Someone Online Was Curious About “What’s Your Unspoken Mom Code?” And 33 Mothers Came Through

Yes! We went to a community sleep over and there was a severely handicapped girl there with her mom .. poor thing moaned and cried and fussed and needed her mom all night. I tried to help, is there something we can do? The mom just started sobbing .. it's like this every single night. Girl is in my prayers every single day

Also you don't always know if a kid is disabled. That big kid in the stroller watching the iPad while his mom pushes him through the park? Could be that he has cognitive disabilities and this is the way his mom can get a walk and fresh air with him.

My son is on the autism spectrum, ADHD, sensory perception disorder, and seizures. Yeah, it's hard as heck, especially for a mother that is also disabled. I'm a wheelchair user. Luckily as my son has grown (He's almost 16) it's gotten a little easier and he and I take care of each other, but even I and sometimes he will stop to give help to someone we see in need.

My son is severely autistic and is non verbal. He's going to be 6 next week. One time he had a meltdown in the mall and I had to carry him out like a surfboard so not to hurt himself or me. And I had so many people staring. I was fighting back tears. Then as soon as I got him in the car some lady came out and said "ma'am I just had to tell you something." Half expecting some unsolicited advice. I just looked at her and said "what?" She looked at my son and at me and "I just wanted you to know that you're doing a great job mom" I started crying. That was years ago and it still makes me choke up because that was the first and only time a complete stranger said that. I really needed it that day.

While this is a good one, I hate how a lot of people who say this treat disabled kids as a horrible curse on the parents. I myself am considered disabled, so it makes me super mad. I'm a person too. Disabled kids are people too. They are not a curse.

Yes, and i will not hesitate to grab said child if they are visibly heading into danger(ex: a road)... id rather an angry child than a dead one

Every time, everybody should do this, I'm not a mum but I do this. Sometimes I'll use a school marm voice to tell the older ones to "listen to your mum or dad" and wink at mum or dad, a smidgen of fear can save alot of hurt and keep them from dangerous unpredictable strangers grasps.

I have done this MANY times, and likely will again. Also: I pull into a gas station and see kids alone in a car, I stand nearby and watch (just in case)

Years ago working in a grocery store, a toddler made a mad dash for the front door. I crouched down, flung my arms wide and said, “*hugs!!!*” and sure enough, he pulled an immediate U-turn back to Mom.

Gotta watch that though. Some folks get really pîssy if you touch their kid. Had a man scream at me because I caught his kid running around behind the counter where I worked. Never mind that he wasn't paying attention and the child was about to run into a *pizza oven*.

This. It's a struggle.

And help them up and down the stairs please

I always do. Some places do not have auto doors and it's difficult to steer a stroller or shopping cart. Nobody did that for me

This! Anticipate if you see someone approaching that may need help with that door, elevator, etc. it takes seconds, and the gratitude is appreciated.

but if they don't say thank you I don't do it again for them

Another one for everyone to do, it's community care in action.

We're talking really young kids, right? Because over a certain age, kids are quite capable of going out and doing things by themselves, such as going to the bus stop on their own.

LMAO I could do this full time with the number of parents who just ignore their kids and let them wander everywhere.

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Thank you

Also - I don't care what the parent thinks, if they think I'm being nosy or bossy - if I see a parent not paying attention while their 18-month-old stands up in the seat of the shopping cart, I *WILL* go over and loudly (but politely) say, "Sweetie, you need to sit down so you don't fall!" I've gotten thank-yous from most parents, but also dirty looks and nasty comments from others. Sorry, but I'd rather not see your kid fall out and suffer a brain injury when they fall head first on the floor from that height.

Little kid, maybe 3 to 4 yrs old ran into the road a couple of days ago, car in front of me stopped, young man got out, car going opposite way stopped, an older woman got out. This kid was ignoring both of their encouragement to get off the road, I was going to get out too and start door knocking but mum suddenly ran out and grabbed him. In the meantime Mr expert with the hotted up sports car behind me has started tooting and yelling "get back in your cars, you're blocking traffic" with no regard to the little kid at all. He earned 4 sets of 1 finger salutes that I counted, arrogant twat.

I don't really like kids and usually don't pay any attention to them. I was in a bakery and they had the glass of a display case open and propped up by like a broomstick, and unattended; the worker was helping a mom. Noone was paying attention to the 5 year who was checking out the sweets on display and move to the opened case. As soon as I saw the kid go near tha case my eyes were glued to him which was very lucky for him because he bumped into the stick. Somehow I channeled The Flash and grabbed the kid out of the way before the glass could hit him. My heart was racing afterwards and I was shaking but I kept that kid from a serious injury. I still don't know how I moved so quickly. The mom was freaked out afterwards but I think I was even more freaked than her because of how close of a call it was. I did get my baked goods for free though but my god I don't ever want to have to act like that again; it was so scary thinking what could've happened had I not had sugar craving that day

I was leaving a fast food restaurant when a toddler started following me out. She got between the two doors of the entry way and was about to come outside into the parking lot when I went back and ushered her back into the restaurant. Her family were all sitting at the back of the restaurant, completely unaware. They saw me ushering her back in and just called her back to them rather than coming to get her. I gave the family a WTF look before leaving.

