I was reading the STFU, Parents blog. It's pretty funny. There was this one post on parents posting pictures of their children crying. The debate was when it was appropriate or not. Some of the posts I can totally relate to, but there were some that when I saw it, I couldn't help but shake my head and ask why the hell would they do that??
For instance, a parent posted a picture of her toddler, a little girl probably no older than 3. Apparently her child had cut her bangs, if you have daughter, chances are you're going to go through this traumatizing experience in it's self. I am not sure if it was more horrifying for me or Brieana. I cried and cried but I refused to cut her hair because I thought it would have made it worse. So, I improvised. I put her hair up in any way I could get it to work. So, this parents solution to her daughters scissor happy moment?? Shaving her daughters head completely bald. She thought it was funny, so much so she posted the poor girls tear-filled picture on her blog. It broke my heart. I may not be the best mother, but I wouldn't/couldn't ever do that to any of my children. I do however like STFU's remarks. It made me feel a little better.
Another genius took a picture of their baby, probably around 6-8 months old, sitting in the refrigerator. He is hysterically crying because the parent thought it would be a great Idea to close the drawer with their leg still in the drawer. This was a freaking punishment. WTF goes through these parents head? How is that a good idea? Even better, why is it a good idea to post it on the internet with a stupid caption? To me, that just screams child abuse. What happens if they play with fire, you gonna burn their hand to the brink of serious injuries?? Ugh!
I will never debate a persons right to spank, because that's a personal preference. I don't see harm in it as long as it's not over used. But, I have learned it doesn't really do anything. Nothing good comes from it, so I have stopped. But, believe me if It's serious, I will pop-their-butt if need be.
I just think, there should be a test before one becomes a parent.
Here is the link to the blog I was referring too. http://www.stfuparentsblog.com/
Not sure I could even look at that..I don't agree with either of those situations.Especially posting them for others to see them. I'm not even sure how I feel about these people who post pictures making their kids where signs for the things they do wrong. (Like, "I lied to my dad") It is one thing to do it, but to post on the web is just crazy..
ReplyDeleteI know, it made me sick to my stomach. I have put a picture of Kyle up, but he was just crying, and even when he is crying, his big blue eyes make him adorable. I didn't put it up there for humiliation, just cause he's cute.
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty bad. I'm sure I've take and put pics up of my kids crying but over crazy things like Thomas throwing a fit because he has to wear blue socks or Alexis pouting because she thinks her life is over because she can't play on the computer. Nothing that in like these. As far as the hair cutting goes, we did shave (not totally but quite short) Alexis' hair when she cut it. That was simply because she had about 5 nearly bald spots on her head and it looked better all the same length. She looked like she had a cute little pixie cut though after it grew out a couple of weeks or so.
ReplyDeleteWhat you did to Alexis' hair was because you were trying to fix it, not humiliate her. I get that.. I am still shaking my head lol.
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