Looking in the Google search for “how caffeine affects your health,” I happened to find Caffeine Convoy. Although I was looking for something completely different, the title post, “Will Somebody Please Leave Me a Smart Comment?” caught my eye. I laughed out loud at the thought of people being that stupid! Needless to say, that first post pulled me in, and next thing you know, I’m learning about history, current events and how much stuff I really didn’t know and am I that stupid too? I mean, who the hell is Rupert Murdock anyway? Yeah, I found out later, after I read ExpressoSelf’s post on this jackass! Now I know, and now I’m hooked on this adventure of being a part of the Convoy.
Caffeine Convoy is about “Chit Chat that Matters,” so being the newest member here, I’d better make what I write about count. There’s lots of political views already, so I’ll try something different. Something that is rarely said and I know I’ll be offending many.
“I can’t stand those Moms who don’t pay attention to what their kids are doing.” There, I said it!
You know those Moms, and you know if you’re guilty of being one of them. And I know who you are, I’ve seen you several times at the park. You sit at the park bench with your back to your kids chatting with the other Moms while at the same time you have no clue that your toddler has just eaten a handful of sand and has made his way to the top of the slide and is about to fall off and I’m right there to catch him as you keep on chatting away... WHY? Why did you become a Mom if you don’t plan on watching your own kid? Are you that oblivious to what’s going on around you and your most important job? Yes, job! It’s your job to take care of the child(ren) that calls you, “Mom.” It’s your job to make sure that they are safe and obviously if your back is to them, you are not doing your job.
While I’m at it, let’s talk about the behavior of Moms not paying attention to their kids in a public restaurant where alcohol is being served. Mommy sits at the table and drinks her 2nd glass of wine looking at her smart phone while baby is in the high chair chewing the plastic off the lid of the soda cup and 2 year old Timmy is jumping up and down on the seat that is adjacent to mine while I’m trying to have my meal with my family. Are you f*#%ing kidding me?! WHY? Why did this person become a Mom and why did she have another?
If YOU are one of these Moms, please help me to understand why you are a Mom by leaving me a comment, if you have the balls. I’m off to the coffee shop with my new friends here from Caffeine Convoy...
Welcome to the Convoy Caffeinated OC Mommy! Exactly how many cups of caffeine did you drink while writing this post? LOL I better make sure and pay attention to my kids while you're around! Maybe you'd like a cup of decaf?
ReplyDeleteDecaf, shmeecaf! Thanks for the welcome ExpressoSelf.
ReplyDeleteI had to, I just had to call attention away from politics, even just for a little while as I am percolating and steaming over the current events of our globe!
C.O.C.M.-- I am on your side in wondering why someone would have children yet act like children are too time consuming to bother rearing properly. Of course, I've heard it justified that little Timmy, "Is just fine" being left alone. He's being taught independence. (Oh, sure... like "Lord of the Flies?") That they are not a "pushy" mom and wouldn't dream of bossing their kids around like "other" moms (the ones with well behaved kids). But I say they are wrong and just spinning things to make themselves feel better about being, shall I say it, lazy? Or self-involved?
ReplyDeleteOk, to be fair-- every parent has a bad day or an off day. None of us are perfect. But I think we all know when it's clear that certain parents are continuously oblivious to their children's wild, rude, or dangerous behavior.
My favorite "bad mommy" story: I was at Disneyland with my son and we were both SHOCKED at what we witnessed. A very, very young mom with 4 young children was feeding all her kids soda and junk food (using a straw to get her baby to drink some soda, too), when her 4/5 year old (oldest) drops his soda. It goes rolling and the lid and straw pop off onto the heavily trodden Disneyland ground, underneath a heavily used food table. What does she do? She grabs the drink, uses her hand to shove some of the ice back lying on the ground back into the cup, picks up the straw that rolled away and also sticks it back into the cup, then hands it back to her young boy, angrily, and tells him not to drop it again. The boy just starts trying to suck from the dirty straw with the dirty ice... I was appalled. My young son was appalled. I don't care how tired this young woman was. There is no excuse for that... not even on a bad day!
Thanks for stopping by A!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you'd be GOOD friends with COCM. Maybe you two can have some decaf together? : )
I absolutely agree with you COCM! Why have kids if you're not going to watch them. And honestly, it's sad that we have to witness other people's poor basic parenting skills. My "bad mommy" story is this women who is so preoccupied with being her 13 year old daughter's best friend that she serves her daughter and her daughter's friends alcohol. She lets her kid do whatever and she stays upstairs watching TIVO. She says as long as her kid is doing it in her house and not out somewhere she feels like it is ok. 13 YEARS OLD! I had no qualms about calling the cops. That is absurd and illegal. It is a parent's job to make objective decisions for their child's life. It is to be a parent not their best friend.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness me! Did I start "bad Mommy" stories? LOL Thank you all for sharing your tales of horrible Moms and feeling so CAFFEINATED with me. Rounds of expresso for everyone!
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ReplyDeleteYikes! Yes, age 13 is not a drinking age. But drinking aside, I've also run into moms who act juvenile to be more like their teen daughters. It's embarrassing, really. How about those parents who allow their pre-teens to look sexy? I see a lot of that and I am no prude. I just think looking sexy should be for the adult age period, not for kids.
OMGAWD!!! I just came home and out on the road (the speed limit is 45) there was a girl about 4 years old sitting in the back seat with her window rolled down and she had BOTH arms out and half her body hanging out the window!!! It was DAD that was so oblivious and in the driver's seat, but Mom was sitting in the front passenger seat... WTF??? I seriously need to switch to decaf!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt seems I'm a little late in responding to this post, but I just have to share a bad grandma story brought to mind by the bad mommy story from Disneyland. We were in Toon Town with our then 2 year old son and 10 year old daughter. We saw a parent with their baby on a "leash" (I do see some good with those leashes...anyway that's not what this is about) and the mom started to walk and the baby didn't but was pulling him when the grandma said, " Don't drag the baby, it's hot" Really? Too hot to drag the baby? Silly people!
ReplyDeleteSadly, even when a parent is vigilant and trying to watch little kids, bad things can happen. So, I can't imagine the number of horrific incidents that occur when parents don't even try.
ReplyDeleteTrue, true A, I completely agree and I do understand that accidents happen. I am very aware of this as I've seen it before my own eyes while I am reaching for the tipping chair but got there a hair to late! So do we let those that aren't paying attention off the hook by calling it an accident? I'll have to think about that while drinking my cup of coffee...
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