So, I was in the shopping centre today, buying a dress for my brother's engagement party.I went into a small dress store, and at the counter was a heavily pregnant woman, and a small child of about five. This is the disgusting part. The child was trying on sunglasses from a stand by the counter, and the mother seemed to be getting annoyed. She said to her child, "please stop that," in a calm manner. The child put the glasses down, but soon tried another pair. The mother turned to her child and yelled, at the top of her voice, "stop it or I will kick you!". I'd just like to remind you guys of the severity of child abuse. A simple threat may seem nothing to an adult, but to a child it is enough to make them scared. Thank you all for reading. Brooke
It really is sad to hear parents talk to their children that way. But considering the mom's current condition and situation- being heavily pregnant and at the same time, caring for a naughty 5-year old kid- isn't it understandable for her to get that cranky? Don't get me wrong. I am strictly anti-child abuse, but I think it's also wrong to judge the mother that fast. It's really difficult to be pregnant (not based from experience lol). Kids are fun but are also capable of annoying a person to death. I maybe making dumb points here. I am open for criticisms.
I'm not judging. Based on experience I know how hard pregnancy can be. But I've never known anyone to do this kind of thing.
Well. For instance, in certain families/heritages, it's common to exaggerate. Like my aunt. She tells her kids (from when they were born till now, they're 23 and over) that she would beat the shit out of them, but we all knew she didn't. It was just a threat to scare them. Doesn't mean the lady actually kicks the kid for a living, could just be exaggerating to scare him into listening to her.
If I forgot to shut the light in the bathroom off she'd pick me up by my hair and throw me down then kindly kicked me in the stomach after a few times I started remembering to shut the damn light off
I think scaring a child into listening to you is wrong. You should listen to your parents because it's the right thing to do, not because you're scared of the consequences. I'd hate myself if I knew my daughter was scared of me.
Well I have like 15-20 cousins from my dad's side, all his siblings were raised the same...... And let me tell you.. it worked on us.
I know that children should not be completely terrified of their parents, but they should be a afraid of consequences. I have seen kids hitting their parents because they are not afraid of them. The thing is that a child needs to know that the parents are in charge. I am not saying beat them or anything. No! I am just saying that children need discipline. Otherwise, they will grow up into terrible people. ?
A disgusting thing I heard when I was in Tescos the other day was a six year old lad swearing at his Mum. What surprised me most about it was that she didn't even batter an eyelid.