On a solitary walk, I encountered two families.
The parents in the first family were upbraiding their daughter — about six years old — telling her to get back on her bike and that they were “sick of her”. The mother’s voice was raised, exasperated.
Who knows what general pressures might have been operating on this family or what other interactions had preceded this scene, converting a cheerful family outing into the journey from hell.
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