To be amused at this pushy mum!

[WheresTheCat]

At the zoo today, penguin feeding time. Only 12 children could be chosen to actually feed the penguins, there were loads of children who didn't get the chance.
One who did get picked was a little lad of about three near us, he was given a fish to feed the penguins but was so enthralled he just stood staring at them but not feeding them.
Another mum nearby then says to his Mum, 'He's not even feeding the penguins. My two want to feed them, get him out, he's wasting time.'
The other mum (very sensibly) ignored her, and the woman then began to speak loudly to her two sons about 'VERY SELFISH PEOPLE.'
I was and my two got the giggles so I made a getaway

Lizzie -

ReallyTired -We used to have season tickets at Whipsnade when my 2 were younger, 5 of us mums used to go straight after school 2 or 3 times a week, can you tell we only live down the road take sandwiches & coffee etc and have tea there..

I actually know a mother like this. Her children are invoved in a theatre group, although I think she is living her dreams through her kids a bit. A few months ago her daughter was in a show but they gave one of the songs that she was supposed to sing to another girl because she had a stonger voice. The mother then took to Faebook to launch a foul mouthed tirade against the other girl calling her all sort of names. All I could think was how pathetic she was, a woman in her 40's calling a girl of about 12 unpleasant things and wondered how she'd feel if someone was saying the same kind of stuff about her precious, DD?

Snorking at poundland Peter Andre.....
Pushy mums. DDs class is full of them. There's usually a ring leader who whips all the other mums into a pushy frenzy. The latest is private tutoring. The kids are 6....
Pushy mums just end up wrecking their kids lives cos it knocks their self esteem and confidence to zero.

I'd have fed her to the lions