Just how bad can parents get?

dirtysexymonkey

CheeseCat wrote: »

Have you got a guilty concience or something? Nobody said anything to you specifically and you're getting so defensive!

There is a huge difference between allowing children to go round with no socks in the summer than there is in cold conditions or minus temperatures!! *rolls eyes*

and what cold conditions are they? in august!

PinkLipgloss

I think it's really unfair to judge people like this.

For all we know the woman referred to by the OP could have just got some awful news and could have been walking through the rain in shock.

That said - the guy on the bike could have killed his baby and is therefore clearly unfit to be in charge of him/her.

JBD

OP are you serious? Allowing rain to fall on a baby's head [in August so hardly cold] isn't exactly cruelty, or any where near as bad as parents can get. Get a grip.

LJM

birkee wrote: »

Sitting in my armchair this morning (disability ) and it was raining outside, as I could see through my sitting room window.

Then a woman walks past, with her kagool on and the hood up .... with one of those back frames on, that contained a baby est 6 - 9 months old, with no coat on, and no head protection either. :mad:

Just how little regard do some people have for people other than themselves these days? But for babies? Animals behave better than this.

Next time you see a mother (loose term) out in the cold, with a baby in a pushchair and nothing on it's feet give them a reminder that sitting in a pushchair doesn't generate warmth like walking does.

i have never seen a child being carried in these with head protection on ever saying that though i will now

CheeseCat

dirtysexymonkey wrote: »

and what cold conditions are they? in august!

you didnt read the bit about the not very well clothed newborn in the freezer/fridge section of the supermarket then did you?

Or actually you didnt read my post either, seeing as it says its okay for kids to not have socks on in the summer.

Seriously, where is the rolleyes smiley?

polejunkie

The OP springs to mind as busy a bit of a busy body and nosey old bat.

building_with_lego

It could be worse

There was a thread on here somewhere yesterday but I can't find it now. Luckily I found the original site to which the thread referred

JBD

polejunkie wrote: »

The OP springs to mind as busy a bit of a busy body and nosey old bat.

Couldn't have put it better myself. My kids never wore socks in the summer when they were in their buggy. If someone had said something to me about it then I would have had a couple of words for them.

dirtysexymonkey

CheeseCat wrote: »

you didnt read the bit about the not very well clothed newborn in the freezer/fridge section of the supermarket then did you?

Or actually you didnt read my post either, seeing as it says its okay for kids to not have socks on in the summer.

Seriously, where is the rolleyes smiley?

with your common sense? long gone sweetie pie, long gone.:rotfl:

madnessandmayhem

I dont think it is always a good idea to take things on 'face value'. Ok, a baby with no socks/shoes on in deep snow and a baby in a basket on a bike, then perhaps those parents need to think a little more about their babies, but for he others there could be many reasons-the baby in the trolley seat-perhaps he had the type of car seat that stays in the car, so had to o in that trolley seat-most people have the carrier types, but some have the bigger type of rear facing seat, or the parents with their baby in the cold aisle may have just not thouht to take a blanket in the shop with them-unfortunatley they (as are we) are only human and whilst (most) people do the very best for their children, and i'm sure they will remember for next time-i'm sure you all remember what it was like when you had young babies and children??
An example of jumping to conclusions-my 4 year old son was crying, screaming and stamping his foot, and I was tryin to comfort him and calm him down-some old busy body came over and said to me 'he's a bit old to be havin tantrums-you'll only make it worse by fussing him' my reply??? 'actually i'm comforting him as he tripped going up the steps and bashed his shin' it hurt him that much he was stomping his foot (and now has a whacking bruise :cool:) i'm sure it did look like he was having a tantrum and i'm sure that is the conclusion that people jumped to-not always right is it??
And if the weather is like it is where I live (tipping down with rain but soooo hot and muggy) then the baby may have overheated if it had a rain jacket/cover.