JuliePurplehead said:

I'm fine with seeing a child meltdown here or there, a bus yea, middle of Jewel, okay, at the beach, sure. In restaurants? No.
You want to take the kid to a drive thru or mcdonalds fine, but a child under 5 shouldn't be made to go to a place where they will get overloaded with too much information and thus cause a tantrum. Its basic common sense.

Call a sitter, explain to grandma, at her birthday dinner, that its better to keep the infants at home than deal with a meltdown, hello? she dealt with you in the same manner.

There are some places still in this society that young children shouldn't be made to go to because its more convenient for the parent to not take the proper mature steps.


Oh and parents when you take the kiddies out in public say Walgreens and the meltdown happens one bit of advice instead of bitching out the people who can't but notice the bawling lil snot rag, don't yell at us, just cause we are witnessing your lack of parenting skills.

Being told "what are you looking at?" doesn't make the mother look like a good role model. It make other's question your abilities to raise a child to begin with.

Oh and yes you may be stressed and just as upset, but guess what, I'm not, and I don't need to understand nor care. You decided you're lifestyle and I've chose mine. keep it IYOBY.

So what are u saying? If u have a child under five u should not be allowed to take that child out in public just incase a tantrum occurs?
I dont recall my mother ever laving any of us at home or with a sitter incase of such an occurance...kids are kids and Im darn sure at some point in time u were one too. Im also almost posative at some point or other u threw some holy heck of a tantrum on her right at the wrong place and time when she was highly embarassed
It aazes me how often people forget what it was like to be a child and how often childrens moods shift. And I dot think its fair to expect people to leave their children with a sitter every damn time they have to go someplace (btw...kids under five should not be eating a whole lot of macdonalds to begin with thank u) And some of us do not have a sitter nor grandma avalible
There are some restraunts where I simply do not take children for the simple fact they are clearly not meant for children...but come on now.
Children are people too and from some of the tantrums I have seen adults throw in high class establishments wehn there food is late etc....lets just say...I'd rather have a kid with me

lazycrockett said:

Seriously, that's a whole bunch of horse shit.

mcmeekle said:

I work in a mall and hear screaming childrn all day long. Sometimes there's just no way to keep them quiet. By the way Nobody should be smacked

lazycrockett said:

I nominate this post for dumbest fucking post of the year!


Congratulations!

hokie said:

Well that's the problem. There's no shortage of moronic parents who do that sh!t.

what about adults that act like complete fucking babies in public, where's the fucking outrage over that??

atleast kids have an excuse for acting like a child...


I think it's funny how some here think that because a child has a "meltdown", there's some sort of bad parenting skill to blame...they're kids, and guess what, at some point and time they're gonna act like kids...while I agree that there are situations where the parent(s) should use some decorum and common sense when handling an upset child (and I understand that some parents dont use common sense or decorum), there should also be some decorum and common sense used by those observing the situation...


some of the comments here are juvenile at best...

roodboi said:

lazycrockett said:

Ha! what a joke!

chillichocaholic said:

chilli

Yeah, it's definately not easy dealing with a kid having a meltdown in the middle of a store and people staring at you like you were beating the kid or something.

uPtoWnNY said:

i agree with that. when i went to see the latest Batman, there was a guy there with i would say a three year old. not only was it a completly inappropriate movie for a child, they were in and out to the loo every ten mins. very annoying!!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

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My comments are directed at the morons on this post who don’t have kids and do not know what the hell they are talking about. In addition, I don’t see anything wrong with removing a child that is out of control (read my first post). I just know that I will kick anyone’s ass that tried to smack because my child was annoying them and as you can see I am not the only person that has an issue with this topic.

lazycrockett said:

I quote Wendy from Purple Rain on this:

" I think your being full of shit"

(not quoted from PR and in my own words)
You need to stop living behind that "dark cloud" your living behind.

I despise, with the heat of a thousand suns, when parents let their demon-spawn run rampant in waiting rooms...letting them just climb and crawl all over shit...damned near knocking your shit over, but giving you the evil eye if you even look like you're considering telling the little bastard something...or worse, in a grocery or department store like its a damned playground...

...but what really makes me want to go postal is the ever popular tantrum in the middle of the store...."GIMME!!" "I WANT IT NOW!!!"....that shit sends knives through my eyes because instead of dealing with it, the parent decides the best course of action is to carry on a philosophical discussion while the kid is going ballistic and getting more and more obnoxious.....

...my kids had their moments, to be sure, but I can honestly say that when they did, I respected other folks and either handled it on the spot, or I took them outside to let them cool down....

roodboi said:

lol




excellent point

toots said:

reneGade20 said:

Amen!

roodboi said:

Amen - I come across those far more then a fussy child

Fury said:

I ran into this last night. The kids was crying like someone was trying 2 kill him. The mother did not say a word. Very frustarting after a long day at work.

Graycap23 said:

And THAT'S the part the bugs me the most....kids will have their moments, no doubt, but damn....at least ACT like you care that other people are in the vicinity and don't want to hear all that....a nod...an excuse me...something...

...I know here on base, the parents of the little kids sometimes act like its your tough luck that their little angel is "having a moment" a foot from your ear.....

I had taken many plane rides as a child, since I was just 3 years old. But the first one I remember was probably when I was 5 years of age.
Our plane was taking off from the Saipan Airport on our way to holiday in Guam. As the plane took off it needed made a steady ascent into the sky and curved southward towards Guam. In doing so, it the side of the plane I was on curved a bit downward so that we were facing the deepest, clearest, glimmering blue water I'd ever seen. The image is still stuck in my head.

I screamed. I screamed and screamed, as I couldn't swim, and was completely horrified by the sight. My parents tried to comfort me, but it was useless. I was just too frightened. I remember whimpering and crying for what must have been 15 or 20 minutes before settling down. Sometimes, there's little or nothing parents can do.


There is however a big difference between what occored above and some snot nosed brat having a tantrum cause their not getting their way with something. A good smack and I surely would just turn my head and pretend I didn't see it happen.

reneGade20 said:

Hell yeah. Those dumbass parents think their little out-of-control demon seed is so special, and the rest of us have to tolerate them. Nothing worse than soft and stupid people having kids.