I hope they find this woman & charge her w/assault

[hisno1girl]

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long story short: Guy is skateboarding at a skate park. Concentrating on his moves. An unattended toddler walks in front of skater, they collide. The skater didn't see the kid, the kid didn't see the skater. The little boy was crying after the collision.

A woman scooped up the child and then the mother came over and shoved the skater and then clocked him right in the mouth. "You ran into my son?! ON HIS BIRTHDAY?!"

I'd be pissed if my kid got hurt but damn, lady, you left your child unattended in a skate park on his BIRTHDAY. Shit's going to happen.

[julez]

And the life of an entitled, self-important toddler begins.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

I bet this is the same woman who flew into a rage on the Bump because she got pulled over WHILE PREGNANT.

[hisno1girl]

Also, she didn't even check on her kid first. She went right after the skater. She's lucky he didn't bust her across the face w/his board.

[muffin0]

LOL so uhh. It's okay to run into the kid when it's NOT his birthday?

[tacocat]

Good idea lady to yell and punch the guy that was skating in a SKATE park.

[Norticprincess]

Wow mom of the year right there. Not even a glance at her kid to see if he was okay?

[runforrest]

I'd for sure be upset that my kid was hurt/hit, but I would be more likely to tell my kid to watch where he was going, since at this age they have no damn clue of their surroundings. If the skateboarder didn't apologize or something though, I would probably be pissed.

[ECB]

Yes, because I'm sure the skateboarder knew it was the kids birthday and purposely wanted to ruin it.... ^o)

[BAMFMrsB]

Anyone else notice that the 'caretaker' comes running over from the left, then MamaBear comes up from the right? WHO WAS WATCHING THE 2 YEAR OLD?!?

Morons.

And I love how Mama doesn't bother to check on her kid. Nope. Just go on and clock 'the offender'. What a witch.

[candreco]

Aug 21, 2013 10:33:51 GMT -5 runforrest said:

I'd for sure be upset that my kid was hurt/hit, but I would be more likely to tell my kid to watch where he was going, since at this age they have no damn clue of their surroundings. If the skateboarder didn't apologize or something though, I would probably be pissed.

Apologize for what, exactly?  He's skating in an area designated for skateboards, not at a playground or down a sidewalk.  The kid shouldn't have been there, there is zero expectation for him to need to look at knee-level for small children.  If it were my kid, I'd be apologizing to him, not expecting him to apologize. 

And also, wtf does the kid's birthday have to do with it? That's just weird to expect a random stranger to know about and respect your kid's birthday.

[tulip]

The hell?!? WTF is WRONG with people?!?

I hope the kid she hit presses charges. What an idiot, toddlers are to be watched by the parents. FFS

[eb777888]

Aug 21, 2013 10:40:01 GMT -5 candreco said:

Aug 21, 2013 10:33:51 GMT -5 runforrest said:

I'd for sure be upset that my kid was hurt/hit, but I would be more likely to tell my kid to watch where he was going, since at this age they have no damn clue of their surroundings. If the skateboarder didn't apologize or something though, I would probably be pissed.

Apologize for what, exactly?  He's skating in an area designated for skateboards, not at a playground or down a sidewalk.  The kid shouldn't have been there, there is zero expectation for him to need to look at knee-level for small children.  If it were my kid, I'd be apologizing to him, not expecting him to apologize. 

And also, wtf does the kid's birthday have to do with it? That's just weird to expect a random stranger to know about and respect your kid's birthday.

Yep. Allll of this.

[eb777888]

This is the mothers fault and I agree, I hope she gets assault charges. Damn. What an entitled freak.

[Jalapeñomel]

If this was posted from the mom's POV,, I'd be willing to bet there'd be a whole lotta people coming to her defense instead of his.

[Deleted]

Aug 21, 2013 10:40:01 GMT -5 candreco said:

Aug 21, 2013 10:33:51 GMT -5 runforrest said:

I'd for sure be upset that my kid was hurt/hit, but I would be more likely to tell my kid to watch where he was going, since at this age they have no damn clue of their surroundings. If the skateboarder didn't apologize or something though, I would probably be pissed.

Apologize for what, exactly?  He's skating in an area designated for skateboards, not at a playground or down a sidewalk.  The kid shouldn't have been there, there is zero expectation for him to need to look at knee-level for small children.  If it were my kid, I'd be apologizing to him, not expecting him to apologize. 

And also, wtf does the kid's birthday have to do with it? That's just weird to expect a random stranger to know about and respect your kid's birthday.

Yep, yep and yep!

[eb777888]

Aug 21, 2013 10:57:51 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

If this was posted from the mom's POV,, I'd be willing to bet there'd be a whole lotta people coming to her defense instead of his.

Eh. Unattended toddler at a skate park. 

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

Aug 21, 2013 10:57:51 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

If this was posted from the mom's POV,, I'd be willing to bet there'd be a whole lotta people coming to her defense instead of his.

No.  See:  The Bumpie who freaked out because she got pulled over WHILE PREGNANT.

[pantsparty]

I'm going to start punching anyone that wrongs me ON MY BIRTHDAY!

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 21, 2013 10:59:24 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Aug 21, 2013 10:57:51 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

If this was posted from the mom's POV,, I'd be willing to bet there'd be a whole lotta people coming to her defense instead of his.

Eh. Unattended toddler at a skate park. 

