damn kids

[sara76]

I just had A napping in my bed by herself which makes me really nervous now that she's so active, but she was out cold and I had her surrounded by pillows so I felt OK with it for a few minutes. My house is dead quiet so I would hear her make a peep. So I heard this little girl scream at the top of her lungs and FLEW into the bedroom to find her still fast asleep. So I looked out the window and there was a little girl (5?) walking on the sidewalk and a little boy (8?) riding a bike. He was giving her a hard time and I watched her start running and I watched him intentionally run her over. They both went down and she started crying of course and he just left her laying there crying!!! I went and got Amelia up and we went over to make sure she was OK. She was walking home and still crying but she said she was OK. Apparently he's her brother and they live a few houses down, I didn't even know there was a little girl there. I've seen the boy on his bike and he always waves and seems like a good kid. I kind of want to talk to the parents but in almost 4 years I've never even laid eyes on them once. It reminds me of me and my brother. He is 5 years older and would absolutely have done some shit like that to me. Poor little girl. I guess that's what older brothers are for but she could have really gotten hurt.

[mrschelseap09]

Poor little girl. My brother used to do stuff like that to me. But we also used to stuff my littlest brother with balloons and tell him that he would bounce down the stairs. lol. I'm from a family of 9, we did plenty of mean things to one another.

PLEASE don't leave A alone with pillows. I did that with Lila, while I was in bed with her, and woke up to her screaming on the floor, laying next to the pillow. I will never. ever. forget that. Lila was barely able to roll over at the time.

[sara76]

I know, I never leave her like that but she was in the middle of a king bed and I justified it for a few minutes but when I heard that blood curdling scream and my heart stopped I know those days of leaving her are over.

[mrschelseap09]

We bought a king bed right after that and it was placed on the floor. Now that she is able to climb up and down I am searching for a new bed frame.

[tashaandsage]

Poor girl. Is it just me but isn't that little to be playing without any adult supervision? I mean I'm sure we did it at that age, but I can't imagine letting B play out on the street alone any time soon.

In a similar situation, I live right by an elementary school and last year I'd often see this little girl being walked home by teenaged girl I assumed to be her older sister. Every time I saw them the older was smacking the little one upside the head, hitting her or pushing her. My H saw it on several occasions too. We both wanted to let her parents know that this poor little girl was getting beaten on by the sibling who was supposed to be escorting her safely home. But even if we followed the girls home, it wouldn't be likely the parents would be home. It was sad to see.

[mrschelseap09]

I would say that it is the "bad" parents that let their kids out, alone at that age. Back in the day yes, but not today... The girls next door to us are 11 & 13 and are not allowed out of their driveway/yard unless their mom is outside.

[sara76]

I definately think the girl was too young to be alone. The boy on his bike maybe. Maybe. Who knows, maybe the girl wasn't supposed to be out and that was his way of catching her. But between the time he ran her over and the time I got Amelia and my shoes more than a couple minutes passed with her crying loudly enough for me to hear her in my house from across the street, and no adult in sight. Not even another neighbor. That wouldn't be ok with me. Our street has a sidewalk and it's 20 mph but some people fly down it much much faster. It's not a street Amelia will ever play on alone. Not until at least middle school. Oh man, and if I ever see someone run into her with their bike heads are going to ROLL.