Tell me this;;;
what would you do if:
you're at the laundromat, doing your laundry. The place is empty, so it's just you in there.
In comes a woman with 6 little kids. and they are loud and crying....she starts screaming at them.
then a little while later, two little boys come over by you, to use the restroom, which is to your right. Then here comes this woman...screaming at the top of her lungs.
Now, this woman is about 2 times the size you are, and she has a HUGE black belt in her hands.
So she starts screaming at the older boy, of the two.
"You little mother f$#%^%! Get in there and help my baby use the bathroom!!! You mother f%$#^&* shit face, get your mother f&^%$*# ass in there NOWWWWWW. I will beat your mother f&^%$#^ ass right here, I don't give a mother f&^% where I am!!!" then she starts hitting him in the head and arms with that huge belt. He, of course, starts screaming.
"Stop your mother f^%$#@% screaming or I will beat your f^%&$#% ass!"
What would you do?
26 comments:
Call the police. :(
That is so sad. I'd be terrified if I were you.
I'm with A. I know the right answer is to stand up and protect that poor child, but I'm pretty sure I would just be shocked -- and terrified.
I had NO IDEA that my Mother was at a a Laundromat in Ohio! Who knew?!?
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As you can tell by my attempt at humor, I have absolutely no idea what you should do in that situation. Since I live in NYC, we are pretty conditioned to ignore EVERYTHING - right or wrong.
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I might try to diffuse the situation by asking her to quiet down, and pull out my cell to call the cops. All the while remembering that bitch more than likely voted against my right to marry or adopt children.
I cannot stand it when parents bully and abuse their children like that. I probably would have just smiled at her and asked, "Bad day?" but more likely would have glared at her and hoped she didn't turn on me.
I have complimented many mothers who treated their children with dignity and the right kind of discipline. It's scarier to point out what this mother was doing. There are many things I've wanted to say in those situations.
What did you do?
This is something I need to butt into more. My mother has done that. She is a major children's advocate.
Parents like that made my job hellacious when I was teaching. I've corrected children I didn't know in public before and depending on the situation have given them and their parents my teacher look.
I probably would have sat there with a shocked look on my face for a bit...and then called 911.
The screaming part I could handle, the belt crosses that line totally.
What did you do?
wash her mouth out with soap or get your NYC posse to cut a bitch.
you saw that happen? What did you do Beth?
What any scared person would do... pull out my mother f%$#^&* phone and call the mother f%$#^&* police. And then I don't know what... but hope that karma isn't too far behind that mother f%$#^&* beeotch of a "mother."
Demand the woman stop beating the boy in the head with the belt, and then call the police if she did not immediately stop.
wow, i think I would sit there for a minute then get up and go outside and call the cops and hope that the system doesn't fail these kids they need to be removed from that ASAP
just so sad and awful I would have been mortified
I would have called police and then children's protective services.
I'd call the mother effing police in a heart beat. That is BAD!
What David said? LOL LOL LOL
I think I would calmly tell the lady in a non-threatening voice- "are you aware that your behavior is considered child abuse? You have exactly 2 minutes head start before I call the cops. You may run for it, or stay and defend yourself, but the kids stay with me either way."
Then I would call the cops!
You are definitely my shero, Miss Ginger!
i dont see a problem at all. Parents have the right to speak to children however they want. They cant hit them to the point of bruising, etc., but they can whip them on the buttocks as a discipline. Today, we are WAY too soft on kids.
anon- you are wrong! and the law tells us so. go take your kid down to the cop shop and see how far you get on corporal punishment.
it wasn't the lack of spanking that is wrong with kids today it is simple, parents need to say NO more. no ipod,no xbox,no iphone.
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to say I was terrified doesn't even BEGIN to tell how I felt! I did call the police and told them that there was a woman beating her kid with a belt....and waited and waited. There was no way I was going to confront this woman... My stuff was done...so I left. The cops never showed up while I was there. I don't know if they ever showed up.
and while I agree with ANON to a point...ya, parents have the right to discipline their kids the way they want to...this was in NO WAY discipline. I spanked all of my kids (some more than others!) but I never did this. I felt horrible for this little boy....
Step outside, call the police and ask her what the hell she thought she was doing. Dear God! That must have been horrible!
wow - that breaks my heart... I probably would have gotten the shit beat out of ME - b/c I would have said something - The effing C U Next Tuesday deserves to have her children taken away.... Obviously she doesn't love/care for them.
Ugghh... horrible that you had to witness it - glad you called the cops but sad they didn't show... NICE. You should have called your Hubby!
I would call 911 IMMEDIATELY! That child was in imminent danger.
This is so hard. Since I am a small woman, I think it would be hard to intervene, but I would try to find the right opportunity to make a small suggestion.
i would have yanked the belt out of her hand and would be in jail for assault
I would have stepped outside and called the police.
This doesn't sound like a non-bruising smack on the rear end.
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