Why is it that...at the playground, the mom (or dad or babysitter) with the child most likely to maim one of his peers, is the one completely lost in a book or some form of technology?
Is it denial? Is it sheer laziness?
Is this person resigned to raising a future resident of Cell Block F?
Is it adamant refusal not to be a helicopter guardian, and to demonstrate a more laissez-faire parenting style?
Is it a passive desire to initiate a playground smackdown?
Is it a wish to conduct Darwinian experiments?
What is going on in these people's heads? What?!!!!
In Hyde Park, I would say Darwinian experiment...regardless, it takes a village and sometimes non caregivers must intercede....
ReplyDeleteI once felt like I was the unpaid entertainment for the kids at the public pool in my neighborhood. If you show up at the pool with a swimming Elmo and are playing WITH your child rather than working on your tan and Facebooking, you WILL be watching every child in the area within about 5 minutes. They were like a swarm of bees.
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