[ernie]

So we have some friends that often tease and lightly torment their kids. Things like wrapping up a decidedly little girls toy for their (at the time) 9 year old son at Christmas. then expressing surprise that it wasn't what he asked for...then bringing out the real gift.

Yesterday they may have gone too far and we're trying to decide if they've crossed the line. The facebook post:

We convinced the boy (age 11) that we decided to leave him and his sister (6) home while we went shopping in st. Louis (they left to do some shopping in town I believe...regardless they did leave). I told him not to eat the cherry danish his dad left because they were full of bugs that could make them very sick. He confessed they had already ate them and gave one to the neighbor girl. They were on their way to (my) house to get a ride to the emergency room when we pulled in.


Now I'm not saying it was necessarily intentional abuse. Also, to give some background we have twice had to call an ambulance for our daughter and that type of stress/worry is nothing I'd wish on my worst enemy so my view could very much be biased. It just seems like this went beyond ribbing and a joke.

Thoughts?