Why bring three HUGE barking and howling dogs to preschool drop off?!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly surprised by some of the responses. What this father did was not okay, guys, not okay to do to preschoolers.

DCUM surprises me sometimes. I swear some of you aren’t parents.

There was a thread on here recently asking why adult women were so dramatic... this is why manufactured histrionics from very early on in life.

Seriously though your young preschooler isn’t scared of loud sounds and barking dogs??? I’m with OP, we were in a parking lot where a dog was left alone and his face was halfway out the window with teeth and slobber and he was loud af.

And yeah I guess many don’t actually have small kids on these forums anymore ….this place is changed for the worst.

I do but, no, my kids aren’t scared of loud noises and wouldn’t be afraid of the sound of barking. The dog part of this seems very over dramatic (all the parents and teachers emailed him…really?) but, yeah, he was a jerk for parking like a jerk.

Agree. We live in the city. They hear sirens, ATVs speeding through the streets, ranting homeless people, fireworks, obnoxious street music, and yes dogs on an almost daily basis and are not scared. The parking thing sounds jerkish but the dog thing seems super melodramatic. Like if they're scared something you should be able to calm your kid down with an, "it's ok, they're just talking to you and excited! They're in the car, they aren't coming over near us" and that should suffice. Total meltdown sounds ridiculous for a NT kid.

[Anonymous]

Omg if your snowflake can't handle a barking dog you really have some work to do. They're not infants.

[Anonymous]

This is an illegal parking situation, not a dog issue, not when the dogs were inside the vehicle at all times, even if they were barking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an illegal parking situation, not a dog issue, not when the dogs were inside the vehicle at all times, even if they were barking.

+1 I would have assumed the dogs were getting dropped off at doggy daycare after the kid was dropped off at preschool.

[Anonymous]

The only issue is that he disregarded the parking rules.

The issue is not that he had barking dogs in the car, even if that makes him insensitive to his surroundings, given the preschool context.

Seriously. If barking dogs make us all go to pieces, I don't know where we're going as a nation.

[Anonymous]

Wait, the dogs were IN THE CAR? Relax, lady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe he was taking them to the vet after dropping off the kids.
Maybe the wife was supposed to drop off the preschool kid, but her car broke down and he had to take the dogs and the kid.
Maybe he took that illegal spot in front of the school so he could get in and out quickly because he had these dogs.
Maybe he looked calm because that was all he could do while people like you were judging him.
Maybe his dad is in hospice and his marriage is falling apart and he forgot he had to take the dogs to the vet and get his kid to school and his life just sucks right now.

Maybe you could just stop judging for 5 minutes and let this go. But for some reason you have to rehash it. It’s over. Let it go.

+1,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly surprised by some of the responses. What this father did was not okay, guys, not okay to do to preschoolers.

DCUM surprises me sometimes. I swear some of you aren’t parents.

There was a thread on here recently asking why adult women were so dramatic... this is why manufactured histrionics from very early on in life.

Seriously though your young preschooler isn’t scared of loud sounds and barking dogs??? I’m with OP, we were in a parking lot where a dog was left alone and his face was halfway out the window with teeth and slobber and he was loud af.

And yeah I guess many don’t actually have small kids on these forums anymore ….this place is changed for the worst.

I have young kids. You know what I would do if I saw a scary dog in a car? Not walk near it. This guy was parked. Presumably he didn't drive up the curb and actually all the way up to the front door. I don't know how small this preschool is, but I don't see how people couldn't have just walked past. At most I might have thought, hmm, that guy shouldn't have parked in the red zone and shouldn't have brought his dogs if they were going to bark, but I sure as hell wouldn't have fumed about it all the way home and then logged onto DCUM to write a post about it. I mean, come on. Calm down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly surprised by some of the responses. What this father did was not okay, guys, not okay to do to preschoolers.

DCUM surprises me sometimes. I swear some of you aren’t parents.

There was a thread on here recently asking why adult women were so dramatic... this is why manufactured histrionics from very early on in life.

In watching experienced nannies that are with kids all day long vs parents that take their kids to the park on the weekend one thing I notice is how they respond when kids get scared or hurt. Nannies calmly take control of the situation but don’t panic or add to the child’s fear by dramatically fussing about. They check in and validate the child if he/she is hurt but they don’t create fear. Some parents absolutely lose it when their toddler falls on their bum or they are startled by a noise. It makes the kids so anxious and much more prone to reacting to everything dramatically.

