hellloooo....you're not home

nobody wants to hear their own kids whining and crying, let alone your kids.


thank you

OPSA
(org public service announcement)

I know what you mean. And no matter what, these people always seem to follow me from aisle to aisle, sometimes store to store. I know sometimes, like in the case of babies, it can't be avoided but I still can't help but get annoyed.

AW FUCK THESE PARENTS!

I make it a point to go upto them and say something. usually nasty.

you can help me in my crusade to fire up the ovens!

JuliePurplehead said:

i thought it was common etiquette to remove the child from the premise.
its part of being a parent and respecting those around who dont have or want children.

xperience319 said:

This parent would pop u one

chillichocaholic said:

well of course i'd judge the parents by their looks so i wouldnt even think of yelling at you chilli!

Only ugly families need to be yelled at.

xperience319 said:

Ure so stupid

i think good parents know the difference between "familyworld" and "nonfamilyworld". i think smart parents know when their kids' outbursts are a liability, and i also think smart parents are adept at home teaching their kids to know how to behave outside of the house.

of course, kids will be kids, and i think there are certain environments where kids can scream and act out and throw tantrums as much as they want and, hey, that's why the whole restaurant is built out of nerf and tonka materials. when you go to a matinee of a G rated movie or to a zoo during the day, those of us without kids are on "their" turf...we just have to suck it up and let the little darlings rant and rave to their heart's content, cuz we're in "familyworld".

i think a lot of parents spend so much time with their kids in "familyworld" that when they cross the line into "nonfamilyworld", they don't know the difference anymore. they just figure everyone on earth is used to dealing with 2.5 screaming brats every day, so what's the difference.

Moment of Clarity Mantra:

THE WORLD IS NOT A CHUCK E. CHEESE RESTAURANT, PEOPLE.

my mother calls it "the curse of the screamig baby". she attributes to the fact that i used to scream all the time in public when i was a baby and now i'm being punished for it as an adult.

i would tell her that she probably should have disciplined me more but she is my mother so I just say nothing.

I have a lot of sympathy if a kid is crying on the bus, or at the grocery store or something, with some tired parent. I know that kids don't have an 'off' switch.

But at a restaurant, or a movie, something like that. . . GET YO SCREAMING DEMON SPAWN OUT OF HERE!!!

tackam said:

yeah i feel sorry for the kid sometimes when they have douche parents who drag them all over the place.

The sadness brought on by seeing one's parents smacked just might make the child cry more...

ThreadBare said:

or shock them into silence.

JasmineFire said:

Go study! Or my kitchen's black wall will come find you.

some kids cant help it

just saying.....


mine on the other hand

ThreadBare said:

you have a black wall?

looks like we're going to have a nuclear winter this year.

JasmineFire said:

Indeed, J. Indeed.

chillichocaholic said:

My friend has three young boys, she was at the grocery store and this lady passes her in an isle and gives her this look ---> My friend went up to her told her you gotta problem with my kids??? Lady didnt have nothing to say and just took off, dont mess with a mom and her kids
I've been there so I sympathize when I see parents and their screaming kids

veronikka said:

but i must admit, b4 i was a parent, screaming kids used to annoy me too

but id never EVER say anything to them.... thats just rude

Some kids cry coz their tired and need their nap.

But please if your newborn is crying at the top of its lungs go to the baby room or someplace and breastfeed it instead of denying it food!!

my son, who may have some sensory issues, was upset and I was doing my best to get control of him, and get him out when a woman looked at him and me and said "oh mmmmm, if I had just five minutes".

Lemme tell you what this mama bear woulda done.....

Keep in mind, sometimes our children are dealing with more than a simple tantrum in public.

A plastic bag will quiet them down pretty quickly.

lazycrockett said:

Yeah Smack The Parents Just Dont Make Them Cry Too

Anxiety said:

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If you do not have children, you can stop commenting because you do not have a fucking clue. If you do have children then you know they do not have on and off buttonsin their backside. They get tired and have bad days just like anyone else that being said if the screaming and yelling is really out of control they should be removed from the area but at the same time you cannot always give them the attention they think they can get from screaming.

I need to just back away from this thread and pretend it doesn't exist.

laurarichardson said:

that's why there's dramamine*
















* kidding. not really endorsing the notion that small, loud, stinky, disruptive plane-ride-making-hell little children should be sedated. at least, not seriously endorsing the notion. maybe a little bit, though. might lean toward considering the possibility under certain circumstances.

There's a simple solution folks. If you don't like interacting with the outside world, stay indoors.

If a restaurateur/shop-owner/etc is happy to allow children in his/her establishment, you're in the wrong place. Go find a "no children" place to eat/shop/etc.

mcmeekle said:

some of you people are unfuckingbelievable!