Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Mother of the Year

Don't you just love it when you go online and some AP Headline jumps out at you?  Today it was "Mom Pressure Washes Child, Gets Year Probation".

Who CAN'T just click right on that???

Apparently, the mother was at a self-serve car-wash and was becoming increasingly frustrated by her 2-year old.  There's video of her spraying the daughter with the power hose, though apparently she didn't have it on full force.  In an interview, she maintains that she didn't deserve to be arrested and didn't do anything wrong.

I love these Moms (and Dads).  When someone leaves their infant on the roof of their car and then powers down the highway, I feel so much better about my own parenting skills.  Andrea Yates and Susan Smith make me seem like mother of the year.  I haven't rolled anyone in the lake or drowned anyone in the bathtub.  True, I lost my temper once and bit my 7-year old at the gift shop at the Roger Williams Zoo, but it was a soft bite and it didn't leave any marks (hey, I didn't even break the skin!).

I haven't chained anyone to the heater in the basement for years on end or microwaved my baby or even put it in the fry-0-later.  So where's my medal?




1 comment:

FITFREAK said...

Flossy - remember...THE WORLD reads this! Plz give the reason you lightly put your mouth on your sons arm many, many years ago. We don't want people thinking your nutt-o or anything. I mean...you are nutt-o....but not in the REAL sense of the word!