So I posted a rant like this probably a year or so ago. Avery got into the dryer and I took pictures and people freaked out. I've included some of my thoughts from that time in this rant. But first, let me set the stage...
My Aunt Cathy posts all sorts of different pictures and memes on facebook. She also watches Avery and Connor for Michael and I so we can have an evening out or a day off from kiddos here and there. I have every confidence that my kids are extremely safe and well cared for in her loving hands, arguably more so as she has them for a brief time and therefore devotes all her time and energy into them, where as I also have a house to run so my time is divided, she's also a nurse so, should something happen, she is better equipped to deal with a situation. All that being said, she posted a picture on facebook that is putting some people into a panic and getting people all bent out of shape. It's not a picture of my kids or anyone I know, but I sincerely do not see why people are panicking so much. The picture shows a sleeping infant in a roasting pan laying inside an open oven. The caption on the picture says something to the effect of, "Overprotective parents leave newborn with grandma and grandpa for the first time, so they send pictures like this every five minutes. Funny or wrong?" Cathy also added her own note saying to Sis and me that SHE wouldn't do something like this, but no promises on what Uncle Ed may or may not do. People then proceded to comment on how wrong and sick it was. Now, I suppose, people are entitled to their opinion. And the picture did ask people what they thought of the picture, so it did call for their opinions, so I suppose I have no right to be upset. But having been called out in this way in the past, it struck a nerve and really pissed me off. It also brought up a lot of anger and frustration at people who had reprimanded me before, when I didn't then, and still do not believe I've done anything wrong. Anyway, I wrote this rant on facebook and decided it might be a bit too strong for on there, with so many eyes. Also, I didn't want to open up a commenting can of worms with people and have to respond or defend myself on the way I parent. So I took my thoughts off and I'm posting them here instead, where the readers are silent, though the don't necessarily have to be, just the general track record, and I can say my piece. I am a good parent. I watch my kids very closely. I teach them right from wrong and they are safe with me and with my Aunt Cathy. So everyone needs to just lay off!
Oye to the ve, I think people are too sensitive. It's meant to be funny and cute. Obviously this child was in no danger. When Avery first started climbing I was working on laundry and she climbed into the dryer. I knew she was there, she was in no danger, and I snapped a couple pictures because she looked cute. People freaked out about it. I know there are bad people in the world who do horrible things, and when my child was of age to understand, obviously I taught her not to climb in the dryer, the same way I'm teaching her to stay away from the oven when I'm opening it to bake. Why do we need to make people feel bad when they've done nothing wrong and the kids are safe? I know there are stupid people in the world who are reckless with their children, but I am not one, so don't lay the guilt trip on me for taking a cute/silly picture. If you need to condemn or say someone did something look at the neglegent parents, not me and not the people who took this picture. Rant over.
