last week when i got back from my work trip, this lady is letting her kid climb all over the baggage claim belt. as the buzzer is going off to warn that its about to start, he's climbing over the rail. i just kept looking at them to see when she was going to stop him, then it kicks on and luckily it makes him jump back instead of not noticing and losing a finger or something.
Bad Parenting
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ExplorerExplorer
Adventurer
I worked at a daycare in high school... So many bad things... Like the woman with 6 different children, and about as many fathers putting all 6 in her truck, just sitting in her lap while she was driving, in her current boyfriends lap and one child would even hold another child...
rjcj-8
Adventurer
Let me guess you lived in the South East then too.
Read this with out seeing were you are and though that must be in GA, TN or AL.
Still see that around here every now and then. Wearing seat belts in trucks finally becomes a requirement this July in GA.
ExplorerExplorer
Adventurer
Yes, TN is full of wonderful parents...
chet
island Explorer
I was travelling on our BC ferries one day and a couple had around a 4 YO boy with them, outside on the deck. the Ferries try and make their boats as safe as possible but you can't pretect against everyone.
The leave junior for a bit to go "have a smoke" and he climbs up the railing and is one leg away from going over the edge and down 3 stories into the ocean! I was talking to my wife on the cell and hang up on her and run over and grab him and take him to his parents. They looked at me like I was a child molester!
The leave junior for a bit to go "have a smoke" and he climbs up the railing and is one leg away from going over the edge and down 3 stories into the ocean! I was talking to my wife on the cell and hang up on her and run over and grab him and take him to his parents. They looked at me like I was a child molester!
6Pins
Adventurer
I've got a picture around here somewhere of mine, I'll have to dig it up.
We were traveling on 50, down the Delmarva Peninsula (the little part of Maryland b/t the Bay and the Atlantic). Speeds are around 60 miles an hour. We come up behind a mini-van with the back hatch open. Inside is a kayak, with a pretty good piece of it hanging out. When I go to pass, I notice that inside the kayak (that doesn't really appear to be secured) there are 2 kids sitting it :Wow1:
We ended up behind them again in line to get into Assateague. When the Ranger saw that, her eyes popped out of her head and made the guy pull over and last I saw she was giving him what for.
We were traveling on 50, down the Delmarva Peninsula (the little part of Maryland b/t the Bay and the Atlantic). Speeds are around 60 miles an hour. We come up behind a mini-van with the back hatch open. Inside is a kayak, with a pretty good piece of it hanging out. When I go to pass, I notice that inside the kayak (that doesn't really appear to be secured) there are 2 kids sitting it :Wow1:
We ended up behind them again in line to get into Assateague. When the Ranger saw that, her eyes popped out of her head and made the guy pull over and last I saw she was giving him what for.
Honu
lost on the mainland
new one 
saw a kid at supermarket
he was very obese ! dont think it was genetic as his shirt was full of food bits ? and the mom was grazing in the store and looked a mess and was HUGE also
but he was about 4 years old tops and he was drinking one of those giant 24 oz monster drinks !!!!! he was also grazing on whatever was in their cart ? some kinda chips or cookies ? couldnt tell but the cart had nothing good in it as they waddled past me I was curious what was in the cart bags of cookies, chips monster, boxes cereal and milk is about it ?
but I can say I dont think a 4 year old should be drinking that stuff or have a diet like that !!!!
saw a kid at supermarket
he was very obese ! dont think it was genetic as his shirt was full of food bits ? and the mom was grazing in the store and looked a mess and was HUGE also
but he was about 4 years old tops and he was drinking one of those giant 24 oz monster drinks !!!!! he was also grazing on whatever was in their cart ? some kinda chips or cookies ? couldnt tell but the cart had nothing good in it as they waddled past me I was curious what was in the cart bags of cookies, chips monster, boxes cereal and milk is about it ?
but I can say I dont think a 4 year old should be drinking that stuff or have a diet like that !!!!
d1sc0ver
Adventurer
My ex-wife took my 2 daughters, ages 10 and 12, to San Onofre State Beach near San Clemente, CA earlier this month. She tells them to go ahead in the water, during a heavy surf day w/ strong riptides. Needless to say, both of my daughters ended up w/ massive rock/reef rash and one of them got taken out at the ankles by some dude's longboard, resulting in bone bruises.
