This is horrible. The lady needs to chat with her kids about not all people being the same. How are children meant to learn tolerance of we just cover up anything different that we don’t like about other people!!!

The woman that made the comment needs to educate her kid/s and teach them people Come in all forms.
I Wish I was there to say a few choice words to her. Gracie had just as much right to be there playing as any other kid

It can be embarrassing if your young child says something about a disabled person, especially if your child is old enough to know better than make comments.
Relatives of mine have friends who have a son with a muscle condition and rides a specially made tricycle which helps to strengthen his legs and give him some independence + confidence. They have explained to their children that the little boy has “sick legs” and they are not to say anything to the boy about it.

That’s horrible and the other mum handled that situation very badly. She could have simply explained to her son that sometimes children are born a little different but that that’s ok. By going over to attack Gracie’s mum she was showing her son that he had a good reason for being afraid and kept the cycle of hate going.

I feel for the poor mum and child – no mum and child should have to tolerate this sort of view or opinion or have anyone approach them with such an unreasonable request. It seems like such a lost opportunity to explain to a child that we all look different and to teach a child about disabilities. There is no shame in having a disability and an inclusive society embraces everyone.

So sad – and I agree with you that it’s the parents who are at fault.

I must admit that I would never want such adults to be around me. Very rude of them. And they clearly don’t accept differences. The sad part is that their view affects their children too. So it’s not strange that the kids behave so weird around kids with disabilities.

How sad is this. From an early age we should talk with our kids about disabilities and birth defects.
My youngest has Down syndrome and I can’t cover that up and I never ever want to cover it up, as she’s so precious as she is !

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 03 Feb 2019 , 5:15 am

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  Of course she is precious! And our communities need to be open and to be educated.

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    • • Ellen replied
      • 10 Feb 2019 , 2:40 am

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    Amen to that

This mother is a very sad individual and a narcissist in my opinion. I have a special needs brother I understand how it can be over whelming for children to see disabilities but it is our responsibility to teach them that even though someone may look different we are all the same on the inside

It is parents like these that cause the problems of the world, how disgusting to expect someone to cover themselves up,maybe instead of saying it is scaring the children you should be explaining how everyone one in the world has something on their body that doesn’t work the way it is meant to

Disgusting. She should be teaching her son that it’s ok and she’s still beautiful so he isn’t scared

Sweet innocent little girl. She can’t help her situation and those parents should be more considerate and watch their children are kinder.

I explained to my children that everyone is different and we should always treat everyone with respect and howd theyd like to be treated, because bullying isnt nice at all

I’d be curious too. What a callous and selfish thing to say. She’s clearly comfortable and had every right to wear that pretty dress. Would have been a great opportunity for that selfish mother to educate her child that physical differences aren’t scary but simply different.

This was a good opportunity to educate the other child about disabilities.

Unfortunately we live in a very intolerant world and kindness seems to be in short supply.

If he was scared, that would have been a GREAT time for his mum to have a talk about normalising disabilities.

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  • • becstalou replied
    • 31 Jan 2019 , 4:50 pm

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  Exactly what I thought when I read it. Little kids just need things explained to them and it’s a great opportunity to promote compassion and understanding.

Such a beautiful little girl. I can’t even begin to understand the cruelty of others. If your child is curious explain to them that some times these things happens but they are still people. If your child says they are scared by it tell your child there is nothing to be scared about and again explain it to them. If your kid is teasing someone don’t be an @$$hole and do something about it, including making your child apologise. But don’t go up to the child or the mother and be vile about it! I feel so much for the mother and all their children. They were having a good time playing at a playcentre and some horrid beast comes and ruins it for them all.

oh my goodness I feel for Sarah and her daughter – the mother that said it is scaring the kids and to cover her arm to make it less obvious should have used that particular time to be sensitive and teach her children about differences between children, how some children can be different but it doesn’t change how we should treat them, etc.

I will always encourage my children to play, socialise and at the least say hello and I also tell them that it they would like to know something for example what happened to the little girls arm to ask mummy first and then we can start talking about it and teach them how to react rather than the negative ways people react. I see these opportunities to teach rather than judge. If my kids would like to talk to the person/child about something I will always first attempt to talk to the parent about it and explain what my kids would like to do and hope that by not just talking about them but talking with them about say a deformity etc that both parties feel comfortable and happy to talk about it before forcing it on them without warning.