Mother & child

This afternoon as I walked out for lunch, I saw something that disturbed me a little. A mother had her ears plugged in with wired headphones listening to an MP3 player while crossing the road and holding the hands of her primary school daughter.

Her daughter who was probably about eight years of age was calling out to her mother, telling her not to cross as the 'red man' was still there. The mother wasn't bothered but walked on singing her favourite tune and ignoring the little girl's plea.

I didn't understand what was going on in the mother's head. Did she not care about the life of her child or was she just unaware that she and her daughter run the risk of being knocked down by a moving car.

Even a little girl of this age knows about the lurking danger of crossing the road illegally, what more dangerous can it be when crossing the road with music pumping in the ear? I seriously don't think the mother was fit for parenthood.

By the way, which sane mother would sing to her own world of downloaded MP3 songs and forget the presence of her daughter? Only the insane and uncaring ones. Its sad isn't it?