Mom flees robber, leaves 4 year old daughter

mysticporter

MrDobalina:

copzgirl:

I cannot imagine my first thought not being of my child.

 

There is no audio on this tape; mom could have been screaming "Run, little one, run!"

 

I cannot believe the judgement over a 20 second tape w/ no audio. 

Or, "come and get me, you bastard!"

copzgirl

IAmMalcolmX:

copzgirl:

I cannot imagine my first thought not being of my child.

You were another person I couldn't wait to hear from. 

I know it sounds easy to say and something very different to do, but I would swallow glass, eat a bullet, walk on fire without question for my kids and they are adults....

mystic just wrote that she was acting as a deterrent so maybe given the situation that was the best thing to do  

MrDobalina

mysticporter:

MrDobalina:

copzgirl:

I cannot imagine my first thought not being of my child.

 

There is no audio on this tape; mom could have been screaming "Run, little one, run!"

 

I cannot believe the judgement over a 20 second tape w/ no audio. 

Or, "come and get me, you bastard!"

 

or pulling out her concealed weapon and shouting "Make my day, mutherf#cker!" 

Mjmksb04

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition? I am sure the mom feels like sh!t about it, especially since now it will be all over the interwebs. I am not going to judge because I suspect she just acted without thinking.

pixy_stix

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

MrDobalina

pixy_stix:

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

 

I know I shouldn't be surprised but damn.  With all these perfect mothers around here I guess I'll learn something.   

jamiedsgirl

copzgirl:

I cannot imagine my first thought not being of my child.

This.  Seriously.   

taratru

I'm having a hard time judging.  I'd like to think I would take the kid, but who knows? 

laurenpetro

MrDobalina:

pixy_stix:

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

 

I know I shouldn't be surprised but damn.  With all these perfect mothers around here I guess I'll learn something.   

oh please.  i am far from perfect but i can tell you that i would not leave my child alone with someone threatening me with a knife.  would. not. happen. period.

copzgirl

MrDobalina:

pixy_stix:

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

 

I know I shouldn't be surprised but damn.  With all these perfect mothers around here I guess I'll learn something.   

I am not close to perfect, I can only say what my first thought would be. 

pixy_stix

I know that my fear reaction is to run. Whether I take ZB with me is questionable. I hope I never have to find out what I'd do.

+diana82+

copzgirl:

MrDobalina:

pixy_stix:

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

 

I know I shouldn't be surprised but damn.  With all these perfect mothers around here I guess I'll learn something.   

I am not close to perfect, I can only say what my first thought would be. 

Ditto 

UsedToBeGoldie

laurenpetro:

MrDobalina:

pixy_stix:

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

 

I know I shouldn't be surprised but damn.  With all these perfect mothers around here I guess I'll learn something.   

oh please.  i am far from perfect but i can tell you that i would not leave my child alone with someone threatening me with a knife.  would. not. happen. period.

 

I'm 100% with you, Lauren.  It makes me tear up to even think about it.... no way would I be running away.  I'd yell for my KID to run away... do anything but leave my child alone with a man who is threatening us in any way.

it's just instinct for a mom to protect the child first... even more than the flight instinct, IMO. 

So, unless she had a true plan of what she was doing would benefit the child (which I can't imagine she had, since it happened so fast) then I'm gonna judge - at least a little.

ridesbuttons

Onomatopoeia:

Eh, I don't know.  He confronted her with a knife, she could have been thinking of just getting him away from her daughter.  

 Even if she was the bad mom of the day, I'm kind of annoyed that the news angle was all "let's judge this mom in a life threatening situation!", instead of "what kind of *sshole mugs a woman with her 4 year old?".

X100000

mlwooten

Because she is a mom she gets a pass? Could we judge if it was a dad who fled without the kid?

 

loislayn

I judge her. She took her purse and ran, leaving the kid to fend for herself.

hopecounts

ridesbuttons:

Onomatopoeia:

Eh, I don't know.  He confronted her with a knife, she could have been thinking of just getting him away from her daughter.  

 Even if she was the bad mom of the day, I'm kind of annoyed that the news angle was all "let's judge this mom in a life threatening situation!", instead of "what kind of *sshole mugs a woman with her 4 year old?".

