so i was waiting outside the elementary school to pick carson up, when a little boy (probably about 3 years old) accidentally ran into the front door being opened by a young student. the boy whacked the corner of his forehead - SMACK - directly on the corner of the door with a resounding thud that both seemed to echo and stop at the same time.
waiting on the sidewalk only about 10 feet from him, and as the only adult around at the moment, i immediately hopped off my bike and ran over to him. his face was red, he was bawling, and i could already see the formation of a very large goose-egg. i tried to calm/comfort him, but he wouldn't really let me touch him (good for him -- i'm a total stranger, after all), and after making sure he wasn't bleeding profusely or anything, i hurried inside to ask the secretary if there was any ice nearby.
the secretary came out and took over, thankfully, as i was not having any luck in my attempts to help the little now-blotchy-red-faced boy. she talked to him as he continued crying hard. finally, with secretary-lady and myself waiting by him, his older sister (a student at the school) came and held his hand as they walked...
...about 25 YARDS TO HIS MOTHER, WAITING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, IN FULL VIEW OF EVERYTHING, FROM THE COMFORT OF HER PARKED CAR.
i was, and, typing this, still am, furious. the mother didn't even give the kid a second look, she simply opened the door for them both to hop in. now, granted, i am a self-proclaimed "involved" mother and am working hard to not be too in-your-face to my kids (with varying degrees of success), but COME ON. the kid was truly hurt, he had a large growth on his forehead from being smacked by a moving steel door, and he had been struggling for probably 5 whole minutes with two strange ladies who meant well and tried to comfort him but of whom he was obviously scared.
fine, i understand that i really can't judge, and i realize that every mother has her "off" moments and we all make mistakes and everyone is doing the very best she can and heaven knows i'm a highly imperfect mother myself and i shouldn't jump to conclusions. i get all that, but i guess i'm evil, because i'm still dumbfounded and infuriated by her utter oblivion, disregard, and/or lack of concern for her small child. how DARE she.
please, can someone respond with a good excuse or explanation for this woman? seriously, i'd really like to stand corrected.
whew. sorry. had to get it out. poor little boy.
8 comments:
What was she thinking? How could she really watch and not do anything? I'm not one to run and comfort my kids every time they fall, but especially if she saw other people taking care of him, wouldn't she feel guilty? Wow, what a story. I hope she reads your blog! Not that she would care.
I would hope she was distracted by something and didn't really notice what was going on. But for it to go on for a good 5 minutes and her still have no clue, well, that's not great in and of itself either. Based on what you've written I'm not sure there is any good excuse. Poor kid. Let's just hope it was her one off moment of that day and she doesn't ignore him all the time, right?
This is terrible,but I'm sure she had a good excuse. She was probably texting something really important...
Sorry, it isn't funny.
It is sad how so many parents just don't take the time to show their kids a little love, even if maybe he wasn't supposed to be out of the car, even if she had told him before not to go by the door, even if she had watched it happen to him before and been nicer, kids just need our love.
Oh man, some things just aren't forgivable ('cause I make the rules). That is pretty disgusting.
So I'm sitting here TRYING to think of in instance where I would've acted similar to that woman. What if someone else just got to my son before me, what if I had a screaming infant in the car, etc. But no. I honestly cannot think of anything that would make me at least not open the car door so he could see me...and just yell to him...even if I couldn't leave the car.
or maybe she didn't see it happen? Until he was close to the car?
My goodness, i want to give that woman the benefit of the doubt but wow. poor kid.
oh - you can certainly be angry about that. poor little boy!!!! i feel bad he had to go home with that woman. you are nice - b/c i would have walked up to the car and demanded to know what the h her prob was.
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