Snap judgements, social media shaming and trying to (be a fairly decent) parent
Note: this is not a real post... at least, that's what I hope! "OMG! Some people just should not be allowed to have children! Just saw this mom walking with her child (who was on a leash!) on the road, the child wasn't steady on her feet, the mother wasn't even paying attention to the kid, was looking at her cell phone! When we tried to drive past them, the child fell down! What if we'd been closer when we passed and she'd been hurt?! SMH. Makes me so mad! 😠😠😠" Imagine that you read this as a post on Facebook. What would you think of the parent being described? Would you join in the head shaking (and fist raising)? Would you share another incident you had witnessed of a parent falling short of your expectations to the thread? How much judgement and condemnation can one post describing a few witnessed seconds of another person's life garner? If the manner in which I often see social media used, particularly by "perfect beings" is an