Parents, your problems are not for kids…

I’ll add to this post soon too… [ and if for some insane reason the woman I am about to reference reads this, good - you should be ashamed and need some professional help ] but on this night walking back to our car from a city Christmas festival, we made way for a woman hurrying along her two children. The woman apparently had issues and was proceeding the drag the kids into it, something clearly now for kids.

There was some issue about money, the dilapidated state of their house, repair costs, insurance companies, the police, etc. - so I’m assuming there was some remodeling work that either went bad or never was finished and the woman was making a huge issue about something involving the kids and them basically not getting what they wanted… all due to “having $6000 left”. The end result was “guilting” the children into a depressed state where the woman seems to currently reside - along with bitterness, anger and hatred.

The woman’s daughter must of been about seven to nine years old, and was innocently trying to comfort her mom by contributing to and asking questions of the conversation. The woman’s other child must of been around six to seven and he never said a word.

The woman continued having a heated adult conversation with her kids, basically putting all her emotional baggage on them… by making them face the problems the woman herself was going through - all down the street we were sharing with others walking to their cars.

My wife summed it up best by thinking the woman is divorced and uses the young daughter as the only adult conversation the woman receives. I just think it’s wrong for a parent to “bitch” about their own problems to a child who clearly should not be involved. Kids are growing up way too fast as it is.

To those poor kids, I hope your mom does not pull you down with her… know that you do not have to feel sad and angry as she does. Love life, it is worth living.