I'm sure the details would change slightly from skate park to regular park and instead of being unattended, it would be that she was only 2 feet away. 

[runforrest]

Aug 21, 2013 10:40:01 GMT -5 candreco said:

Aug 21, 2013 10:33:51 GMT -5 runforrest said:

I'd for sure be upset that my kid was hurt/hit, but I would be more likely to tell my kid to watch where he was going, since at this age they have no damn clue of their surroundings. If the skateboarder didn't apologize or something though, I would probably be pissed.

Apologize for what, exactly?  He's skating in an area designated for skateboards, not at a playground or down a sidewalk.  The kid shouldn't have been there, there is zero expectation for him to need to look at knee-level for small children.  If it were my kid, I'd be apologizing to him, not expecting him to apologize. 

And also, wtf does the kid's birthday have to do with it? That's just weird to expect a random stranger to know about and respect your kid's birthday.

Simmer down.  If I bump into someone and it's not my necessarily my fault, I still say "oops, sorry".  So yeah, I think the skateboarder, even though skating in a skate park, should be aware of his surroundings and it would be nice of him/her to say "oh, sorry, I didn't see little Bobby over there - is he okay?"  I just think that is the decent thing to do.

Also, I didn't say anything about the birthday - I don't understand either why that is relevant.

[eb777888]

Aug 21, 2013 11:07:32 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Aug 21, 2013 10:59:24 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Eh. Unattended toddler at a skate park. 

I'm sure the details would change slightly from skate park to regular park and instead of being unattended, it would be that she was only 2 feet away. 

Well, whatever. If my kid is in a dangerous area, skate board park, biking trails, dog park, the street, he's my responsibility. It's not the other peoples responsibility to watch out for him. I HIGHLY doubt this guy was like "haha, watch this, I'm gonna run into this toddler!" 

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 21, 2013 11:10:21 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Aug 21, 2013 11:07:32 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I'm sure the details would change slightly from skate park to regular park and instead of being unattended, it would be that she was only 2 feet away. 

Well, whatever. If my kid is in a dangerous area, skate board park, biking trails, dog park, the street, he's my responsibility. It's not the other people's responsibility to watch out for him. I HIGHLY doubt this guy was like "haha, watch this, I'm gonna run into this toddler!" 

Don't mind me, I'm grumpy today.

[eb777888]

Aug 21, 2013 11:11:07 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Aug 21, 2013 11:10:21 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Well, whatever. If my kid is in a dangerous area, skate board park, biking trails, dog park, the street, he's my responsibility. It's not the other people's responsibility to watch out for him. I HIGHLY doubt this guy was like "haha, watch this, I'm gonna run into this toddler!" 

Don't mind me, I'm grumpy today.

Ahhh, sorry.

I do agree there's two sides to the story and wouldn't doubt this is exaggerated. I just hate entitled assholes.

[candreco]

Aug 21, 2013 11:08:09 GMT -5 runforrest said:

Aug 21, 2013 10:40:01 GMT -5 candreco said:

Apologize for what, exactly?  He's skating in an area designated for skateboards, not at a playground or down a sidewalk.  The kid shouldn't have been there, there is zero expectation for him to need to look at knee-level for small children.  If it were my kid, I'd be apologizing to him, not expecting him to apologize. 

And also, wtf does the kid's birthday have to do with it? That's just weird to expect a random stranger to know about and respect your kid's birthday.

Simmer down.  If I bump into someone and it's not my necessarily my fault, I still say "oops, sorry".  So yeah, I think the skateboarder, even though skating in a skate park, should be aware of his surroundings and it would be nice of him/her to say "oh, sorry, I didn't see little Bobby over there - is he okay?"  I just think that is the decent thing to do.

Also, I didn't say anything about the birthday - I don't understand either why that is relevant.

I don't know, I just see expecting an apology as different from wanting some acknowledgement of it.  Would I be annoyed if he just kept going?  Sure, but it certainly wouldn't have been his fault, and in my mind, apologies by default admit you did something wrong.

And no, I didn't think you said anything about the birthday issue, I just thought it was really weird!

[meggers5]

Aug 21, 2013 11:12:37 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Aug 21, 2013 11:11:07 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Don't mind me, I'm grumpy today.

Ahhh, sorry.

I do agree there's two sides to the story and wouldn't doubt this is exaggerated. I just hate entitled assholes.

Except in this case, there's a video.

[ECB]

Aug 21, 2013 11:07:32 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Aug 21, 2013 10:59:24 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Eh. Unattended toddler at a skate park. 

I'm sure the details would change slightly from skate park to regular park and instead of being unattended, it would be that she was only 2 feet away. 

Right.  So we wouldn't be responding to what actually happened.  We'd be responding to the fantasy that the mom posted so that she'd be told "you are RIGHT!!!".  Not the same thing.

[jane6672]

Aug 21, 2013 10:33:51 GMT -5 runforrest said:

I'd for sure be upset that my kid was hurt/hit, but I would be more likely to tell my kid to watch where he was going, since at this age they have no damn clue of their surroundings. If the skateboarder didn't apologize or something though, I would probably be pissed.

Yeah, he asked the kid if he was ok, and then said he was sorry to the lady.

[eb777888]

I didn't see the video.

[mrssandro]

The video shows the mom punching this dude in the face. She is a crappy trashy mom.