How do you normally act if you see a spoiled rotten child make a scene in public?

Question

For me if I see that, I normally walk away and laugh.

Answer 1

I glare and give the parent and child dirty looks. If the parent can't see then I give the child VERY dirty looks. Sometimes this scares them so much they shut up. Sometimes it doesn't.

Usually I just look on in a combo of pity and disgust and wonder how anyone can allow their child to behave like that. If I had done it, there would have been no questions asked. We would have left the store immediately and I would have been "dealt" with at home. Needless to say, I didn't misbehave very often. And guess what? I happen to be a decent, honest, and upstanding citizen!

Answer 2

Okay, to LieDetector, that was hilarious!

But seriously, yesterday, I saw this little girl throw huge hissy fit, and her mom couldn't have reacted any better. She stood her ground (even though it caused a tad bit of a scene) and she corrected the behavior. So those of you that want to slap the parents, you're not in their shoes. The child could be lashing out because of changes at home. My perfect angel of a brother (I'm serious, model-child) turned into an absolute nightmare when my parents went through a divorce, and the looks we got, WHOA!

But sometimes, yes, the children really are little brats and it is a result of bad parenting. And sometimes you do want to giggle. But the parents are people too. Be considerate and don't stare, or give dirty looks, just walk away. Or keep doing what you are doing. 100% of the time, the child is doing it for attention, not just mommy and daddy's.

Answer 3

If I'm in a sit down restaurant and a brat is next to me, I ask the waitress to be moved to a table in the brat free zone. That's half the reason I'm upset with the no smoking codes in restaurants the lounge use to be a safe bet not have kids around. If I'm in a shopping area I just sigh walk away.

You know the sad part is most he spoiled rotten children I see now days are adults!

Answer 4

I usually don't say anything, but give a look at the parents. The child should be immediately taken outside and talked to. Allowing the child to carry on in a public place gives the child negative attention that some kids seem to crave. I marvel at the lack of good parenting these days.

Answer 5

Same here. I have a cousin who have no manners at all. When you give her a present, she just grab it away without saying thank you or just look at you, walk away, and did not take to gift. Once she has spill some drinks on my carpet, her parents did not say sorry and did not clean up for us. I think their family has lack of communication. And the parents just let the kids do whatever they want. Some families just let the kids have the money that they want without asking what do they want with the money. From my psychology text book, according to a German physician and early psychoanalysts who became a prominent theorist in her own rights, Karen Horney (1885 to 1952), an early voice in feminine psychology, She emphasized the importance of parent-child relationships. When parents are harsh or uncaring, children may develop a deep-seated form of anxiety she called basic anxiety, which is associated with the feeling of "being isolated and helpless in a potentially hostile world" Children may also develop a deep form of resentment toward their parents, which Karen labeled basic hostility. She believed that children repress their hostility toward their parents out of fewar of losing them or suffering their reprisals. Yet repressed hostility generates more anxiety and insecurity. I believe the parents have to learn how to control their children. I know saying is one thing, following the instruction is hard. But if the parents put more effort to understand their children and spend more time with them. They can actually teach the children how to behave in a better manner in the future.

Answer 6

I think the parent should be punish because they should not let the child act like that in the public.They should make them act right before they go in the public.

Answer 7

I roll my eyes and shake my head at the parents if they are around, if I don't see a parent around I tell the child to stop. I have no problem telling other people's kids how to behave if the parents aren't going to. I don't want to listen to that nonsense when I'm trying to shop or eat a meal.

Answer 8

I pray that my child doesn't act like that!! Then I laugh at the parents for raising their baby to be spoiled!!

Answer 9

Normally, I will speak sharply to the child. "Stop; that!" "That is not allowed here!!" I have a tough no nonsense attitude and voice. Sometimes it works. Sometimes, the mothers are appreciative.

I always wonder why/how a parent can let a young brat control them.

Answer 10

Most of the time my nephew is with me and he does the work for me. He will loudly announce "That kid is being a brat and he needs a time-out" The parents usually get embarrased that another child would notice.