Never Rushing
My daughter, Babygirl, is 3 1/2 (going on 16 LOL). She goes to preschool four days a week for 2 1/2 hours. There are 7 other children in her class, and out of those seven, over half of the parents are constantly rushing. I caught one parent this morning rushing her son in. This is EXACTLY what I heard:
“Move outta the way!” (when I was walking down the hallway - she pushed her son to the side to give me room, even though I wasn’t in a hurry).
“Come on - get in there so I can leave.”
Another mother I saw last week hustled two girls (she picks one up to help another mother) into the bathroom and said: “Hurry up girls - David* is sleeping in the car.”
Then, the same woman said a few days later - “Hurry up girls - HURRY - I’ve got a doctor’s appt. Get going.”
One mother has her son strapped into the FRONT SEAT (he’s 4), when she’s got a mini-van.
These mothers drive me crazy! Now, I’m not June Cleaver, but I don’t rush or snap at my kids when I’m dropping them off, and I don’t let them ride in the front of the van. Some parents honestly drive me crazy, and I have to give props to the teachers in the preschool for being able to ignore some of the small things and focusing on the big things.
Look at how busy Brad and Angie are. Yet never once do you see them rushing their children or snapping at them in public. There seriously are very few families that are as busy as this celebrity couple is and yet they’re doing an amazing job taking care of their chidlren. I may disagree with moving Maddox from school to school, but I can’t disagree with the rest of the ways that these parents are showing how important their family is.
*not his real name - he’s about 18 months old and she leaves him alone in the car (while it’s RUNNING) - ARGH!
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Brad Pitt, Maddox, Angelina Jolie
October 31st, 2007 at 8:46 pm
i think you are too judgemental.