When did it become acceptable for people to let there children run round supermarkets screeming?

Question

And I'm not talking about harassed single mums in Kwik Save I'm talking about middle class parents in Marks and Spencers

Answer 1

i know drives me crazy especially when ive my own toddler sitting nice an quite in the trolley and then she sees other kids running around she wants to do the same usually ends up with me pulling my hair out and swearing next time im gonna do my shopping at midnight when the these kids r in bed haha

Answer 2

These are the same parents who would never consider giving their precious little darling a spanking. Parents have lost the discipline battle. The children are the real losers. They do not know that their behavior is wrong because they have not been taught. A time-out might work for some children but I think it does not work for most children. When my children were small a quick tap to their bottoms got their attention. They knew that what ever they were doing was wrong and should not be repeated. After the first time to get their attention I would sometimes use time-outs. My time-outs were spent sitting in a corner looking at the wall not in a well furnished bedroom with all the toys and a TV and video games. This is another mistake people make. Going to their room is not much of a punishment when all the fun stuff is there. Moms and Dads just have to be in charge.

Answer 3

Kids should not be allowed to run wild. Keeping kids in your area when you are in public is just a safety issue. Remember the mother whose child was killed at Walmart and the child was only out of the parents site for less then two minutes. A store is not a playground. I've seen kids almost get run downed by carts or stepped on by adults because no one saw the child dart out in front of them. Some kids don't understand what personal space is and will go up to strangers and start touching them. Parents are afraid to discipline their kids in public because some idiot will call the cops on them for daring to raise their voice to a child. If the child refuses to behave while in public the parents should leave the store WITH the child until the child calms down. Why should I suffer because your child has no self control? It's called being courteous.

Answer 4

it doesn't matter where or how they shop children needs to be able to learn to behave parents should be teaching this, have you thought they may have only started screaming that split second? It does happen i have 3 little rugrats and i have shopped in marks and spencers and kwik save my children know how to behave and if they did have a tantrum in a supermarket and there were passerbys i would tell them to mind their own business like i am telling you to, why should you care?

Answer 5

Well i have to say that i agree with Heathen"s answer. My three year old daughter was playing up in the supermarket one day so i turned around to smack her legs so that she would behave. A customer approached me and said that you are unable to hit your kids any more. Well she is lucky i didn't punch "her" out!. I disciplined my child not beat her. I actually think that a lot of parents are scared to touch their children any more afraid that they will be reported for abuse. There is a big difference between child abuse and disciplining your children so where do you draw the line?

Answer 6

It isn't acceptable, but at the same time the parents can't exactly correct their kids in public anymore without fear of getting in some sort of trouble themselves. As long as society frowns upon disciplining your children the right way, you will continue to have brats. I would never dream of doing that when I was younger cuz my mother would pick me up and swat me right there in front of everyone. Nowadays, parents can't do that. It's a shame too since there's so many kids that need it.

Answer 7

I'm not sure if you personally have a child like that, but one day it can happen to you and than you'll have more understanding. Children at young age can't be thought good manners and it's nightmare for parents but they can't help it. If you have a child that sits in trolley or pram just looking around and smile at everybody, feel relieved and not judgemental towards parents whose children wants to play around supermarket, you would see how hard it is to be in their shoes!

Answer 8

1998

Answer 9

It is not acceptable behavior. I have three children and at 14,12 & 9 they still don't run rampant through the local Wal-Mart. And news flash...midnight there are still kids running around I work overnight in retail and there is nothing worse than children running through the store at 3am! It doesn't matter what income level you are in...behavior is behavior. At some point we as a society lowered our standandards and have refused to accept RESPONSIBILITY for our behavior or our childrens. Bill Cosby got it right black or white we need to take our children in hand as well as ourselves and become RESPONSIBLE.

Answer 10

i don't think it matters whether they are middle class or single mums their children should be discplined enough not to charge around being a menace. I would personally ban kids from supermarkets and shops because mums seem to use their pushchairs/prams as battering rams with no words of thanks or aknowledgement when you dive out of their way, then stand in the aisles chatting forming a blockade with another mum and her pram and kids running around causing mayhem, giving you dirty looks if you even dare to ask to get through their roadblock. your question has hit a nerve with me ... perhaps you can tell... sorry to responsible mums but the crappy mums have given you all a bad image.