Women Surround Crying Mom Whose Toddler Was Having A Meltdown At The Airport.
'This wonderful story was posted on Facebook by Beth Bornstein Dunnington who took part in an unforgettable moment at the Los Angeles International Airport.
"Something extraordinary at LAX today... (writing this on the plane). I was at the gate, waiting to get on my plane to Portland. Flights to two different cities were boarding on either side of the Portland fight. A toddler who looked to be eighteen or so months old was having a total meltdown, running between the seats, kicking and screaming, then lying on the ground, refusing to board the plane (which was not going to Portland). His young mom, who was clearly pregnant and traveling alone with her son, became completely overwhelmed... she couldn't pick him up because he was so upset, he kept running away from her, then lying down on the ground, kicking and screaming again. The mother finally sat down on the floor and put her head in her hands, with her kid next to her still having a meltdown, and started crying.
Then, this gorgeous thing (I'm crying just writing this)... the women in the terminal, there must have been six or seven of us, not women who knew each other, approached and surrounded her and the little boy and we knelt down and formed a circle around them. I sang 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider' to the little boy... one woman had an orange that she peeled, one woman had a little toy in her bag that she let the toddler play with, another woman gave the mom a bottle of water. Someone else helped the mom get the kid's sippy cup out of her bag and give it to him. It was so gorgeous, there was no discussion and no one knew anyone else, but we were able to calm them both down, and she got her child on the plane. Only women approached.
After they went through the door we all went back to our separate seats and didn't talk about it... we were strangers, gathering to solve something. It occurred to me that a circle of women, with a mission, can save the world. I will never forget that moment."'
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I needed that!
My daughter posted it on FB, and I 'copied,' recognizing our need.
as being the cause for many things, from mass murder by guns to allowing the unnecessary wars to continue. I think it needs to be addressed instead of ignored or purposely brushed under the carpet. Since "the poison" is controlling our government, financial and religious institutions I doubt the majority (women are 51% of the US population) will get their time to shine and have equal representation in my lifetime. Several thousands of years of male dominance has gotten our planet to where it is now...not a pretty picture, is it? 
They should, but they often don't.
There is a lot to be proud of in America, but our occasional arrogant ignorance doesn't make us great. It impoverishes us.
And you make an excellent point about female leaders being not much better or worse than the men.
The OP is about the remarkable empathy that seems a little more apparent in women. I don't disagree in essence.
Since my feminism is founded on the "women are human beings" school, I don't often like to make serious claims that women are somehow better people.
There's the old "Nature vs Nuture" issue to unwrap, as usual.
Honestly, I give women a slight edge on the morality scale over men. Growing life in your body, caring for our vulnerable young, that does have its impact on our psyches.
But there are crappy moms and remarkable dads.
The main thing in modern American culture is that women who want to particpate in aspects of life outside the home face censure for not "leaning in" enough if some domestic issue interferes with work. A man who is seen to take on a reasonal share of childrearing is hailed as a hero. The show "Blackish" did a great take on this in one of their episodes.
Most of this post may be off track, but let me end with this final point. And I am certainly not the first or only person to make this statement.
You will ONLY ever hear a man say, "No, I can't go [insert whatever detail] tonight. I have to babysit the kids."
They are YOUR kids, Daddy-o! When you look after them, it's called being a parent, not babysitting.
When your wife turns down an evening out, she says , "Sorry, I can't get a sitter for the kids." She's not suggesting that what she does with them on a regular basis is "baby-sitting."
The women who helped out that young mother in the airport were mothering her and the child. That's why it came about so simply and naturally. It wasn't a service being provided or a job to be done. It was human beings-- taking care of a member of the tribe in need.
The problem with government is that running an administration and guiding an economy is more complicated. Many women have the goods to get the job done. Sometimes their experience as mothers can inform their approach, but not always.
That is why I don't believe that estrogen alone can solve the world's problems, so to speak.
All the same though, with the current Toddler-in-Chief, a mother who knows how to offer a firm hand while not losing her cool when the child acts out may be just what we need. 
We are stronger together.
Beautiful story. Hat tip to all the women that saved the day. 
I love her, too. I remember seeing her on tv when I was a kid. Not sure I got how good she was, but when she was on camera, you couldn't look at anyone else. And I didn't understand that she came from jazz, so her way of singing was a little different.
I later really appreciated her, of course. Her sultry voice, her way of speaking, the eye movements, the suggestive lyrics (that seemed suggestive only because she was the one singing them). A true artist who did it her way.
Women are amazing creatures. Glad to be one of us.
nice quiet decision makeing . rah
We protect our children like mother wolves would for any cub in the pack. And we do not ask for thanks.....
Thank you posting elleng!
Lysistrata -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata
Lysistrata (/laɪˈsɪstrətə/ or /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/; Attic Greek: ???????ά??, Lysistrátē, "Army Disbander"
is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying all the men of the land any sex, which was the only thing they truly and deeply desired. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace—a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes.
My note: As a result of what the women propose, the women in the play end up governing. It is a "comedy" but in my opinion would really work to stop war. Women do negotiate in a different way than men.