The Adam Blaster
Expedition Leader
I'm guessing that's a key part of your story.
skysix
Adventurer
I miss that life though
trust me I could keep going on and on and on
True that. Although where I guarded was much colder (Kugluktuk)
The picture of the parent and child doing the see-saw as they hold their kid up until they start to drown, then use them as a flotation aid until they come back to their senses, then repeat until rescued still comes to mind.
kenallwine
Adventurer
I guess you could consider this bad parenting but more like a bad example. This was an example of how not to behave...
My wife, 4yr old daughter I went for a short camping trip the past weekend in Ligonier, PA (visit to Idlewild Park & Story Book Forest). As we were pulling in and unloading I was watching a family set up camp out of the corner of my eye. He introduced himself with tent manual in hand. I just felt like something wasn't right with this guy.
We decided it was best if we skipped making a camp fire that night and retire early for a good night's sleep (so we thought)...
Later that night after quiet time in the campground (some where about 12:15am), I heard this *CRACK* and the wife scream and start crying. I couldn't quite make out what she was saying but it was to the effect of: why did you bring us here, you don't even want us on this vacation with you... Of course I heard the two younger boys sobbing in the tent. I could swear he struck her. My wife woke up about that time and I told what was going on. She immediately told me to hang my Gerber hunting knife on my cot for the night. 20 minutes later I heard a beer can crack open and the dad sat down by the fire.
The next morning, you could have cut the tension with a knife! The father was yelling at the kids about something and stormed off in the minivan. My 4 year old daughter said to me: "he isn't a nice daddy is he..." I said: "no sweety, he is not..."
We high-tailed it out of there before he got back and the rest of the family was out of the tent. After a long day at the amusement park we got back to camp and it was like nothing ever happend. Or at least until the thunderstorm was starting to head in. I pulled out my trusty iPhone and checked the doplar and sure enough, it was going to be a nasty storm. We were just going to ride it out in the tent but...when the father started barking orders at the family about the storm and the mother getting frantic, we decided to break camp and bail out a night early.
I swear this is true! I couldn't make this up. It was too bizzare. My daughter God bless her soul was asking me why the daddy was yelling 'cause the little boys weren't doing anything bad.
My wife, 4yr old daughter I went for a short camping trip the past weekend in Ligonier, PA (visit to Idlewild Park & Story Book Forest). As we were pulling in and unloading I was watching a family set up camp out of the corner of my eye. He introduced himself with tent manual in hand. I just felt like something wasn't right with this guy.
We decided it was best if we skipped making a camp fire that night and retire early for a good night's sleep (so we thought)...
Later that night after quiet time in the campground (some where about 12:15am), I heard this *CRACK* and the wife scream and start crying. I couldn't quite make out what she was saying but it was to the effect of: why did you bring us here, you don't even want us on this vacation with you... Of course I heard the two younger boys sobbing in the tent. I could swear he struck her. My wife woke up about that time and I told what was going on. She immediately told me to hang my Gerber hunting knife on my cot for the night. 20 minutes later I heard a beer can crack open and the dad sat down by the fire.
The next morning, you could have cut the tension with a knife! The father was yelling at the kids about something and stormed off in the minivan. My 4 year old daughter said to me: "he isn't a nice daddy is he..." I said: "no sweety, he is not..."
We high-tailed it out of there before he got back and the rest of the family was out of the tent. After a long day at the amusement park we got back to camp and it was like nothing ever happend. Or at least until the thunderstorm was starting to head in. I pulled out my trusty iPhone and checked the doplar and sure enough, it was going to be a nasty storm. We were just going to ride it out in the tent but...when the father started barking orders at the family about the storm and the mother getting frantic, we decided to break camp and bail out a night early.
I swear this is true! I couldn't make this up. It was too bizzare. My daughter God bless her soul was asking me why the daddy was yelling 'cause the little boys weren't doing anything bad.
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The Adam Blaster
Expedition Leader
That reads more like a sad story about an angry man taking it out on his whole family.
kenallwine
Adventurer
And it wasn't like he was trying to hide it. Everyone in that area of the campground had to hear it. What disturbed me the most was that he was very cordial to me through out the weekend.
d1sc0ver
Adventurer
uhhhhh, do you know me?
You're guessing wrong, I'd have a problem w/ anyone that sent my kids into the ocean during rough conditions. Oh, and it's not my 'story'. I wasn't there, my daughters brought me the 'story', confirmed by their mother (my ex) who felt horrible about the whole thing.
Sheesh!
"A parent who puts themselves before their children will find that their children will put them last."
- My good friend Bill
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