Grandma blasted by daughter for unthinkable act
A mother has been left fuming after her own mum left her toddler outside unattended while she went inside to grab a coffee.
The exhausted mother noted that she was already looking after her newborn child and was grateful that her mum was helping out with the kids.
However, the pair got into an argument when her mum left the 20-month-old toddler outside with no supervision.
The woman took to Mumsnet.com to ask whether or not she was overreacting.
“My mother and me just had a massive fight,” she began the post.
“My mother has been taking my toddler son out for a walk and came back to ‘charge her phone and drink a coffee’.
“She wanted to leave again afterwards, taking him for another walk, so she left him outside in the pushchair sleeping.
“I then said: ‘Can you please not leave him unattended outside the house?’”
The mother explained that she was just in her underpants, sick to the stomach, and was trying to settle her crying baby so was unable to walk outside to look after her son.
“My mother then called me ‘paranoid’ and said I watched too many crime shows.
“This resulted in us having a massive fight and I told my mother if she takes my toddler out, she has responsibility for him.
“In the end, she sat by the open door on a chair and had her coffee there.”
She then asked whether or not she was being paranoid and despite living in Birmingham where other families live, she was worried that an “opportunist was going to snatch him”.
Commenters sided with the mother, saying she was not being paranoid and it's her maternal instinct kicking in to ensure her children are safe.
“I don't think you're being OTT she shouldn't be leaving him outside where she can't see him,” one person wrote.
“This is a generational thing- in 1970 people happily left their babies in prams outside shops etc, just as these days you might leave a dog outside,” another explained.
“Times change, however, and these days it’s not generally seen as safe. Whether that’s because it’s genuinely more dangerous now or because we have a different attitude to risk, who knows? But it’s 2022 and not 1970.”
“No, no, no! The chance of him being snatched are small but there is still a chance and it's not a risk worth taking because you can't be arsed to take the pram into the house,” another commented.
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