Today I watched something completely unbelievable. Kind of horrifying. I was out on the balcony over-looking the playground area of the apartment complex where a couple were with thier two little boys. I'm watching, fascinated, wishing I could be with my own son who would be about the same age as thier littlest one. Still a toddler.
Well, the parents got tired of watching him slide down the little kiddie slide, so they decide to take him over to the big-kid metal slide. Oh dread. The mother goes up the ladder with her son and gets afraid because of how high it is. So she just drops the child down the slide by himself. The father down below, instead of trying to help the child slide down, stands back and just watches as he comes screaming down, head banging against the metal the whole way down.
I'm standing there, horrified. The parents just pick the crying baby up, tell him to be quiet, and then act as if nothing had transpired. As if nothing was wrong. With thier son. With themselves.
Crap like this makes me sick. I would give anything to be a parent to my children, yet there are so many actual parents out there who just don't seem to care.
Well, the parents got tired of watching him slide down the little kiddie slide, so they decide to take him over to the big-kid metal slide. Oh dread. The mother goes up the ladder with her son and gets afraid because of how high it is. So she just drops the child down the slide by himself. The father down below, instead of trying to help the child slide down, stands back and just watches as he comes screaming down, head banging against the metal the whole way down.
I'm standing there, horrified. The parents just pick the crying baby up, tell him to be quiet, and then act as if nothing had transpired. As if nothing was wrong. With thier son. With themselves.
Crap like this makes me sick. I would give anything to be a parent to my children, yet there are so many actual parents out there who just don't seem to care.