LIKE most people who read the news on Monday, I was extremely horrified that a couple of small children were affected by the tear gas fired at protesters on Sunday during a demonstration at the Queen’s Park Savannah.
I wasn’t angry at the police per se, my anger was completely directed at the parents of these children who made the extremely unintelligent decision to take their small innocent children into a crowded, unpermitted demonstration in the middle of a pandemic.
Furthermore, this was the second or third (I’ve lost count) round of the “Push Back.” Unless you have been living under a rock you would have known the previous demonstrations started peacefully and ended in chaos.
Thankfully, most people shared my sentiment, but as always there are the great defenders of others bad behaviour.
“But what if the father had no babysitter!”
Well Janice, then he should have kept his backside home. As a parent, the safety of your children should always be your number one priority.
“Children should be allowed to go protest for the protection of their human rights!”
Absolutely they should! But we all know that protests during this turbulent time in our society would most likely not be peaceful. And even so when those parents saw that the proverbial poo was about to hit the fan, they should have gotten their behinds out of there pronto.
But nah, blame the authorities for the irresponsibility of others.
What really agitates me are people are hemming and hawing about schools reopening, because they believe schools are Covid death traps for their sweet little fruits of the womb, but it’s totally okay to take them to 500-person plus demonstrations, into malls, into markets, into groceries.
Y’all really big with no sense eh!
A Facebook parents’ group recently asked members their thoughts on children returning to school. Well, folks, I am terrified for our nation’s children. Somewhere between the reopening of schools was a ploy to give our children dangerous experimental vaccines to people proudly exclaiming they would rather have a dunce child than a sick child… I lost all hope in humanity.
The best, and by best I mean totally ridiculous comment, was one mother who proudly boasted her children were safe at home, they weren’t lacking in socialisation because they visit their family all the time and her neighbourhood has plenty of children with whom her children play with every day.
Mash your brakes lady! Unless you can 100% guarantee that your neighbours and all your family live in a bubble, go nowhere, see no one else, never leave their homes, then your children are not safe. I mean make it make sense nah.
Every time I leave my home I see children out and about with their parents. This week I saw a group of children all from different homes playing in a park with no masks. By these parents logic this is all safe, but sending your children to school for face-to-face learning is equivalent to kicking them off a cliff.
Covid is not the problem. The Government is not the problem. You are the problem.
“My child cannot wear a mask all day!”
Oh really? Yes they can, it is called discipline and it is not your child’s teacher or the Government to teach them the basics of doing what they need to do to keep safe.
My five-year-old plays football in a mask and never once has he complained. He wears it because his parents make him do it, and if you have met my five-year-old you would know it takes a lot to get him to do anything.
So we need to stop blaming others for our own irresponsibility and ignorance. We need to stop making excuses for them and for slack parents.
We are a nation of indiscipline and it all stems from our homes. You want a better country? You want to get through the pandemic? Stop blaming others for your inability to follow the most basic of rules.
Finally, to all the Carnival promoters who are boohooing about what little time they have to organise, just be thankful you’ve been given the opportunity to “reopen”.
Apparently, Carnival is more important than schools, so save your tears, I’m not here for it.
#classbeforemas
Hit the nail on the head as usual