Man tells mom to 'shut her baby up' in restaurant — then his outraged dad's response leaves her astonished
Some parents never forget how hard it can be to raise a child. Many even extend that empathy to parents they see struggling in their journey. A mom experienced something similar when she was at a restaurant with her crying eight-month-old. She was struggling to eat with her crying child when she heard a comment from a young man. But before she could say anything, the man's dad stepped in to save the day, according to a now-deleted Facebook post by the mom, Lucy Hatami, per Mummy pages. The mom was trying to have breakfast at a restaurant while also trying to pacify her crying baby when a twenty-something man tutted and said, "I wish she'd shut that thing up!"
It might not be unusual for parents to hear such a comment, as many people can not handle crying babies in public. Surprisingly, in many countries, like Japan, it is more like a 'cultural thing,' where people get annoyed by crying babies. So, in order to tackle the stigma attached to it, a few politicians in Japan got their heads together to support the right of babies crying in public, per Quartz. It pointed out how the disapproval can be particularly hard on mothers. Especially for working moms, who have no other option but to take their babies with them in spaces like subways and planes. The mothers were so worried about being judged for their crying babies that it affected their decision to eat and travel quite a few times, according to the Financial Times.
A group of Japanese women started a campaign to get more acceptance for moms and their crying babies. The 2016 campaign was called "We Love Babies Project." They encouraged people to wear stickers that said, "Naitemo iiyo! (It's OK to cry!)" It was done to reassure the moms that the person didn't mind crying babies, even if they weren't saying anything, as per a report by Quartz.
In the case of Hatami, she also wanted to say something in response to the young man's remark, but before she could say anything, the man's dad came from behind him and was not very pleased with what his son had just said about the baby and mom. The dad clipped his son around the ear and told him, "What, and you think you were perfect? You were a right little sod." He immediately corrected his son's behavior and told him to apologize to the mom for his comment.
"Now stop being a brat, go up there, apologize to her and offer to get her breakfast as she clearly has her hands full!" the dad told the man. The mom was pretty grateful for what happened and how the dad dealt with the situation. "So I got my buffet breakfast with waiter service, along with a lovely coffee. Thank you to that dad who, even after 20 odd years, still remembers the difficulty of being parents to babies," Hatami expressed. On the other hand, her son, Ben, could be seen enjoying his breakfast with a big smile after the entire ordeal, according to a photo of the post shared by Mummy Pages.