Am I over protected?

We can never be over protected. They need to be better parents there. Have a great day..

Yes, for us critics it is not good but for her we don't know if she have the motives of doing so. As far as I can recall some people say, if you let the baby cry in the open, tendency if she grow up, she will have the Golden voice everybody to envy.

That's not being over-protected, that just common sense, nobody in their right mind would neglect a two year old, what sort of mother does that, you should never leave any child alone for any length of time, anything could have happened! That poor child! You hear of so many horror stories about children being abducted and abused, you just wonder what she is like to her child behind closed doors

OMG I'm sorry but that is a very naive mom to have left her 2 year old out in the front yard. What is she thinking in this world we live in today. Yes, she could have gotten hit by a car or a dog could have come and bitten her. However, something worse is she could have been kidnapped by a crazy person too. I can't imagine ever leaving my children outside without being there too. Then to have her crying for that long without holding her or coming to her to see what the problem is. Then to get mad at her for crying. I'm sorry but she is one mother who shouldn't be a mother. You are definitely NOT OVER PROTECTED!

You are not over-protected. You have kids. You know the deal with safety. At the same time there are parents who care less, take more chances with their kids, act too late and there are consequences. What if there was a fire? Or a break-in? The child would have to defend him or herself. They take having kids for granted and put them in all kind of peril. One should pass a test to have kids - even your own parents.

No parent should leave their child unsupervised like that, especially a two year old. Some people must think the news is fictional. Creeps and bad people really do exist. Thumbs down to this parent. The child shouldn't be yelled at for crying. Crying is a sign she needs attention.

Pity child. I just can't imagine what kind.of mom your neighbor is. She seems so not happy taking care of babies or kids. Its good to know that nothing happened to the kid. I hope your neighbor will be more responsible next time.

Why? Why did her mother leave her like that? She is very irresponsible.

Hi, Half an hour being neglected is too long for a two year old. So much can happen even in a single minute how much more for thirty minutes. For me it is a sign of neglect and should be corrected. If it could be my child, I would get mad at the one who took care of it.

I don't think you are over protective. You are just concerned about the safety of the child. Some people do not realized that until something bad happened to the child. Then only they will realize their carelessness. I;ve seen a mom on tv crying when she got her child back. She just left her baby walking the street while she;s doing something. Some stranger took her child. She;s lukcy coz a good samaritan helped to bring back the kid to her after days the child went missing.

That's just sickening. I am not a mother yet, but whenever I hear my younger siblings cry I rush into wherever they are to see what's wrong. I can't imagine an actual mother who can bear to hear her own child's cry for half an hour. What could she have been doing that is way more important than tending to a 2-year old?

You are not overprotective, you were just a sensitive person about the welfare of the poor baby. The way the mother discipline her child is not yet applicable for the age, if it's her way so. As you've said, there can be many bad things might happen to the baby while outside the, house. So sad scene.

Hi friend, I think you are a good mother and your neighbor is not a good mother. The child too young to protect herself. Her mother too careless with her safety. Maybe she is a mother who never love her child with her full heart. I think you are not over protected, but you love your child.

poor girl. she's still considered as baby, her mom shouldn't do that. if something happened to the child , whatever cry she will make she cant turn back time. we should take care of our children especially the young ones because they're still cant handle themselves.

No you are not being overprotective at all!! Where I live, someone would report her for not taking proper care of her child. If something bad were to happen to that child, she would be charged with negligence. A two year old should never ever be left unattended.

Overly protective? Interesting question. Years ago when my daughter was probably about eight my mom and my daughter and I were coming home from being out for the day. We pull into my neighborhood and there were cars parked everywhere. I first thought there was a party someplace but as I got closer to where we lived a neighbor I knew told us that a child just across from us had been obducted. The child had been playing out front with a neighbor child, the parent went into the house just quick enough to check something she had on the stove, and when she back the child was gone. It doesn't take long. The mother you are writing about is definitely taking a chance. Not sure I would.

I Am not sure about other people but if I see a young child sitting all along in a drive way or house front with not adult supervision I would sit with the child for as long as it takes! how can any one leave a 2 year old crying and not go to help the little child?! really!

I think that the mother did not make such a fuzz in making sure that her child is safe. I would never leave my child that way.

Unless their is a gate I don't think it is right unless she outside with her.

I guess, moms should be the first to feel pity and care for their children. It seems what you have been told, she acts as if she is not the mother of that kid. Pity child. Even if I am not still a mother, I cannot stand to see my child to cry for almost half an hour.