they locked my daughter in the closet
By poppoppop111
@poppoppop111 (5731)
Canada
April 14, 2007 6:48pm CST
i went to a family thing today. i was watching the 4 young kids and left to go get a drink, none of the other parents ever came to see if their kids were allright. i would leave every once in a while to get something to eat or whatever but i'd always check on the kids. anyway i came up to see them and the older kids had locked my 3 year old daughter in the closet. no one watches their kids and this drives me nuts. they kept terrosising my child all day. one girl i didn't know and i asked what had happened when my duahgter started crying and there was a loud bang and she looks at me says nothing and walkes away. i was so upset that no one can ever watch their own children and my duaghter was being picked on because she was the youngest. i shouldn't have to sit there alone watching all the other kids as well.
does this happen at your family get togethers.
4 responses
@prttynpnkw83 (444)
• United States
15 Apr 07
Luckily this doesn't happen to me mainly because i don't have a child. However i do feel that it is irresponsible on the other adults to just let their children play with out careing about what they are doing to eachother. Children these days have very strange ways of playing and can do some very mean and hurtfull things. Hopefully this doesn't turn your daughter away from playing with other children. What type of family thing was this anyway?
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@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
15 Apr 07
it was at my mother's house and was a party for my grandmother's 70th birthday
@prttynpnkw83 (444)
• United States
15 Apr 07
well first and for most i would explain things to your mother. Then talk to the parents of the children that did that. I agree with one of the other commenters that you can be more free about the issues with family members. I think there is a way to talk to your family that you wouldn't be able to talk to lets say a friend. make sure you still take the steps not to make the parent feel bad but let it be known that although you don't feel they are doing a bad parenting that their child isn't behaving the way that they probably would like. I think if it where me i would have taken my child and left at that point or pulled my child in with me inside and just took them away from the other children. If anything the other kids will just get worse and worse you need to say something
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@sanyah1988 (306)
• United States
15 Apr 07
I have went out with a family that did the same thing but it was because the childs mother was black and the father was white.
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@AngelNicki (412)
• United States
16 Apr 07
They were mean to the little kid because of that? Aw man... if I were that little kid's parents, I would just cut off the family until they learn to treat children right.
@briennekb (610)
• United States
15 Apr 07
This doesn't happen at my family get togethers because I would never let it happen. If my daughter was being locked in a closet I would pitch a fit. I would DEFINITELY complain to the parents of the other kids. Especially because they are family. You can be more up front with family then you can with strangers. You are totally within your rights to say something to the other parents. Locking a 3 year old in a closet is very mean. And that shouldn't go on. Who knows what your daughter could hurt herself on in a dark closet. You don't have to preach to the other parents about watching their kids because that would probably make them mad and make the situation worse. But you can tactfully say something without going crazy and making everyone mad. Good luck next time!
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@AngelNicki (412)
• United States
16 Apr 07
That wouldn't be tolerated in my family... at my family gatherings the kids are all running around the house and everyone helps supervise them, and nobody would allow a 3-year-old to be tormented! I can't believe those older children's parents allowed that to happen to your daughter! If that happened to me, I would probably have a word with the parents of the other kids, or with whatever relative hosted the family event. Maybe you could just bring some toys or other things for your three-year-old and keep her by you at the next family event, and if people ask why, you could ximply explain that you don't want to leave her unsupervised with the older children. (Plus, why should YOU have to be the one to miss the event and spend your time babysitting all the other kids?)