Many years ago was going down a street in town. There was a yard around a yard. A toddler was climbing the fence. Probably the parents or also a friend was by the house and I could see they were talking. I was about to stop and get out of my car when somebody notice the child climbing the fence. Ran to the child and grab the child off the fence.

More times than not, the parent gets mad at me. I was at work, when a mom had to run out to her car and get her wallet. She left her kids, probably around 1 and 6, near the front of the store. The baby, who wasn't buckled into the shopping cart, climbed over the seat. I managed to catch him, before he hit the floor, buckled him up and was making silly faces when the mother came back. She was furious that he was buckled, because "he doesn't like that". Threatened to tell the manager, but sucked to be her, I was the manager. Another time, I grabbed some neighbor kids (ages 7 and 4)out of an overflowing ditch during a thunderstorm, and brought them home to tell their mother. She, too was angry, because how dare I tell her children what to do! I'm not sure why they get so mad. I'm a mom of five, and I 'm not about to just sit there and watch a child get hurt. I would hope that, if my kids were in a dangerous situation, someone would help them, whether the child "liked it", or not.

I think the people who tut and try to shame tantrums are the same group who tut and shame teens with poor manners. A fair amount of those teens behave like that because their parents gave in to every tantrum - perhaps because of the shaming. Give sympathy to the great parents out there dealing with toddler tantrums

I will support what the parent does (within reason). If they do nothing, there is nothing for me to support.

No no no no. Pick up the kid and leave. Don't subject the public to your childs inability to act like a human being. errands can always be ran later when the kid isn't being a little s**t. I know I've done it.

It depends on why the kid is tantruming. Are they doing it because they're a kid, or are they doing it because the parent is practicing bad parenting (like forcing a kid to be out in the hot sun instead of taking them somewhere cooler)?

standing in line behind a child in the early stages of a tantrum, I will always wave or try to distract the kid in an effort to help somehow

Was on a 3 hour flight with meh mum, the seats were arranged with me in the middle, my mum by the window, and a mother and her infant in the isle... i had headphones on but i noticed the infant kept staring at me (this was before i had green hair) i slid the head phones off and the mother went "oh, thats a neat neck pillow you have" [the neck pillow was a caterpiller that was shaped like a neck pillow] she asked if she could use it to put her infant to sleep, me not really using it (i wasnt planning on sleepin) and my mum being an experienced mother said yes... babi was quiet the entire flight and she thanked me for the pillow :]

I had a little chihuahua that went everywhere with me. Whenever I was at a store or the bank and a child was cross or crying, I’d open my dog purse and let them pet my little guy. It would bring more happiness to the parents than the child.

Even if you have to play peek-a-boo for 48 minutes straight.

Small children are usually fascinated by my husband (he says he's funny looking, I think they can see he's sometimes a twelve-year-old in a man's body). I can't count the number of times in grocery lines small kids just gawk. After smiling and getting eye contact with the parent, he starts with the silly faces. Smiles and giggles every time.

I do that very often, but if I have my special time off (without kids) I have my own time and just ignore everyone around ne, especially kids.

I get the feeling, but this is not a smart response at all. If he abuses her kids, there's a good chance he's abusing her too. And yes, she should absolutely leave her abusive relationship, but that can be very hard (and dangerous!) to do. You may not know the whole story, he might have threatened to kill her kids if she tries to leave, and she might be too terrified to go without you realizing. If she feels unable to leave yet, cutting off contact is not helping her, it is isolating her, making her even more dependant on her boyfriend. He will have much more control over her when you're gone, and not having her friends around anymore will make her feel she has nowhere to go when she leaves him, which will make her stay with him even longer. Do call CPS. And try to convince her why she and her kids deserve better, and offer her as much support as possible, help her think of how to solve all of the difficult hurdles she sees that make her scared to leave.

THIS! My friend has a bf that has severe agression issues, mostly verbal but still. Once her oldest son (12y) took a knife in the kitchen to defend her when he was going off again. This wasn't enough for her to realize she should not let him in their house again. It was the start of the end of our friendship..

You are actually on my report to the CPS.

This stock photo comes up now and again, and I still can't unsee how many layers she has on.