Does other people's parenting (or leack thereof rather) annoy you in public places?

Question

I went to the infamous Wal-mart yesterday to get dinner items, and there was this lady and her son hitting damn near all the isles I was. I was trying to be quick as I could, BUT this little minion from the 4th circle of hell would dart in front of my cart, sit on the floor, squeal, throw things IN MY CART, and laugh all while his mother just kept saying this lame mantra "Tyler, hun, come to mamma bubba". Like she was oblivious to the boy putting everything from cereal to cold cuts in MY cart. I had to take them out myself, and the woman didn't even apologize for the boys behavior!!!!

He was about my sons age, about 5-6. I know my boy would have NEVER thought of doing this in a million years. He asks before he puts stuff in, and I do let him pick one treat out if he is good in the store, sorta like a prophalxis to avoid whining in the first place. But this little boy was cutting up. His mother did NOTHING.

My mom would have whooped my tail right there. End of story.

That should read "lack" sorry, ick!!

Answer 1

parents these days are so lax in their discipline that i have no tolerance for them anymore. i have all the patience in the world for the children because it's not their fault, it's the parents fault. i'm a part time waitress and see people all the time that let their kids run around, throw things, jump on the booths, ect.

Answer 2

Oh yeah I've head little beggars run in front of my cart, I'm visually impaired and if I had hit em their parents would be screaming.

My pet peeve is kids in restaurants, good restaurants, not Mickey D's or Wendy's etc.

Had an incident where a child 2-3 came and started stealing food of my plate. The parents thought it was ' cute'. I didn't and the next time the little darling did he got a hot tea spoon on his cute little hand. The manager asked them to leave and said the kid deserved what he got.

I'd ever done that in a good restaurant or any restaurant I wouldn't have been taken out for dinner until I was old enough to know how sit and eat quietly.

Parents need to be parents again and not worry so much if little darlings don't like them or love every instant of the day. They'll get over it so will you , it won't be a ife's trauma.

Answer 3

My mom and dad would have done the same thing, whooped my tail right out of there. My kids started those little tricks when they were younger and yes I whooped their little tails in front of everyone.
But, you do this today. The way we were brought up by our parents, it is now called child abuse. You can't spank a child without the cops being called. I was at a store a few months ago and a parent spanked his child because he was running around in the parking lot. I praised the man for teaching his child that a parking lot wasn't a play ground. As we were getting into our cars, a cop car pulled in behind his car. Hand cuffed him and his wife, someone called the cops on him. I tired to explain what had happened and they blew me off. The wife didn't do anything at all and she got charged for neglect.
How stupid is the world today? There is a big difference between spanking a child to teach them the lessons of life and beating a child to a pulp.

Answer 4

I think that it would not be out of place or rude once the child had put several things into the cart to go to the Mom with a very sweet smile on your face and tell her that you think that her son "accidentally "put those items into your cart instead of her cart . Then put the items into her cart and walk away.

Answer 5

OMG thats insane that a parent would allow their child to act like that in the store. And even worse that when shes noticed their behavior did not even attempt to correct it.

I was in Target one day and a father and his children were looking at the shoes. The dad had bumped his elbow on one of the shelves (probably hitting his funny bone). His kids started giggling when he shouted "OW" and he turned and kicked his one child. I was horrified. Another mother and myself with our children in our carts steared clear of this hot headed father. His temper seemed atrocious! I tried to say something to him about that but it turned out he didnt even speak english.

UGH! Good Question!

Answer 6

first of all, b4 u go into a store, ther should b some instruction on how u should behave. it's that's parents fault 4 not apologizing to u. u can pretty much tell when a child doesn't have home training by the way they act in public. her child probably laughs at her when she tells him 2 do something.i HATE bad kids in public.i wouldn't blame her if she popped his butt, but she shouldn't have too.

Answer 7

Maybe she didn't know what to do. My daughter is generally well behaved , but every once in a while she is just gonna be a kid. You can't honestly say your son NEVER acts up. Granted she should have apoligized for her son's behavior though-that was just rude. Just try and ignore it. What's done is done and it's not like you can press charges against a 5 year old. Just live your life and be happy the kid isn't yours!

Answer 8

Yes, this bothers me also. The parents usually apologize for their children's behavior , but then they let them to it to someone else. You had every right to tell the mother and son to stop this . Who cares what the mother thinks or says about it. I could care less. I am just glad that my daughter has manners and uses them.

Answer 9

hi miss Fedora: If I were you i ought to tell the toddler that's not useful to run round in the following, you're assume to act like a gentleman or woman. As for shouting in basic terms ask them to be extremely. And he/she must be shouting to get their moms and dads interest. They probably do not get it at domicile. you may continually ask the moms and dads "do not you care how your toddler behaves in public"? As I keep putting forward moms and dads are in charge for the way the toddlers act now a days. even as i changed into turning out to be up it in no way crossed our minds to misbehave. We knew what ought to take position if we did.

Answer 10

It annoys the hell out of me,especially when i see kids controlling there parents.IT"S SUPPOSE TO BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND"!I do"nt feel one bit of sympathy for them because i know they could have done a much better job of disciplining their kids,but they wait until they get to far out of hand and then they can"t control them.I have three great kids of my own and up to this day(ages 13(twin) &12)and they have never given me that sort of trouble.I can safely say i know your frustration.