My family often goes on walks around town. The problem is that my husband gets angry with our preschooler when the boy falls, trips, scrapes his knee, etc, which he does at least once each outing--either from not looking where he's going, bumping in to something or someone, or just being clumsy.. I'm deeply bothered that his father isn't the least bit sympathetic. Instead, the child will cry, sometimes blame the father for tripping him (since he usually bumps in to his dad before falling down or Dad is right next to him when he falls) and my husband will argue with the boy that it wasn't his fault for the kid's fall, instead of showing any kind of concern for his son's injuries. I don't understand why the father can't simply say, "oh no, did you fall down? Are you OK?" and why he makes it in to an embarassing ordeal, not to mention one lacking in parental love, sympathy and concern. Today our son tripped three different times, each time the father got angry/argued with our son, despite my stepping in and asking him to show sympathy instead. This worries me a great deal. What are your thoughts as to why this would happen and what we can do to change the father's reaction to a more appropriate one?
