Saw something v sad in Hyde Park today - still thinking about it.

[Milomonster]

I was sat in a bench in Hyde Park today and a little boy of around 2.5-3 was scooting happily on his scooter with his father behind him. A few minutes later, the child walked past and was crying whilst his father was a few feet in front of him with scooter in his hand. He seems pretty angry. They walked towards the mother and the father picked up his other child’s scooter (second child had been standing with his mother all along) and put both of them in the bin. I was gobsmacked. I just don’t understand his reaction to such a tiny child. I just remember how happy and carefree the boy was as scooter past.

I looked in the bin and they were brand new and expensive (not that that matters at all). I thought of those poor kids and how they must get treated if this was a snapshot of their father.

In the pools where I’m on holiday there was a Dad who was teasing his son for crying after he dunked him under the water. I wanted to punch say something to the asshole but it would probably have made things worse for the boy. It stays with you and makes you so sad, angry and helpless

This isn’t a post about Arabs or niqabis - I speak as a Muslim.

I don't believe this is a post about Arabs or niqabs, it is about an adult asserting his authority over a child.