X100000

The above. Also as others said maybe she was thinking he'd chase her and leave the little girl.

I would like to think I'd grab DD and haul @ss because I'd gladly die for her but having not been in that situation I'm not going to judge how she reacted. 

pixy_stix

mlwooten:

Because she is a mom she gets a pass? Could we judge if it was a dad who fled without the kid?

I still wouldn't judge. From some of the responses it sounds like she's being judged more harshly than a dad because, "she's supposed to protect her children."

pixy_stix

LoisLane23:

I judge her. She took her purse and ran, leaving the kid to fend for herself.

Uh. Of course she took her purse, because she was holding it. If she was holding the kid, I'm sure she would have took her too.

huber22

Onomatopoeia:

 

 Even if she was the bad mom of the day, I'm kind of annoyed that the news angle was all "let's judge this mom in a life threatening situation!", instead of "what kind of *sshole mugs a woman with her 4 year old?"

Yes, yes, yes. I'd like to think my first instinct was to grab my kid, but whatever she did- it worked. The robber followed her, not the girl.

Eddy1

mlwooten:

Because she is a mom she gets a pass? Could we judge if it was a dad who fled without the kid?

 

Sadly I am sure a mom would get more scorn than a dad.

mlwooten

eddy:

mlwooten:

Because she is a mom she gets a pass? Could we judge if it was a dad who fled without the kid?

 

Sadly I am sure a mom would get more scorn than a dad.

I'm not so sure because a dad is supposed to be manly and brave. (Eyeroll) I think saying this is like the mommy wars is a bit over the top, imho. 

I also think that the fact you are robbing a parent and child is pretty sh!tty and doesn't need to be said.

 

 

 

Dana JR

It looks like she got a pretty good head start on the robber so how did she end up getting stabbed? I'd guess she stopped or turned around to come back right away. The video doesn't tell the whole story, imo. 

DruidPrincess

Imma stop you right there and say my entrails would have to be tangling up my limbs before I'd leave empty air between my kid and a knife-wielding ***.

DruidPrincess

pixy_stix:

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

Is the mom in any way overweight?  Because, you know - Fat Tuesday and all.  I shoot for perfection. 

michaels_girl

A couple of scenarios of the thought process have come to my mind, given that I've had a lot more time than this lady to think about it.  I can't watch videos at work, so i'm going off of your comments and the still photo than anything else.  If a dude approached me with a knife, I think I would have the presence of mind to NOT pick up my child, as my first instinct in imagining that scenario is that my child is then closer to or between me and the knife.  If I couldn't get between my child and the knife, then i think trying to draw the attacker off would be a good second choice. 

hawaii123

laurenpetro:

MrDobalina:

pixy_stix:

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

 

I know I shouldn't be surprised but damn.  With all these perfect mothers around here I guess I'll learn something.   

oh please.  i am far from perfect but i can tell you that i would not leave my child alone with someone threatening me with a knife.  would. not. happen. period.

Ditto this. And no way would a 4 yr old be able to out run an adult. I'm no perfect parent but I would be taking stab wounds all over while telling my child to run. Eta-or give the robber the damn purse-there is nothing in it more important than the safety of my child

mlwooten

hawaii123:

laurenpetro:

MrDobalina:

pixy_stix:

Mjmksb04:

So, is this the mommy wars, crime victim edition?

Seems like it.

 

I know I shouldn't be surprised but damn.  With all these perfect mothers around here I guess I'll learn something.   

oh please.  i am far from perfect but i can tell you that i would not leave my child alone with someone threatening me with a knife.  would. not. happen. period.

Ditto this. And no way would a 4 yr old be able to out run an adult. I'm no perfect parent but I would be taking stab wounds all over while telling my child to run.

 

 I am fat and can handle  the stab wound more so that my skinnie minnie kids.

 

Jermysgirl

There is no way I would leave either of my kids.  No way.  I know this like I know I have green eyes.

loislayn

pixy_stix:

LoisLane23:

I judge her. She took her purse and ran, leaving the kid to fend for herself.

Uh. Of course she took her purse, because she was holding it. If she was holding the kid, I'm sure she would have took her too.

And if she gives the purse to the robber, the robber goes away.