This is very true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He left them in the car? I’m not sure what the issue is? I’m assuming he was taking them a hike or trip to dog park right after drop off, I’m sure they were excited to be going somewhere. Kids sobbing is on their parents. My kid is not scared of dogs confined in a car.

He parked in the no parking zone right in front of the door to the school. The door where new preschoolers say good-bye to their parents. You don’t see that as an issue?

These kids would have been crying and clinging to their parents anyway. He should not have parked in a no parking zone.

I agree with that but can you imagine the manufactured outrage OP would have had if this guy had dared PARK IN THE PARKING LOT and leave his HUGE barking and howling dogs there? Oh my, OP probably wouldn't have even made it home alive to type this post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will never - for the life of me - understand a parent’s need to bring their dog to drop off and pick up. Never. It’s been discussed here frequently.

+1

Agree. What is obnoxious is the parents who have the dogs on school property OUT of the car.

What OP describes is truly no big deal. OP is looking for drama.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He left them in the car? I’m not sure what the issue is? I’m assuming he was taking them a hike or trip to dog park right after drop off, I’m sure they were excited to be going somewhere. Kids sobbing is on their parents. My kid is not scared of dogs confined in a car.

He parked in the no parking zone right in front of the door to the school. The door where new preschoolers say good-bye to their parents. You don’t see that as an issue?

Are the dogs the problem or is it the parking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He left them in the car? I’m not sure what the issue is? I’m assuming he was taking them a hike or trip to dog park right after drop off, I’m sure they were excited to be going somewhere. Kids sobbing is on their parents. My kid is not scared of dogs confined in a car.

He parked in the no parking zone right in front of the door to the school. The door where new preschoolers say good-bye to their parents. You don’t see that as an issue?

These kids would have been crying and clinging to their parents anyway. He should not have parked in a no parking zone.

I agree with that but can you imagine the manufactured outrage OP would have had if this guy had dared PARK IN THE PARKING LOT and leave his HUGE barking and howling dogs there? Oh my, OP probably wouldn't have even made it home alive to type this post.

You quoted me and you really made me laugh. I don’t understand how people like that function in society. I feel bad for that preschool because I imagine many future emails from OP to them over “issues”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly surprised by some of the responses. What this father did was not okay, guys, not okay to do to preschoolers.

DCUM surprises me sometimes. I swear some of you aren’t parents.

There was a thread on here recently asking why adult women were so dramatic... this is why manufactured histrionics from very early on in life.

In watching experienced nannies that are with kids all day long vs parents that take their kids to the park on the weekend one thing I notice is how they respond when kids get scared or hurt. Nannies calmly take control of the situation but don’t panic or add to the child’s fear by dramatically fussing about. They check in and validate the child if he/she is hurt but they don’t create fear. Some parents absolutely lose it when their toddler falls on their bum or they are startled by a noise. It makes the kids so anxious and much more prone to reacting to everything dramatically.

This is very true.

+1. If you are an unnecessarily fearful and anxious parent your child will pick up on that and have a full meltdown when they hear a dog bark or lawnmower or take a small tumble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He left them in the car? I’m not sure what the issue is? I’m assuming he was taking them a hike or trip to dog park right after drop off, I’m sure they were excited to be going somewhere. Kids sobbing is on their parents. My kid is not scared of dogs confined in a car.

He parked in the no parking zone right in front of the door to the school. The door where new preschoolers say good-bye to their parents. You don’t see that as an issue?

These kids would have been crying and clinging to their parents anyway. He should not have parked in a no parking zone.

I agree with that but can you imagine the manufactured outrage OP would have had if this guy had dared PARK IN THE PARKING LOT and leave his HUGE barking and howling dogs there? Oh my, OP probably wouldn't have even made it home alive to type this post.

You quoted me and you really made me laugh. I don’t understand how people like that function in society. I feel bad for that preschool because I imagine many future emails from OP to them over “issues”.

To who it may concern,

It has come to my attention that another preschooler was very hesitant to share his toy with larla today. Larla was deeply saddened and our family is unsure of how to proceed in this very difficult time. We have reached out to extended family support but we are, as a family, so disappointed in this school. Please address this with all staff and teachers. Unsure of how something like this could have occurred on preschool grounds.