Was in Tesco yesterday evening. Heard shouting about three or four tills down. Woman doing shopping, had a child in tow, a quiet little girl could have been anywhere from 3 to 5. Dont know what ensued, but the jist of it when I looked the little girl was struggling to hold a box of cereal , almost as big as herself.
Either she was unable to hold it or something, but the woman was shouting in a terrible abusive manner at the child and pulling the cereal box back and forth. Child was attached to the box and was being jerked backwards and forwards quite roughly. Everyone around looked stunned but nobody said anything. Went on for a few minutes.
Me being me, was going to tell her what for and then I said perhaps I will make it worse for the child when she gets home. I put down my basket, followed her to car park and took her car registration number.
What do I do with it - contact Gardai, Community Gardai, or Social Services? If thats the way the child is treated in public, I hate to see what happens to her at home.
The underlying thing I took from it was that the child, was not crying, but looked so so sad. What is the best way to follow up.
Either she was unable to hold it or something, but the woman was shouting in a terrible abusive manner at the child and pulling the cereal box back and forth. Child was attached to the box and was being jerked backwards and forwards quite roughly. Everyone around looked stunned but nobody said anything. Went on for a few minutes.
Me being me, was going to tell her what for and then I said perhaps I will make it worse for the child when she gets home. I put down my basket, followed her to car park and took her car registration number.
What do I do with it - contact Gardai, Community Gardai, or Social Services? If thats the way the child is treated in public, I hate to see what happens to her at home.
The underlying thing I took from it was that the child, was not crying, but looked so so sad. What is the best way to follow up.