Bad parents!

[Taurus Babe]

I'm putting this under parenting cause this was a case of really bad parenting!
I was at the river the other day with Ryan fishing from this little 'beach'. The Fraser River is a fast running river, and I watch boats being pulled all over the place from the current all the time. This big group of people comes to the beach, and we figure they must be drunk cause they are all singing terribly and hooting, etc. Well I see this mom bring her 3yr and 5yr old girls down to the water's edge. They girls were precious, so I was watching them play. Then mom takes them back up to where she's sitting which a group of people, and the girls eventually wonder down alone. So I'm looking around and see that mom is no where to be seen. So I put my book down and watch them like a hawk. Well the little one is starting to get confident and I just KNEW something bad was going to happen. I even played it out in my head having to jump in the water with my clothes on. Well, what do you know, the little one takes about 3 steps into the river, and steps off a drop...she going completely under water, at this point I am out of my chair going over there. Her big sister (thank God) grabbed her arms and starts screaming 'help, help' and I grab the little one out of the water from here sister and set her on the sand and said some things to calm her. Mom starts wondering down the water, doesn't even look at me, or talk to me. I wasn't going to say "you are a terrible mother, do you know how many children drown every year?' cause that wasn't going to make her less interested in her beer, and more interested in her children's well being.

I was so shaken up. I was glad I was watching them, it was weird how I just knew it was going to happen.