Please don't let them hurt your children
On Sunday I took my second trip to Cedar Point. I thought I was going to have a hard time going on the bigger rides (coasters included) because I absolutly hated them the first time I went. To my surprise I was addicted to the coasters the second I stepped onto the Gemini. (Our train won!) So I went on every ride, except the Dragster and realized that the best coaster in existance is the Blue streak. I went on it three times in a row and then some.
I'll definatly be going back there this year.
I was sitting out when my friends when on the Dragster and sitting next to me was this family. A mother, father, grandmother, and a little boy and girl. I didn't think anything about any of them until the mother told her (I'm guessing 6) year old daughter to shut the fuck up. I was appalled of course but then the mother started in on the little boy who was no more than a year and a half. He had been in his stroller and finally they let him out to walk around. The mother kept grabbing this little boy by one arm and dragging him across the pavement. When she finally let him go, he looked at me and I gave him a big smile. And as fast as he could, he ran over to me and I stretched my arms out to give him a little hug. He had the biggest smile on his face. But before I even touched him, she snatched him up and yanked him up and down and once again pulled him around on the pavement.
I wanted so badly to take thta little boy in my arms and tell him I was going to save him. I wanted to promise him I would never let anyone hurt him again. It hurts me so much to think that he is going to endure the same hardships I did. I wish I had the courage that night to say something to that family, at least warn them that they were making the biggest mistake of their lives by hurting these children. Because abuse doesn't just hurt the children, it hurts everyone.
God, please don't let them hurt your children.
I'll definatly be going back there this year.
I was sitting out when my friends when on the Dragster and sitting next to me was this family. A mother, father, grandmother, and a little boy and girl. I didn't think anything about any of them until the mother told her (I'm guessing 6) year old daughter to shut the fuck up. I was appalled of course but then the mother started in on the little boy who was no more than a year and a half. He had been in his stroller and finally they let him out to walk around. The mother kept grabbing this little boy by one arm and dragging him across the pavement. When she finally let him go, he looked at me and I gave him a big smile. And as fast as he could, he ran over to me and I stretched my arms out to give him a little hug. He had the biggest smile on his face. But before I even touched him, she snatched him up and yanked him up and down and once again pulled him around on the pavement.
I wanted so badly to take thta little boy in my arms and tell him I was going to save him. I wanted to promise him I would never let anyone hurt him again. It hurts me so much to think that he is going to endure the same hardships I did. I wish I had the courage that night to say something to that family, at least warn them that they were making the biggest mistake of their lives by hurting these children. Because abuse doesn't just hurt the children, it hurts everyone.
God, please don't let them hurt your children.