August 19, 2010PowerPhrase: Can I help? Flight attendant takes baby from mother after slapping
Is she a hero, or intrusive? A flight attendant took a 7 month old baby from her mother when the mother slapped the baby for kicking her.
The father joined the flight attendant at the back of the plane and they soothed the infant to sleep.
This article talks about how helpless many people feel when faced with aggression toward children in public.
My guess from the article is the intervention is likely to lead to this mother to develop new parenting skills. I hope so.
One person is quoted in the article as suggesting that simply asking
- Can I help?
Often reduces the tension before it reaches that level.
I’m in the camp that applauds the flight attendant, but like everything else, it’s not black and white. If I felt a need to right every parenting wrong I see when I fly, I’d be very busy indeed. And intrusive. But there is a point where we know we can’t stay silent. We can start by offering help. I find myself playing a game of peek-a-boo with a restless child on just about every flight.
I can think of a few times in the past where I wish I had spoken up for a child. How about you?
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