'It takes a village': Entitled woman lists neighbor as her son's emergency contact without permission and threatens to end their sons' friendship when neighbor confronts her, after receiving multiple surprise calls from his school

You can make eye contact with someone passing by on the street, yet you do not get down on one knee and propose to them. You can help an elderly lady cross the street, yet you do not sign a contract to become their full-time caregiver. So why in the world would this mother make her neighbor the emergency contact for her disabled child, simply because their children have played together once or twice…? It's all just a bit bizarre.

This mother is met with equal amounts of confusion and surprise when she suddenly receives multiple phone calls from a school regarding a young boy's issues… However, it's not regarding her son, but her neighbor's 7-year-old child. After trying to understand why in the world they were calling her, the school secretary explained that she had been listed as his emergency contact. When confronting his mother next door, she demands that she help her, claiming it 'takes a village to raise a child!' Well, lady, whether it takes one person or a thousand people, that does not mean you can randomly make people responsible for your children without their permission.

Sure, it's polite to help out around the neighborhood. Carrying a few of the pregnant neighbor's groceries inside, offering to create a street lift-scheme for kids in the area…But making your neighbor your child's emergency contact without letting them know is a little extreme. Whether they are a stay-at-home parent or not, that doesn't give you free access to pick and choose when and how they'll be able to lend you a helping hand, especially without communicating first!
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