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This was a real post on my neighborhood listserv
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Anonymous
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Ooh I wish my neighborhood had a listserv.
The parent isn't doing the poor boy any favors, raising him to be a cosseted, entitled crybaby. |
Anonymous
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The kid is six years old. Why would a six year-old cry this much unless he knew it gets a rise out of his mother? The mother is being played!
And he should learn a lesson anyway. Don't throw $h!t out of cars. |
Anonymous
Yes, but I think we've all had that experience (I'm still wincing at a few things decades later) and part of growing up is learning to manage those emotions. |
Anonymous
Things strangers told me not to do that I no longer do: throw stuff run between people who are having a conversation let a door slam in another person's face (I was considered a sensitive child growing up, but I don't remember crying after any of those interactions.) |
Anonymous
These are my favorite bits. Oh the irony...it burns. |
Anonymous
| OMG please post some of the responses. |
Anonymous
| LOL is this the first time the boy cried? We are raising a bunch of leach losers, GOD HELP US ALL. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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When people talk about annoying parents that don't actually parent their child, they're talking about this mom. Less indicative by the incident itself, and much more telling by her obnoxiousness in posting the story for attention in the first place.
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Anonymous
All I have to say to that is, "Tread lightly, you are treading on my dreams." |
Anonymous
+2 |
Anonymous
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Imagined response:
Dear Annie, I was devastated to hear about the incident this morning. Poor Julian! I'm so glad you alerted the neighborhood so that we can be on the lookout for this man. Did you get his license plate number? What has the world become that our children can't even be in public places, without people saying hateful things. Actually, I just feel sorry for that man, can you imagine going through life filled with that much hate? You and Julian should take the time you need to grieve before you begin healing. I was planning to email you this week to warn you about a troubling incident at the Gentle Friends Coop. You know I've always been a big supporter of Gentle Friends, and Maisie has blossomed there. But last week, I was sitting on a bench watching her play, and a little boy came up to her and said "YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL!" Can you imagine? I spoke to the director immediately, and she said it was "developmentally normal"! Well, we walked out the door and we're never going back. Maisie hasn't been sleeping well for the past few weeks. I thought she had been exposed to gluten, but now I know it was the trauma of being bullied. I'm trying to forgive myself for not attending all the Coop sessions. Now I know! This parenting thing can be so hard sometimes! Hope I see you at yoga, it's a great stress reliever! Kate |
Anonymous
HAHA! i need to find out if little billy's gotten some "closure". |
Anonymous
| Oh man, I would totally have told my 6 year old to stop crying pretty much immediately. The poor thing is going to be a rear facing carseat cry baby when he's 18 with this kind of mother. Maybe she took him inside and offered to nurse for awhile to soothe him. |
Anonymous
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I think it is in very poor taste that you are posting this here. Have some respect for neighborhood list serves. There's a line that you don't cross- when someone posts a message with their and their child's name on it. They are doing it in good faith that their kind neighbors won't publicly shame them as you are doing here.
Sure, the message is stupid, but I look more poorly on you, OP. I also think that the website admin should not allow this kind of posting that is a kind of "public shaming" for other messages that were posted in good faith that they would not be circulated for widespread ridicule. |