Are some mothers really so stupid?

pigpen

fabforty wrote: »

She got off the bus but I have no idea what she did after that. Perhaps the other passengers' reactions made her think again.

Maybe next time she will drug it to make it sleep and leave it at home by itself!.. Wouldn't be unheard of!

My aunt once got all the way home before remembering she had left her baby outside the shop 2 miles away.. oops! No wonder she only had the 1!

tessie_bear

when i had my first baby i was in the maternity hospital and used to take my baby to the loo with me and to have a bath as i was scared someone would nick him......the other 3 ladies in a 4 bed room used to ask me to look after their babies so they could go outside the hospital for a fag so i would be in bed surrounded by 4 plastic cots...i had a few comments from visitors esp my dh

mysk_girl

At the hospital where I had my 3, it was compulsory to keep your baby with you at all times. They had cots on wheels so you didn't have to carry them, but unless Dad was visiting and would stay with the baby, s/he went everywhere Mum did. They are now 5.5, 3 and 6 months, don't know how long that rule has been in place.

tesuhoha

pukkamum wrote: »

So she should cange the way she dresses and teach her children that unless you are willing to conform to the way people think you should dress then you expect to be bullied?
Good for her I say it is nobody's business how she dresses but her own, if a child were being bullied because of an overweight parent, should the parent accept that?

I'm not talking about her changing the way she dresses. I'm talking about her getting her photo plastered all over the local paper. In fact, its even worse, its the Daily Mail. It is no ones business how she dresses but she has made it our business by drawing our attention to it in a newspaper. By posing in a top like that its not the child who is getting the attention but her. This might not have been so bad but he's in the photo as well. This could have far reaching effects for him in his future school and in public.

pukkamum

tesuhoha wrote: »

I'm not talking about her changing the way she dresses. I'm talking about her getting her photo plastered all over the local paper. In fact, its even worse, its the Daily Mail. It is no ones business how she dresses but she has made it our business by drawing our attention to it in a newspaper. By posing in a top like that its not the child who is getting the attention but her. This might not have been so bad but he's in the photo as well. This could have far reaching effects for him in his future school and in public.

So if she had on a modest blouse it would have been ok? Surely she is highlighting the problems with the way the bullying is being dealt with and her clothes shouldnt even be an issue.

tesuhoha

pukkamum wrote: »

So if she had on a modest blouse it would have been ok? Surely she is highlighting the problems with the way the bullying is being dealt with and her clothes shouldnt even be an issue.

It would be a lot easier to take her seriously if they weren't staring you in the face.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent_messenger/news/Models-son-bullied-1388/

*max*

That's totally irresponsible. I do think that the odds of the baby being snatched are tiny, but why take even that risk?? The baby could choke, the bus could brake suddenly and people fall on the pram, it could tip over...I find it unbelievable!

I was on a coach once, and a mother got in with her tiny baby. It was nearing departure time, but she got up, thrust the baby into my arms and said she was nipping to get a sandwich quickly. I was astounded! Obviously, I know I'm trustworthy (lol), but she didn't!
I don't know what people think sometimes.

gibson123

I would be saying excuse me you can't leave your baby with me!! Because as the closest adult I would not be comfortable that a strangers baby was effectively being left in my care and if anything went wrong I would feel morally obliged to stop the buggy rolling, stop a stranger taking the baby away, stop the baby choking or any other small emergency.

unholyangel

pukkamum wrote: »

No I'm not but I have worked and lived there, funnily enough as a nanny, and no I didn't leave them on the bus;) I know there are a lot of weirdos out there, I just don't think it a very , likely scenario, more chance of said bus being hit by an asteroid.

Yes because buses are hit by asteroids regularly where children are never ever abducted.

Seriously though, it happens. Criminals often seize opportunities if they present themselves. Doesnt have to be a pedo and they don't have to snatch the child right there and then.

If she leaves her child unattended on the bus, she will probably leave the child unattended elsewhere.

poet123

coolcait wrote: »

Plus, you're simply reinforcing the mother's behaviour by enabling it.

Exactly this.

Why should others accept responsibility for her child?

Kindness is helping out in an emergency not when someone can't be bothered acting like a parent.