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"power moms"
By Carrie

This mom is really crazy and is what I refer to as a "power mom". When she threatened me about speeding, which wasn't even much over the speed limit I couldn't believe what she said to me. She told me that she is a parent
and has every right to tell me what to do and that I am a child. Okay, yeah I am in my 20's but I am not a child, and just because you are a parent does not give someone the power to bully other people. This woman has never had a job so I'm guessing this is the way she thinks she has power- by being a parent. This crazy mom is a lot like the mom you described in your post. She'll threaten

people and then be perfectly nice to their face again. This mother thinks she's above all rules. She'll threaten me about speeding but I see her speeding in the neighborhood all the time. But then when I speed she thinks I'll run over her kids because I'm not a parent. She thinks because she is a parent she can do anything she pleases. Just because I am not a parent does not mean I am an irresponsible person. This woman even calls the local constable because of cars parked along her street. It is illegal to park your car along the street, but come on its not really hurting her and the cars don't block her driveway so who cares. So all these poor people who park their cars on that street get tickets because of this crazy woman calling the constable.
What I was so mad about is her gossiping to the moms I babysit for. And I was also hurt that the other moms would believe her and not even have the decency to call me and let me explain. I take excellent care of kids. We have mainly stay at home moms in my neighborhood and a lot of them are those type of "power moms". I have found that I actually prefer babysitting for working moms who actually need me and appreciate what I do. The working moms are not always gossiping about people because they have a job and a life. No offense to stay at home moms, but the ones in my neighborhood are just plain mean. I guess dealing with these kinds of parents is good experience for when I do become a teacher. I'm in college so I do get a little intimidated by parents. I don't have much experience dealing with parents yet.