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[quote=Anonymous]OP checking in here - I’ve read through all of these responses and I really appreciate everyone who weighed in…hearing everyone else’s perspectives is definitely helpful. I spent the rest of the day regretting not having walked over and asked if everything was okay - both to give her a chance to vent/ask for help and also to…I don’t know, make her aware that her behavior was so far outside of the realm of normal that strangers were concerned(?). But I didn’t, for some of the reasons that were listed here.

I honestly wasn’t so disturbed by “get in your f*****g car seat!!” - sure, not a shining parenting moment but she was obviously feeling overwhelmed. But, “Do you want me to beat your stupid a$$?!” - and how cavalierly and publicly she said it - was definitely awful, full stop…I can’t imagine that just came out of the blue. And that sucks for this poor kid (who seriously was no more than a young 3).

To address some questions that were asked: yes of course I’ve lost it and snapped at my kids before, no I don’t live under a rock (…or in Bethesda, ha), and yes I’m aware that there are parents who speak to their children like this regularly. I don’t think that makes it okay (…and I have no interest in engaging in one-upping of the horrors we’ve seen when it comes to how people treat children) - but I guess the consensus here is probably correct; there may not be much you CAN do in a situation like that. I agree that this child was not in imminent physical danger at that particular moment. I agree it likely doesn’t rise to the level of a CPS call, but I am not willing to agree that talking to a kid like that is normal or okay. I think one of the posters on the first page summed it up best: people suck. [/quote]

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