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I have to side with your husband. My mother makes the same types of comments you do, and it's passive aggressive bull***t. I get this sense from most of your posts, but this one... *sigh* You know what, my kids have occasionally played with those machines too - no, their arms WON'T get broken by the machine - it's not capable of inflating enough to actually hurt a child (or really skinny person). Standards have changed in the last 10-20 years, and they're regulated to only inflate to a certain point. Granted, they shouldn't play with it, but by "play with it", I mean my children asked me if they could try it, and I helped them with it. Now they know how to use it themselves, and since my son is heavily into science, he's interested to know how his blood pressure changes, and what it means. I don't see any problem with that, and if someone else wants to use the machine, my kids move.
I'd love to see some of the people who complain about children and parenting try it once in a while. You may find it's hard to be June Cleaver or Mrs Brady all the damn time. Sometimes kids misbehave, and sometimes we don't catch it right away. Simple as that. When I've got a migraine, I don't have the luxury of going home, shutting all the curtains and turning off all the lights and going to bed (single parent anyone?). I have to keep on with my normal routine and muddle through. But my reaction time isn't what it would normally be, neither is my ability to pay attention, so sometimes my kids manage to slip stuff by me (my daughter cut her hair the other night and I didn't catch it until I was putting her to bed - she didn't cut much, in my defense). My point is, YOU try being the sole supreme authority over a couple of small people 24/7 and see how well YOU do with it. I'm sure you'd be the *perfect* parent.
I really don't understand this idea of making rude comments vaguely directed at someone within their hearing. Either grow the balls to confront them directly or keep your mouth shut. What you described in your post *is* incredibly rude, and there's no reason for it. Trying to provoke a confrontation, making it appear to be the other person's fault, is incredibly juvenile.
I'd love to see some of the people who complain about children and parenting try it once in a while. You may find it's hard to be June Cleaver or Mrs Brady all the damn time. Sometimes kids misbehave, and sometimes we don't catch it right away. Simple as that. When I've got a migraine, I don't have the luxury of going home, shutting all the curtains and turning off all the lights and going to bed (single parent anyone?). I have to keep on with my normal routine and muddle through. But my reaction time isn't what it would normally be, neither is my ability to pay attention, so sometimes my kids manage to slip stuff by me (my daughter cut her hair the other night and I didn't catch it until I was putting her to bed - she didn't cut much, in my defense). My point is, YOU try being the sole supreme authority over a couple of small people 24/7 and see how well YOU do with it. I'm sure you'd be the *perfect* parent.
I really don't understand this idea of making rude comments vaguely directed at someone within their hearing. Either grow the balls to confront them directly or keep your mouth shut. What you described in your post *is* incredibly rude, and there's no reason for it. Trying to provoke a confrontation, making it appear to be the other person's fault, is incredibly juvenile.
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