I was just watching the Today Show and saw a story on a mom that was arrested after she told her girls to get out of her car because they would not stop fighting. They were 3 miles from home and the oldest girl was 12 and ran after the car and was allowed back in. The 10 year old was left at a busy intersection. A good samaritan took her to get ice cream and then too her to the police station. In the meantime, the mother had called and reported the girl missing to police. At that time, they reoprted that the girl was in police custody. When she arrived at the station the arrested her.
There were 2 moms on along with Meredith Viera on the show. One was a psychologist and the other was the owner of momlogic.com. They all said that they saw that the rage and mistake she made by putting the kids in harms way. I can't help but, understand where the mom was coming from and say that I may have done the exact same thing. Interesting how it is easy to judge someone else in this situation but, it is easy for me to see myself in her and realize that it could have been me.
Sometimes, as parents, we need to put ourselves in time out. I will have to remember her and remind myself to act in the best interest of my girls even if I do want to kill them sometimes.
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i agree, its important to see ourselves reflected in these mothers who go to extremes to connect with their kids. i have pulled over into parking lots and made my kids get out to sit on the curb in "time out" for a minute or less before. i never leave, but sometimes you just have to do something impressive. their strength of character will serve them well in their adult life, but it'd be nice if they could take it easy on us once in a while. :-)
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