Powow at the PO

Had to go to the PO this arvo for work. Had to take a sick, tired and helicopter obsessed 3yo in with me. He saw a toy helicopter and chucked the mother of all tantrums when I wouldn't buy it so I copped a load of verbal abuse from onlookers over my 'naughty' child. I actually thought one bloke was going to hit him, or me. So I'm a bad parent but no blame apportioned to the store that uses aggressive marketing tactics by placing cheap toys at toddler eye level? Interesting how many people will berate a mother of young children but won't make eye contact with a raving drunk. Perhaps they're the same people that will abuse and tailgate an elderly woman doing 5kph under the speed limit but won't look in the direction of a p-plater doing 100kph in a school zone. Is Australia a nation of cowards and bullies? There's a lot of talk about bullying in schools at the moment. But look at the message we're sending our kids. Our nation's leaders slag each other off on television but won't make a firm stance against real issues like homelessness. I wonder how many kids witness that sort of bullying behaviour from the next aisle / back seat / on TV / in the living room (domestic violence) and then re-enact it at school? If we want to stem bullying in schools, we adults need to start leading by example.