Some parents amaze me

[teeituptom]

Some parents absoulutely amaze me. Not really, just how stupid and petty and vindictive can they be. Case in point.

Parents of a 3 yo child. Bring that cute little child in for swallowing a quarter. Xray shows the quarter in the stomach. GI and the Endo lab come in. Off to endo lab. Sedated child, scoped and removed quarter. No big deal ehh. All is well. They put the quarter in a specimen jar and give it back to the parents. A souvenir I guess.

The parents in their alledged wisdom discuss with the child about swallowing foriegn objects. Wasnt foriegn though, it was an American Quarter.

The parents show the child the quarter, and let the child handle it. Yes it happened. The child immediately put it back in the mouth and promptly swallowed it.

Moral of the story

some people should not be parents.

[Ms Kylee]

Stupid people shouldn't breathe... or breed... :uhoh3:

[gonzo1, ASN, RN]

Once had a mother who wanted her 3 year old to have an IV so she wouldn't feel hungry anymore. No matter how I tried to tell mother that wouldn't fix the hungry thing, she just couldn't get it. Stormed out of the ER yelling and screaming.

[DDRN4me]

Too bad stupidity and fertility are not mutually exclusive.

:yeahthat:

[imenid37]

Well, Tom, I do like the fact that it was not a foreign quarter!! heeheehee

It is completely the ER's fault. If you would've given them a Canadian quater to replace that one he swallowed. I am sure this fine family would not have allowed the child to handle such a foreign object. What were you thinking?

[babynurselsa, RN]

Bet they don't give em back the quarter this time.......

[scribblerpnp]

In my time as a pediatric nurse and pediatric nurse practitioner, I have realized three major "rules."

1. You can't fix stupid.

2. Within some set guidelines (excluding abuse or neglect), parents can basically raise their children any way they want.

3. I see rules number one and two DAILY.

[RainDreamer, BSN, RN]

Nothing seems to surprise me anymore.

Obviously, from what we've seen here, stupid people breed all the time. Parenting is a whole 'nother story though.

[mdrew508]

Stupid people shouldn't breathe... or breed... :uhoh3:

I have been saying this for many years. I can't stand stupid people.

[NurseyBaby'05, BSN, RN]

I'm surprised the parents didn't find a way to blame you or the hospital. After all, you should have been watching him.

[Elektra6, ASN, BSN, RN]

They take their child to Wal-Mart at midnight and slap him when he cries. He is smart enough to know he's tired and wants to go to bed, they on the other hand don't get it. Too bad stupidity and fertility are not mutually exclusive. Bad parenting...it's heredity! I get really sick of dealing w/ these types all of the time. I guess while the endo lab was handy they figured they have another go round huh?

That's so true! I worked at Target while in school and you would be amazed at the little ones there at closing. Also, every time we had a lost child, the child turned out to have BOTH PARENTS in the store!

[Diahni]

In my time as a pediatric nurse and pediatric nurse practitioner, I have realized three major "rules."

1. You can't fix stupid.

2. Within some set guidelines (excluding abuse or neglect), parents can basically raise their children any way they want.

3. I see rules number one and two DAILY.

Maybe if there were "breeding laws" you could fix stupid a little bit?

Nah.........

[Toquay]

It's amazing that the majority of kids survive despite their parents. I too am amazed at children up and out at all hours of the night. Parents don't just drag their kids to walmart late at night, I have even seen entire families and parents pushing strollers down Duval St. in Key West at 2 and 3 am often stopped infront of the girls behaving very badly if you know what I mean. It's no wonder kids are so messed up these days.

Toq

As Forrest Gump's mother said "Stupid is as stupid does."