Family pictures
So today we did our Christmas card pictures. Either I am the best mom or crazy but my son and husband live Beavus and Butt head. We did our nice pictures in our dress up clothes and the boys had AC/DC and Metalica t shirts underneath. They then got to take the dress shirts off revealing the t shirts. Hysterical! We all had fun and the pictures are great.
One of the girls made the comment about how you could tell they were father and son because of their close relationship. I laughed and explained they are step dad and step son and she said well that Just makes it even better.
The girl then told me I am sure you heard the screaming there was a mom and 3 kids doing their first family pictures since the divorce. The oldest daughter about 11ish was still hysterical when they were waiting to see the pictures and telling her mom she would never be happy again.
It was pretty obvious she had some emotional issues and her mom looked so worn down and was so patient with her. I felt so bad for the mom the child and thed other 2 younger siblings.
It just makes me so thankful for my own blended family. I have been through the hard emotional after effects of a abusive marriage and a tough divorce...sometimes we all forget how hard it is on the little kids.
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I agree, Sweet Tea. I think a
I agree, Sweet Tea. I think a lot of kids are badly parented, but I think they suffer a lot more trauma from the divorce than a lot of people realize, especially the little ones whose brains are still developing. When I hear people crabbing about a three or four year old, I think they just need to leave that relationship. They’re still babies at that age. You look back at pictures of your own kids at that age and you realize, they’re just still so tiny.
It broke my heart that little
It broke my heart that little girl truly felt she would never be happy again. Her mom looked so worn down.the other two kids were very well behaved.
Divorce just plain old sucks.
Something to think about ...
Something to think about ... is it appropriate for a photographer or employee to share the personal background of another client? I find that extremely unprofessional that borders on gossip. It doesn't matter why the girl was having a breakdown. And is it anyone else's business why she did? It is embarrassing enough for the mother let alone the employee passing on the information. I would not go back to a store that passed on gossip and private information like this. What will they say about you? And how do you know it will be in a positive light?
No, she should not have,
No, she should not have, however the studio we were to be at their employees have all not shown up for the last 2 da us. This group got their appointments and their own and dealt with a lot of unhappy people with a smile. She was a young girl who along with the rest of the team worked 9am to 8pm the day before without breaks and the same on Sunday.
It was hard to miss a screaming 11 year old who was throwing things....in a crowded photo studio.
They handled the situation really well and I don't think that would have been the time for me to lecture anyone on privacy.