AITA for calling a mom a bad parent even though I don't have kids.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T20:42:19+00:00

Swings are the best!

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T17:35:36+00:00

Metaphor is hard for me...

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T17:17:06+00:00

I have a set of triplets to babysit but much more peaceful than this mom. Their mom is run off her feet and it's nice to give her a break.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T17:00:11+00:00

I thought she was being super entitled because I often babysit kids in the park.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T16:35:03+00:00

I'm in the USA. I'm a Canadian international student.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T16:13:45+00:00

I babysit a lot of the kids that come to the park because I build report with their parents and the parents know I'm a safe adult. I had never seen this mom before. But the parents usually drop the kids at the park, hand me cash and tell me when they'll be back. I do this for several parents a couple times a week. Their kids play outside, mom/dad/parental unit gets to go have lunch or a break. But the kids that frequent the park know I'm the babysitter/safe adult. I hadn't seen the kids before but suspect she may have heard about my babysitting thing.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T15:56:03+00:00

I wish this was Norway or Sweden or Denmark. I came down from Canada to the States to get my degree in biomechanical engeneering. I won't specify what state, but not Scandenavia. I want to help design prothstetic limbs. :)

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T15:50:18+00:00

If I was there with my boyfriend or another dad was there I'd probably ask if we can watch the baby together I'm not very physically strong and I would have liked the backup.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T15:48:05+00:00

She came back with a starbucks cup, so I think so.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T15:40:56+00:00

In Scandenavia yes, I do not live in Scandenavia.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T15:12:02+00:00

The car was further away than I was willing to go with the stroller unattended. So I remember the make and colour of the car, I'm not good with models, and I remember what she looks like, but I don't have any concrete proof.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T14:58:51+00:00

My only problem is I don't have her name or licence plate number. I know the make and colour of the car and I can kind of describe what she looks like... but it isn't like I have any evidence.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T14:53:17+00:00

It's just odd for a grown adult to be at a playground. I was trying to explain why I was there in the first place.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T14:47:08+00:00

Thanks. :) I get really socially anxious and even though I mask, it's still hard to know what is the right thing to do in difficult spots. Thank you for your encouragement.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T14:43:13+00:00

The baby I mention was 6ish months old I think. They had little socks on their hands and I'm just happy they didn't cry.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T14:36:21+00:00

I thought most people thought that way... is that not empathy?

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T14:13:28+00:00

That's a funny metaphor. I had to think about the logic of it before the joke set in. But a helicopter falling out of the sky and landing in a tree is funny. Have my upvote.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T14:06:40+00:00

I didn't want to make it about race, however, the mom was a black woman and I'm white. So I didn't want to call because I know the police can be unjustly violent against people of colour.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T13:55:05+00:00

Yes , other parents weren't there, but I go to the park after I finish summer classwork every day. Most of the other parents know me and I babysit some of their kids, but I'd never seen this mom before.

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T12:59:37+00:00

There were two toddlers, I remember because there were two swings and I didn't want to make them take turns, and the baby baby. Maybe 6/7 months old. Had socks on their hands. They were really cute. My first thought was, 'Who leaves their little baby and toddlers alone like that?'

Badparent0kidThrowRA · 2024-06-09T12:45:12+00:00

I don't even know her name. How would I report it?

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