CASE STUDY #1
Austin treated us very well!
We finally returned to Boston yesterday. During the (loooooong) airplane ride, towards the end of the journey I was encountered with dilemma that I am sure most people will find it as bothersome from every depth and perspective.
A woman and her daughter sat nearby, the daughter next to the window and the mother, next to the aisle. The whole time, she "showered" the girl with both the extreme treatments: either kissesessess or slap-slap-hit-slap-hit. The girl was ordered to stay under her pink blanket and sleep, and when she refused, another hits and finally she surrendered and hid inside the blanket.
I know I should be able to step up to the plate and say "stop". On the other hand, the situation was really confusing. It was really sketchy, once I thought for sure she's abusing the girl, she would shower her with so much loudly-proclaimed kisses and I-love-yous. And when I try to convince myself that the mother was just having a horrible day and immediately recognized her fault for hitting the daughter, she slapped her again.
What if I stood up, gave her this "I know you are abusing her" kind of look, or even said something to her how can I deal with an angry woman, sitting really close to me and other kids nearby, in a plane 10,000 miles above the ground?
What should I do?
We finally returned to Boston yesterday. During the (loooooong) airplane ride, towards the end of the journey I was encountered with dilemma that I am sure most people will find it as bothersome from every depth and perspective.
A woman and her daughter sat nearby, the daughter next to the window and the mother, next to the aisle. The whole time, she "showered" the girl with both the extreme treatments: either kissesessess or slap-slap-hit-slap-hit. The girl was ordered to stay under her pink blanket and sleep, and when she refused, another hits and finally she surrendered and hid inside the blanket.
I know I should be able to step up to the plate and say "stop". On the other hand, the situation was really confusing. It was really sketchy, once I thought for sure she's abusing the girl, she would shower her with so much loudly-proclaimed kisses and I-love-yous. And when I try to convince myself that the mother was just having a horrible day and immediately recognized her fault for hitting the daughter, she slapped her again.
What if I stood up, gave her this "I know you are abusing her" kind of look, or even said something to her how can I deal with an angry woman, sitting really close to me and other kids nearby, in a plane 10,000 miles above the ground?
What should I do?
Labels: kids
posted by In Casa at 11:28 AM
3 Comments:
i think you are doing the right thing given the situation. it won't make the hitting stop, even will exaggerate her anger towards the girl.
public show of abuse is the most disguisting (sorry for the strong word) form of human degradation. i feel sorry for many of our kids who had to experience this kind of treatment. good thing, they can grow up being 180 degree the opposite, learnt from their past, make sure the abuse will stop. it's our responsibility to educate the kids to protect themselves and grow to become strong beings.
maybe, also take her info and report her to the police/ state agency?
definitely inform other passengers or flight attendants.
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