For Perth single mum, Liz Jay Bee, it was a rare night out with her kids. They’d been sick and cooped up during school holidays and they needed this.
Family time.
"I took my children to the football because I wanted some family time." Image via Blog Me and my Craziness.
But when fellow spectators shamed her forcing her to leave her night out a beloved Eagles game turned to heartbreak.
Liz Jay Bee, a mum who writes about her life with her kids shared her distressing experience in an open letter to her fellow spectators – a letter that has now gone viral.
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my eldest child has been to the football, monster trucks , numerous concerts/ events etc and she's spilled drinks, gets bored after 5 minutes, is always hungry or needs to go to the toilet or can't see or it's too loud or the seat's too hard and constantly asks for the iPhone to watch abc4kids ( hell, she even fell asleep in the middle of the Foo Fighter's concert last year! ) and you know what, she isn't autistic, she doesn't have sensory processing disorders . No ADD , ADHD or whatever bloody 'disorder' they want to throw it kids these days to put their behaviour into a neatly labelled box that society can accept - she exactly what she is, a little kid. Yet despite all of these painful moments in public places, l have NEVER so much had a shitty look or remark from anyone - if anything we've been told we are cool parents for exposing our kids to things that most ( and sometimes rightly) wouldn't dream of taking kids to - my point? People need to take a freaking chill pill - kids will be kids sometimes and do annoying bloody things ; and no, not every parent of these kids is an asshole who doesn't give a toss about ruining the event for others. People witnessing this behaviour; at least have the grace not to judge and snear and give dirty looks, especially if it's not your kid. And parents, if you are judged, have the good grace to walk away from the judgemental assholes with your head held high and remind yourself that disorder or no disorder, your child is fabulous and YOU as their parent know it. We are all trying to do our best and sometimes we fall short, and other times we have a fabulous day/ nite out despite the hiccups on the way
Some autistic children (including the non-verbal ones) make a LOT of highly aggressive noise and their reactions can be quite scary - I wonder if we have the full story here.
so do non- autistic adults.....including me! Your point?