I saw this picture on social media saying something to the effect of “This is motherhood”. I kind of don’t like things like this. The attitude behind them can lead to child abuse. 

I sent it to my daughter, thinking back to when she was that age. If she’d witnessed that happening to me, she would have lost her ever loving mind. Here’s what she said about it:

She would have freaked out. This kid not giving a shit that his mother fell down the stairs like that has two possibilities: 1. He looks like he’s just coming in from another room and didn’t see it happen. 2.  He’s too young to understand the gravity of the situation only seeing that his mom is lying at the foot of the stairs. Or 3. He did witness all of it and is a psychopath. 

No person, child or adult, who witnesses something like that is going to be “screw you, go do something for me.”  We will all run up to the person asking if they’re ok, including little ones like this.  Even an infant who witnessed this happening to their mom would probably start crying. 

This is not some accurate description of “motherhood”.  That’s my unpopular opinion for the day. Thanks for listening.