Parents should have to pass a test to reproduce

I learned today that there are all different kinds of parents, but I didn't realize how retarded some parents can be. Jamie and I took Kaiden and Logan to the splash pad today and I was so frustrated at the parenting going on. I will explain the three different kinds of parents we experienced today

* The parent of a bully - this particular mother (who was also pregnant, with another little bully I am sure) Let her son push all the kids, hog all the water and just run around like he owned the place and what did she do you ask? NOTHING. She let her son push the other kids around and just WATCHED him do it.

* The "I want to avoid any confrontation" parent - this parent was the one who would just tell her kids "come over to this one" "play over here" or anything else that would just keep her child away from the bully.

* The "OH NO YOU DIDN'T JUST PUSH MY SON" parent - These mothers just happen to be Jamie and I. We were the only ones who actually said something to this bully kid.

So on with my frustrating story. There were a bunch of kids playing at the splash pad today and up walks a woman with her son and her son runs right over and just starts pushing kids, stealing their water sprayers and just being a really big bully. His pregnant mother is just sitting there watching him push people around and says nothing. I was so boggled, Logan would never dare push another kid and not get punished. One of the other parents just tried to keep her kids away from him, not saying much. Eventually this kid made his way over to Logan, my baby, and pushes him. Jamie and I both jump up and yell "DON'T YOU TOUCH HIM" "DON'T PUSH HIM" We are definately the "OH NO YOU DIDN'T" parents. I can't believe parents just let their kids get pushed around or let their kids do the pushing. I was going crazy b/c even when we got up and yelled at this kid, the mother did nothing. We ended up leaving and taking the boys to get ice cream, who shows up? The mother with her bully kid, I guess all his bullying deserved some ice cream.