It was n’t her imperfect life that concerns me. It is that there is no attempt to comfort the children.
I understand that a few years ago we did not understand the impact of adult’s actions on children’s lives.
We are learning more and more all of the time because of cortisol levels and the ability to scan brain acrivity.
There is a lot of research out there. I think that posters that have education in this kind of research are the ones concerned . It freaks me out now.
Years ago, I may have done the same as SW with my children. But nowadays we know more and more about children and adults as well. We have better information about what is needed by children and adults.
What's interesting to me is how everyone ignores the giant Santa in the room.
Ya'll know CW was PARTICIPATING in those videos people think seem abusive and uncaring to the kids?
He wasn't yanking off his Santa Beard and running to comfort CeCe.
He wasn't saying, "Bella doesn't want to sit with me. Let's leave her alone." Nope. He reached for her AND HELD HER as she reached her arms up for her mom.
Pie in the face video? Water bottle video? He's also participating in those. He actually tries to grab the kids at different points to get them to get a pie on the face or get squirted, before giving up.
At no time does he ever say, "That's enough. Stop it. She is upset. You're going too far."
He does not rush to the crying child and hug her and try to console her, as so many are criticizing Shanann for not doing.
She is the only one being damned for not understanding about cortisol levels or for not taking her kids' cries or discomfort seriously in a few moments of hundreds of thousands of times kids cry in their lives or act scared, unhappy or distressed.
For some reason, silent, complicit CW escapes any criticism.
