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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am still shaken from this and am wondering what was the right thing to say/do (if anything). This mom was in the parking lot, loading her kids into the car - she put one child who looked to be 2 or 3 in the car, and was tending to her younger kid who was in the stroller. The 3 year old starting wailing from the car, not saying anything, just that annoying scream-whine that kids do sometimes. She ignored it/him for a couple minutes, then abruptly threw the door open and yelled, “DO YOU WANT ME TO BEAT YOUR STUPID A*$?! GET IN YOUR F*****G CARSEAT!!!” It was beyond jarring and, obviously, awful. She looked up and realized I was staring at her in alarm (I was standing next to my parked car, maybe 15 feet away and had been there for a couple minutes, unloading my kids). She didn’t say anything and went back to what she was doing (a minute later I heard her mutter, much more quietly, to the 3yo: ‘do you want to get f*****g heatstroke?’)

[b]I’m certainly not claiming I’ve never lost my temper with my kids but this was pretty shocking.[/b] I felt torn between asking if she/everything was okay, or giving her a piece of my mind, or calling the police for a welfare check (…I did not do this, ftr.) or just minding my own business. Not that this matters, I would have been shocked no matter whose mouth it came out of (again, to a TODDLER!), but she was a very normal looking mom; put together, clean and driving a nice-ish car, young but not crazy young (30ish maybe?)

I can’t stop thinking about it and wondering if there is something I should have done. What would you have done or said (if anything)?
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The kid was being defiant. She lost her temper. You admit you have lost your temper with your kids. Can you tell us what came out of your mouth during the times that you've lost your temper with your kids, and then maybe we can help you come to terms with why you are "still shaken," as you say, from this incident. [/quote]

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