'Why don't you just parent your child?': Mother lets child loose during father's medical school graduation, so crowd begins to parent them

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    Karen: Why don't you just deal with it? Person: Why don't you just parent your child?
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    Entitled family causes scene at graduation S My SIL graduated medical school over the weekend. At the ceremony a family sat behind us. They had a 4 year old girl who kept running back and forth,
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    kicking our seats, playing with our coats and hair, whining, and coughing etc. After about 40 minutes of this, my FIL started throwing the parents dirty looks and finally asked the girl and her mom to stop kicking his chair. (That was all he asked)
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    The woman (Karen) grabbed her child and said "FINE! This is my husbands graduation, but I guess I'll just have to miss it! Thanks a lot" And then she took her kid and left. The grandma (Karen sr.) stayed and was 1. She said, "why
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    don't you just deal with it! She's not feeling well!" Our group ignored her. After the ceremony the graduate husband came and found FIL and expressed his dissatisfaction at "him making his wife leave".. when. again no one asked her to leave.
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    It ended up being a comically dramatic situation with Karen Sr trying to shame us for not putting up with the kid. I very calmly asked these people"why don't you just parent your child?"
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    They had no answer and stomped away. As a former teacher and someone who loves kids, I get that kids will be kids! But parents are responsible for teaching their kids how to act in public. It's not ok for a child to be all up in other people s personal spaces.
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    EthereaBlotzky. 14 hr. ago The perfect question at the perfect time. And of course they had no answer. 272 Reply Share
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    AlleyCat2022 14 hr. ago Why bring a child that young to a boring graduation ceremony? I hate going to those things so I can only imagine the
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    little girl was going out of her mind. They should have found a babysitter. Your question was perfect! Reply Share 174
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    P-51 Between TwoInfinites 13 hr. ago They could have just brought along some activities for the kid to do (coloring books, sticker activities, etc.) and everything would have been fine. 63 Reply Share
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    Havanesemom43 No kid shouldn't have been there, not for a very long graduation. And Dad is going to be put in his place as he interns. 428 ↓ 10 hr. ago Reply Share
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    Bright GreyEyes - 13 hr. ago Tbh, bringing a 4 year old to something like a medical school graduation with nothing for them to do is also pretty to the kid. How did they not think to bring a coloring book or other quiet toys? Share 56 Reply
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    Street_one5954 10 hr. ago . I'm a teacher. I was at my own school's graduation (as a guest) to watch my niece graduate. I had this same situation with kids running back and forth. I turned around and said, "I'm a teacher and all teachers
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    know each other. Either you sit down NOW and stop running or tomorrow I am calling your teacher and having her take away your recess for the rest of the
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    school year!!". Kid sat down and didn't move. He asked me at the end to please not call his teacher!!! →→ 56 Reply Share
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    AMDUNN4093 · 12 hr. ago I would have said, "parent your child so strangers don't have to..." 34 Reply Share
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    bill-schick · 12 hr. ago If the 4-year-old isn't feeling well then the 4-year-old should have never been brought to the graduation in the first place. 24 ↓ Reply Share
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    Kamelasa 12 hr. ago You were more patient than I owuld be. The first kick, I'd tense up. If it started up again, I'd say something immediately. That's not okay to kick someone's seat unless it was done
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    accidentally. THis happened on an airplane and the young mother lectured me that her child was, indeed a child. I think I said something like, "And you're the parent, so control them. Your child doesn't rule my world."

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