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09.09.03 - 9:22 p.m. I've always thought that Dara was a good mother...a bit odd in her motherly approach, but still a 'good mom.' I don't really know anymore...she is coming across a bit like Mommy Dearest...right down to the hangars. The story is this: Tonight she comes in with little Simon. She was dressed in this odd macrame' cloak thing with the hood up; Oh, so Goth. That is really beside the point, anyway, she says that Simon isn't allowed to watch any TV, because he threw up on himself, twice. She had made some canned soup for him and he REALLY didn't like it, and demonstrated this in the most dramatic way he could. Vomiting it up on himself. At first I was thinking, "Okay, punishing him for puking is a bit over the top, but then so is Simon, and he really needs to be watching less TV, anyway." Later, Simon came in and told the complete story while Dara was in the bathroom. First he said that his mom threatened to hit him with a hangar if he didn't eat the soup. I asked Simon how many times his mother had ever hit him with a hangar, and he said, "none." Scare tatic. Now, this is when the story gets odd. Yeah, no shit. He said that Dara had him pull his arms into his shirt and then she tied his sleeves so his arms were trapped next to his chest and she force fed him the soup until he threw up. Twice. I am thinking this is probably not the best way to get a kid to eat...or more to the point LIKE what he is eating. I, of course, am not going to say anything to Dara about her parenting, but then I think that Simon is as odd and borderline autistic as he is because of the way she is raising him. I know she was raised in a very similar fashion, so Dara really doesn't know anything else. Scares me to think how many bad parenting habits are passed down from parents to children. Maybe that is why I am raising plants and animals. The best I can do is show him a different side of life. You know, cause when you are kid you are soakin' stuff up like a big 'ol biscuit. Life is a gravy boat. I just want to be a good influence for him...show him the fun stuff. It's not all about eating shitty ass soup and throwing up on yourself cause your mother has you in restraints. Is it?
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