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April: Dave Smith Easter Egg Hunt Appalling

I, too, took both my children (3 and 6) to the Dave Smith hunt on Friday. They patiently waited an hour and a half for the "go ahead" to get the eggs, the signal was made and what I saw shook and horrified me. My six old son was lost in a sea of adults, adults who I witnessed stomping on the eggs, stuffing them down their shirts, pushing and shoving it was the worst thing I have ever witnessed. By the time I found my son, seconds after the hunt began, he had three eggs for his hour and a half wait. My husband had our 3-year old with him, after we met up, he pointed out that our 3-year old wasn't even able to get a single piece of candy, let alone an egg. My husband told me that immediately my son was shoved to the ground and as my husband reached down to pick him up he was almost knocked to the ground, my husband is not a small man. We try to instill in our children that it is important to treat people with dignity and respect. I ask how am I supposed to show them that is the way people should be toward each other when they witness a mass amount of adults acting in such an appalling manner? What kind of message is that? It is shameful what those parents did, it was like "taking candy from a baby" and for what, a prize basket that had a couple little toys and a few pieces of candy? Was it really worth it?



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.