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[Jig Saw]

On 10/22/2014 scotttie said:

Don't laugh I had a leash for my children when they were toddlers. Much easier to keep up with them than holding their hand.

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On 10/22/2014 Free2be said:

On 10/22/2014 GrettaGarbled said:

On 10/22/2014 MJ 12 said:

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

True!!!!!

Very often an adult is blocking part of an aisle standing there chatting,unaware, on their phone impeding what people are there to accomplish. Kids don't have a monopoly on bad store behavior by a long shot. The last time I heard screaming at a store was from an adult.

We aren't discussing adult poor behavior, although there is plenty of that around, we're discussing a sign meant to inform parents they need to control their children. One has nothing what so ever to do with the other unless the rude adults are the bratty children all grown up.

If someone gets punched would you justify it by saying someone else got shot?

[Free2be]

On 10/22/2014 Ford1224 said:

I had the best behaved children when they were little. When we were invited to someone's house, they would go right over and sit on the sofa, one after another, all four, like ducks in a row.

When we went out to eat, they would sit down at the table or in the booth, and not move around; they would ask me if they needed to use the restroom and I would accompany them.

And I am talking about 3 to 7 year-olds here. I don't remember us ever having to "teach" them these manners, they just behaved that way in public.

They had their rowdy times of course, when playing outside or in the playroom. But never in a public place or at someone's home.

[Yeah, I know, another Ford brag.]

Keep bragging Ford, it's nice to know it. My kids were well behaved, too, in stores and restaurants, but I've been with other family members at times who allowed some rowdy behavior and it is difficult to understand. They were/are loving parents who must have been overwhelmed at the time. Maybe I should have held up a sign.

[Free2be]

On 10/22/2014 occasional rain said:

On 10/22/2014 Free2be said:

On 10/22/2014 GrettaGarbled said:

On 10/22/2014 MJ 12 said:

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

True!!!!!

Very often an adult is blocking part of an aisle standing there chatting,unaware, on their phone impeding what people are there to accomplish. Kids don't have a monopoly on bad store behavior by a long shot. The last time I heard screaming at a store was from an adult.

We aren't discussing adult poor behavior, although there is plenty of that around, we're discussing a sign meant to inform parents they need to control their children. One has nothing what so ever to do with the other unless the rude adults are the bratty children all grown up.

If someone gets punched would you justify it by saying someone else got shot?

Good luck limiting what will be discussed.

"bratty children" So contemptuous of little people! Adults and children: both people. Punches and shooting: diffferent weapons.

[GrettaGarbled]

On 10/22/2014 Free2be said:

There are many adults walking around seemingly normal with a seething anger waiting for a reason to direct it at a convenient target, other people's children being one.

Try to chill out. If you get hurt by an unruly child, you can always sue.

This is so true. The internet is evidently a good outlet for them.

[Mj12]

On 10/22/2014 GrettaGarbled said:

On 10/22/2014 Free2be said:

There are many adults walking around seemingly normal with a seething anger waiting for a reason to direct it at a convenient target, other people's children being one.

Try to chill out. If you get hurt by an unruly child, you can always sue.

This is so true. The internet is evidently a good outlet for them.

[colliegirls]

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.

The difference is the parent who ignores it and allows it to continue and the parent ( I was one) that takes the child out of the store and straight home so they learn that they may not behave like that.

[LilacTree]

On 10/22/2014 GrettaGarbled said:

On 10/22/2014 MJ 12 said:

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

True!!!!!

My boyfriend and I went to dinner at a local restaurant, and I soon noticed the couple sitting across from us. They were mumbling . . . and then the woman started slapping the man hard in the face, more mumbling, more slaps. Everyone was looking at them but they were in their own little angry world, obviously. He never touched her and there was no shouting. However the slapping went on for at least 20 minutes. My boyfriend told me it was none of our business, but it made me very uncomfortable. Fortunately, they left before our dinners came. I've always remembered this incident for some reason. I guess because it was so bizarre.

[Jannabelle]

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.

There was a thread like this a few months ago, some people were highly offended, it was quite a thread.........does anyone else remember?

[Sushismom]

On 10/22/2014 colliegirls 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.

The difference is the parent who ignores it and allows it to continue and the parent ( I was one) that takes the child out of the store and straight home so they learn that they may not behave like that.

""Their manners reflect your love for them.""

The sign makes NO mention of whether or not a parent ignores the bad behavior or takes the child out of the store. That's why I do not like the last part of the sign. The first part is fine.