I saw you and your baby carriage crossing Devonshire yesterday as soon as I left Lady Hammond. So, I slowed right down to allow you a safe time while in the crosswalk. Then, I notice the white earphones and the mp3 player in your hand. Ferchrissakes, how would you know if I was an ambulance? How would you know if your baby wasn’t wailing their tiny lungs out while you’re humming along with Beyonce? C’mon, Mom, raising your baby is the most important job you have at the moment, and s/he will grow up faster than you can imagine. Shut the tunes off and talk to your child while wheeling through the neighbourhood. You’ll both be safer and you’ll bond better and the world will be a nicer place because of it. —Baby Talk
This article appears in Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2012.
Hmmm screaming crotch critters or i-pod… I’d go with the music too… If I had a kid, but I would never have one as they are irritating and cause too much noise pollution.
that is true…
I was debating how many years I’d be comfortable with being locked up just to murder this stupid kid on the bus a couple weeks ago…
I’d rather sow my ipod into my ears than ever go without and have to endure that pure hell again…
she was undoubtably listening to a new rap song, and wouldn’t know if you or and ambulance was coming anyway. these fucking people today with their plugs shoved in their ears drive me nuts. what the fuck is wrong with some of these peolple. adults are just as bad.
i fucking near ran over a bunch last year in montreal, and that city is nuts for fast drivers. one of these days, someone will get thumped good, and then will try to sue the company that makes teir fucking mp3, watch and see if this is not the case. stupidity doesn’t last long on a busy street. and also o.p., don’t forget the idiots in their cars, with the noise just a blaring too. how the hell do they expect to hear anything, even a siren. and if kids are there, it should be classed as child abuse. just sayin’.
How do you know she wasn’t listening to a philosophy lecture or whale sounds? Unless I’m vacuuming, my ipod volume is such that I could hear a siren or loud talking. You sound kind of judge-y, OP Are you one of those childless people who like to tell parents what to do?
No offence OP but you seem like kind of a busybody. Even if she had the music on full blast, which you couldn’t tell, I’m pretty sure she could still hear an ambulance. Why? Because they are loud. Ear-splitting, even. If listening to a little music while she pushes her baby carriage is now “being a bad Mom,” it’s news to me.
So I guess from this OP doesn’t think deaf people should have children either. There is nothing wrong with listening to a little music so long as you are aware of your surroundings.
Sorry OP I think your over reacting.
Maybe we need graphic warnings on iPods, like cigarettes. Maybe we could legislate that such a terrible mother should lose her child/children, and she forfeit her rights and live out the rest of her life in an institution where iPods are contraband.
Fuck off OB and mind your own business!!! I certainly hope you wore your typing helmet while writing this.
I saw something somewhat similar on the bus one day. A kid was with her mother and the mom was tapping away on her smartphone. The kid kept asking her questions like kids do, like what street we were on and other random things. The mother was just ignoring her and even told her to leave her alone and be quiet! If you don’t like kids and their questions, you probably shouldn’t have children.
What a stupid ‘bitch’ this is….seriously? who are you to judge another parent? are you certain their music was on absolute full blast as the individual was in complete disregard of the child they were attending too? My bitch is to you for taking time out of your day to complain about useless shit.
no_fool, only a neglectful mother would have a screaming child. as most kids only need 3 things in life. a full belly, a clean diaper, and love. the rest are superficial, to say the least. most kids don’t bawl all the time, the ones that get care and attention are happy as hell. take this from a father and grandfather. none of my kids ever had the screaming fits or was in any distress whatsoever.
mel… if you gave a child your undivided attention every time they had a question or wanted to tell you something…
you’d NEVER get shit done.
Fact is… they feel it is utterly critical to both say and do every random thing that comes into their brains. Most is utter tripe that can and should just be ignored.
side note… both homonyms (sew and sow) would work in my comment…
don’t recall that ever happening before.
Engrish isth weird.
OB, something showed up in my Facebook feed a couple of days ago and it just may apply to you. It stated … “Hey, I found your nose. It was in my business.”
What was the volume setting? Was the child sleeping? If you don’t know the answers then you shouldn’t be judging. But, if you do know … wow … you must have been pretty close … wouldn’t that be considered dangerous driving?
And, let me guess/assume/pass judgement, either you currently are, or profess that someday you will be, a perfect parent; and any mistakes you have made or will make are entirely the fault of another. Put your nose back on your face, smile because the mother is actually taking the child out of the house instead of staying cooped up inside, and keep driving.
Suckster, you say “only a neglectful mother would have a screaming child” … I strongly disagree. I have 3 children … all 3 had reflux … fussing/crying/screaming/puking/not sleeping … was the norm not the exception, and I never neglected them.
I know what it’s like to be judged as a parent … when you get looks from others assuming you don’t know what you’re doing when you do take a chance to go out in public for the first time a in month and all your child does is cry; when you’re told you’re spoiling your child because you don’t put them down at home because they scream the entire time; when you’re told you’re making a mistake by allowing your child to sleep on your chest every night because that is the only position they feel comfortable enough to sleep; when you’re asked if your baby is a “good baby” and one that sleeps through the night and doesn’t cry.
I’m sure I’m not the only parent who has had their fair share of interfering, know-it-alls, in their business and judging what they do … and, back to you OP, you certainly sound like one of them.
Wow, OP! Fuck you and your absurd judgments.
I LOVE listening to my iPod and walking; it’s one of the rare bits of “me time” I get in the run of a day. As a stay-at-home mom of two, I pretty much devout all but maybe two hours of wakefulness to my family. My baby faces me in her stroller so if she cries or talks, I can remove my headphones and respond immediately, but most of the time she sleeps as we walk. I really don’t see the bad parenting in that, nor do I think any other sane person would. I also know how to cross the street responsibly even whilst listening to music, thank you.
I used to judge parents who didn’t answer their kid’s questions, until I watched this 😛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJlV49RDlLE
But, Mole Rat … WHY did viewing that clip change your outlook??? Friggin’ funny.
Ya, I would take listening to some 70s funk music over a baby.
How loud do you think the headphones were? Lol. I assure you that I could hear a baby crying (unfortunately I’ve had the opportunity to test this theory on many-a bus) or an ambulance over my iPod any day.