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[Tinkrbl44]

On 8/13/2014 ive been framed said:

On 8/13/2014 Tinkrbl44 said:

Oh boy, this is my pet peeve ...... badly behaved children.

I no longer keep quiet ........ when a child is screaming and you can hear them on the other side of the store, I now confront the mother and ask what is wrong with that child.

If kids are running in a store, I speak up and say: <em>HEY ... be careful!</em>

And if they are really bratty .... I speak up and say: <em>HEY ... Where's your mother??</em>

Yes, maybe others wouldn't do that, but most people I know go to stores to shop (which requires thinking in most cases) and NOT to endure badly behaved, noisy children who are allowed to run wild.

Sorry .... but I see no reason to tolerate that!

When I was a kid, complete strangers would put us in our place if we acted up, then my mom would thank them. She would also scold us sorely in front of God and everyone. Yes, it was humiliating, which was the point. We were shamed for humiliating our mom with our bad behavior in public.

Not only that, but maybe the parents also need to be shamed into being better parents and teaching their kids proper behavior!

I see no reason to keep quiet, so I don't.

[12andcounting]

So many parents these days seem to think their work is done once the baby is born. I'm just amazed at how so many parents think they "can't make" a child do something. Geez, grow some and be the adult for goodness sakes. Children need boundaries and discipline and they shouldn't be allowed to do whatever the heck they want.

[occasionalrain]

What about the mangled packages on grocery shelves? Parents allow their children to grab boxes of cereal, cookies, crackers, and after the child has opened it or it's gotten crushed; the parent just places it back on the shelf. No one is going to buy it, that parent wouldn't, so it's a loss for the store and we all pay higher prices because of it.

[shorelady]

And sometimes it is not only children, but adults who behave in strange ways.

Recently at the supermarket, an older woman was opening packages of "personal" products, then opening individual packets of said product, and then judging their length and thickness. She didn't notice me and kept putting opened packages at the back of the shelf. Finally I did say something, but she just stared and walked away. So guess who pays for this?

[brii]

These parents are doing a huge disservice to their kids by not teaching them how to respect other people's things and what's appropriate behavior out in public.

I notice more and more kids running round unsupervised. There is a local clothing store that I like to go to. They have a display window with some of their outfits and accessories. A woman was shopping and let her kids run up into that display window. The owner of the shop had to go pull the kids down and bring them to their mother who was happily oblivious to the whole thing. They could have gotten hurt. Plus, they were ruining the display. The mother looked annoyed, on top of it.

[Luv2Decorate]

I'm so surprised that the child wasn't burnt. It must not have been fresh out of the oven???

odd...

[nun ya]

Yuck, Those are the kids I'd like to tell "there is no Santa Claus"

I'm joking.

[BORN AGAIN]

The apple doesnt fall far from the tree. Disgusting.

[Hayfield]

Parents today don't want to hurt their childrens "self esteem" buy correcting them or teaching them manners. I see little good parenting today and it's a shame but you can't blame the child, if they're not properly taught. They drag them everywhere too, whether it's their nap time, time to eat, bed time. I went into a Starbucks with some of my friends after a movie one night, it was 9:30 and here comes in a family with two small children. My children were always in bed by 8 o'clock, that meant baths at 7 o'clock, reading time, then bed. Parents let children just run around until they drop from exhaustion. Children thrive when there is structure and rules. My children are 28 and 24 and today they are very productive, contributing members of society and successful and happy. Raising children is a big job and one that you don't want to fail at, when you fail, it affects all of society.

[milly1]

I watched a kid climb onto the area where you load your groceries in a grocery store. Did the Mom say anything as the kid was traveling down the belt ""NO"". The clerk had to tell her to please remove her child as she feared they would get hurt. Bet she'd have no problem finding a lawyer to sue the store.