some parents have their kids going every which way and don't even know where their children are half of the time and other parents know where their kids are at all times. However, it is no excuse because pedestrians always have the right of way. The parents of the children should also be more alert in a high traffic situation. You can't expect other people to be good samaritans and watching for your kids. If you really thought she done something then I would have taken her license plate number and went to the police.
@thenextnoel (396)
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
i think I saw that lady in one of those prison documentaries...
@uicbear (1900)
• United States
4 Jun 09
Wow, I just don't know how or why people are so much in a hurry that she could wait a couple minutes until she was sure that the kids were safely inside the car. I know that I wouldn't have even put my car in gear until I was sure the kids were safe. Even though you were being safe keeping the kids close to the car, I have seen kids just take even a few steps away from the car to make it scary. I'm never in that much of a hurry. I'm glad you said something.
@smullins (2)
• United States
4 Jun 09
This is really disturbing to me because I have kids as well. There are a lot of heartless people out there and your above post proves that. I become very irate when innocent children are mistreated and to be honest with you, I may have become physical with that lady, had that been me. I know that violence isn't the answer but some people deserve a good slap in the face. I assume that the woman didn't have kids otherwise she wouldn't have been so inconsiderate to yours. The statement that she made was very ignorant, even if you saw a group of kids walking in the street, that doesn't mean that you hit them!
@peedielyn (1207)
• United States
4 Jun 09
Though I am not a violent person and try not to blow up at people, I would have walked to her car and jerked her up by her shirt! I had a close call with my ex-best friend. She knew my daughter was playing in my driveway and usually parks at the end just because the kids use the pavement as a chalkboard. The kids normally play towards the garage which leave about 50 feet from the front of the house to the end of the road for someone to park. One day she came out and pulled into the driveway so fast almost hitting my little girl. When I told her that wasn't cool, she said that I should be more responsible than to let them play in the road. I ended up jerking her out of the car by her hair and "accidentally" scraping her face on the pavement. I don't take lightly for anyone's children to get hurt by someones stupidity. I finally gave up on her when she finally had her own child and the baby was actually hit by her on accident. She didn't look around to see where Bridget was and backed right over her. I haven't talked to her in about 6 years because of this. Go with your gut when it comes to your kids is all I can say. I don't take any chances!
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
4 Jun 09
oh you handle it much better then me. i would have said something that would her day suck.. too me people must get more dumber in parking lots.
i had this one guy who always hitted my daughter one day, i went after him. i knew him. and word got back at him i was ready to open a can of good ol butt whipping on him. so when i did see him after that he came up tried to play nice with me, my best freiend looked at him and was like you are in so much trouble he's ready to kick your butt. he tried to say he did nothing, but people told him he was in inches of hitting her.
but yeah i never let my wife walk ahead of me crossing any parking lots. people are just rude. i think i would have called her a dumb b*** and need to watch what she was doing.
@meandmy3 (2227)
• United States
4 Jun 09
okay this is insane, it is your fault that she is a lame behind driver and did not pay attention to her surroundings.
You are very right in this situation. now the car insurance thing.. get insurance.. that is not safe..
as I am a safety freak I always put my children in the car first, in fact I have one of those vans that I can open the doors with my key thing, so I open the doors even before we get there so all they have to do is jump in..
@geniustiger (1694)
• Philippines
4 Jun 09
Yes I did . I always protect my kids to all my might.
They are my life , my blood and inspiration.
Sometimes things happened beyond our control and thats
is what happening to you.Its an incident that cannot be
avoided its because of the carelessness of other people
around us.Its better to be careful and watchful every now and then.
