To think if this is what goes on in public, what goes on behind closed doors..

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Today whilst at a sale in the next town a mum I recognised (children used to go to same school as hers) was there with a few of her children.

She was walking past some people and her daughter, maybe about 5 was stood looking at some things and she agressively told her to 'move the fuck on' grabbed her arm, pulled her forwards and then shoved her in the back.

I felt sick

Should add a few years ago when children went to same school she hit her 3 year old so hard across his head for not coming back to her in the playground that his glasses fell off. I actually did something about that one.

AIBU to wonder why someone has any children, let alone 6 if you can't bring them up with a bit of respect?

Well, if you know her, do something about this one also. EA is just as bad as physical.

What, you reported it and nothing was done?

Its awful isn't it.

I was in the classroom, settling dd1 in for her first day in YR1.

Out of nowhere one of the mums shouts out 'just go and sit your arse down, you don't need to be stood next to me'. Her son was only trying to say goodbye to his mum on his first day back to school.

I just thought, if she's like that in the classroom in front of teachers, what is she like at home where no one is watching?

I was out shopping with another teacher friend today. In one store we became aware of a mother screaming blue murder at her child, swearing at her and calling her all sorts. She could have only been 5. The mother then yelled 'everyone's fucking looking at me now because of you'. Neither myself nor my friend saw what the poor girl had done, only the mother screaming. Sadly, both of us know what maybe goes on at home as we spend a great deal of time picking up the pieces :(

I saw a woman really scream at her kid because he put too much water in a beaker from the water cooler at the bank :( it was really hard to watch.

I work in a big department store and see things like this on a daily basis and its really sad, what I will never understand is why a parent can swear at their child no matter how angry they are,yes of course the little so and so's can be frustrating at times but there is no need to actually swear at your child.