So I’m standing in the queue in Sainsbury’s, and there’s this mum with three kids, a one year old in the buggy and two older children. The older boy I’d guess 5 years old was playing with his older brother. Nothing major, just a small child playing with his brother in the queue. The mother sees it, and instead of telling them to stop she decided to pinch the boys ear hard and pulled him towards her like that. He just cried and touched his ear, and that was that. She just stood there staring at her groceries on the conveyor belt.
It all happened so fast, I was in shock and didn’t know what to do. I also have three children same age as hers, and I know how stressful it is sometimes, but it made me so sad seeing that and think what else goes on behind closed doors.