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[scotttie]

It really is a safety issue. Parents don't realize how badly their kids can be hurt in a retail establishment or how badly they can hurt others.

I took the ""their manners reflect your love for them"" to be a way to try to soften the admonition? IN other words ""we know you love them and wouldn't want them to get hurt.""?

[GrettaGarbled]

Truth be told- I make it a point to approach the parent of the kid having a meltdown and say "I feel your pain. Been there."

Kids crying or misbehaving and acting like kids doesn't bother me in the least. Again, I rarely see kids running wild with an unconcerned parent.

[Jig Saw]

On 10/22/2014 Sushismom said:

On 10/22/2014 Jig Saw said:

On 10/22/2014 Sushismom said:

So no one who's loved their kids have ever had them misbehave? I find that impossible to believe. Kids are kids and some will act out on occasion regardless of how much they're loved. It happens.

When that happens I take them out. How else will they learn their behavior is unacceptable in public?

So I guess you had brats, right? Otherwise why the need to take them out?

No, the brats are the ones with the lackluster parents who don't give a darned.

[GrettaGarbled]

On 10/22/2014 MJ 12 said:

I have witnessed many more adults acting out/acting obnoxious in public than I have children.

True!!!!!

[occasionalrain]

On 10/22/2014 MJ 12 said:

I have witnessed many more adults acting out/acting obnoxious in public than I have children.

So what. Just because there are ignorant adults doesn't make a misbehaving child acceptable.

[Jig Saw]

On 10/22/2014 MJ 12 said:

I have witnessed many more adults acting out/acting obnoxious in public than I have children.

No doubt they had parents who never took the time to teach them manners.

[hennypenny]

There is a sign in a restaraunt at Lake Tahoe that says.

Unattended children will be given espresso and a free kitten.

[Free2be]

I've been annoyed by kids running by me in the store aisle but never felt it was anyone's responsibility other than the parent or felt a need to suggest the store manager set up such a sign for my comfort. How many parents won't shop there because they feel their child could have a spell of frustration and have everyone would turn to look if they're going to follow the sign's order?

To me, the sign is not a need but is instead another barrier in our social fabric which could use some help on many fronts but not this way. We all need good boundaries, even cranky adults.

Unattended disruptive kids who are truly making shopping safety worrisome should be brought to the store manager's attention. The sign won't matter to such a parent., they probably don't read all that much. Perhaps this store's management dislikes kids and doesn't like their job.

[Sushismom]

On 10/22/2014 Jannabelle said: Here's the thing........kids will be kids,......but if a parent truly loves their child, they will discipline them, take them outside if nesscessary until they calm down, and teach them how to behave.....some parents seem to not realize their child is their responsibility and that it is not okay for them to allow their children to make everyone around them miserable.

Yes, kids will be kids. And I definitely agree with teaching them how to behave in public and disciplining them when necessary. But to equate bad behavior with how much a parent loves their child is illogical. That's why I don't care for the latter part of the sign.

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[Free2be]

On 10/22/2014 hennypenny said:

There is a sign in a restaraunt at Lake Tahoe that says.

Unattended children will be given espresso and a free kitten.

""Unattended"" is the key word here. That sign at least has some humor!