I keep thinking about that little girl in Florida whose mother sprayed her down with the high-pressure car wash hose. I can’t get it out of my mind, because my daughter is the exact same age. I can’t imagine what could possibly justify such behavior.
I saw an interview with the mother on TV yesterday, and she (the mother) looked so sweet, and like she knew she had done something wrong. In the same interview though, she said that if she “knew” that she had being video-taped, she would have not done what she did to her daughter. To me, that statement says that she knew exactly what she was doing was wrong, and is just sorry she got caught.
I’m sure this child/mother (she is 22) is just parroting how her own mother parented her. But when will the cycle stop? How do you expect a child to respect you, when you have no respect for them? At this point in the life of the child, she only knows that if she upsets “mommy” she must fear her, and know she will probably be hurt.
I also watched another interview on the net the other day, from the worker at the car wash who was the closest witness, although she didn’t “see” it happen, she heard it. She said the mother was yelling at the child in Spanish, and that she was saying that she would learn to “respect” her because she was the mother.
Call me crazy, but you do not teach your children how to respect you, but disrespecting them.
You do not teach them not to hit by hitting them.
When I think about that little child, who is the same age as my daughter, being treated like that I want to cry, and slam my fists in the wall.
That poor, poor baby. She only has her mother and her mother is abusive in the worst kind of way and that, to me, is the ultimate, the worst sort of betrayal.
My little daughter is a bright, lively spirited 2 ½ year old.
I’ve been told over and over again, that she is extremely “busy”.
She has no concept of “respect”.
She is not toilet trained and has accidents. It is up to me, her mother to teach her these concepts.
A parents job is to help children to make a good choice, you talk about it when it’s a bad choice, and I’m not of the mind you punish a 2 ½ year old for any kind of accident. Talk to them about it, sure, remind them, sure, punish no.
I’m going to post the interview and would be curious to hear what your thoughts and comments are on this.
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