Yesterday, as I drove my girls to school, it was very foggy out. Rare for around here. As a rounded a curve in the road I saw three little kids playing on the parkway. That's the landscaped piece of land between the two sides of the road. These three children were wearing backpacks and were clearly supposed to be walking to school. As I approached, the two older boys ran across the other side of the road to the sidewalk. The younger girl remained on the parkway.
Being the stern mother that I am, and wielding my motherly power, I slowed, rolled down my window, and firmly said to the little girl, "You should get on the sidewalk. It's really foggy today and people will have difficulty seeing you." She stared at me like a deer in headlights for about 2 seconds and then ran across the other side of the street to the sidewalk.
As I drove off, I looked in the mirror and saw the poor little thing crying. Her sweet little freckled face was wet with tears.
Poor little thing. Mean, monster mommy.
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Poor little girl....but I would have done the same thing!
Maybe it wasn't you. Maybe she had just had an incident with those boys. Maybe they stole her lunch.
Her mother thanks you!
You made her cry, but you kept her from being hit by a car. I'd say a pretty good call ;>
I'm with Lisa, always tell my kids to stay out of the line of traffic. The tears will pass. It would have been really crappy to drive on by. Good mommy.
Poor baby...but you did the right thing! :)
Heidi
I would have done the exact same thing. (so would her mom, hopefully)
Yes, you did the right thing! Sometimes you need to 'be cruel to be kind'! (ha! now, sing THAT all day!) : )
You might have felt like a mean mommy, but you may have saved her life!
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