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PrintableEvvy said: hokie said: Yes...I have too. These instances are bad. But, kids are really unpredictable. I just am talking about those times when you think you've covered all your bases and your kids flips out. 
When I was married I was alone all the time. I didn't have family that I could leave my kids with every time I wanted to go to the store. I certainly could not afford (nor should I have to pay someone to watch them) to hire someone every time I needed to go out. Sometimes you just have to do what you need to do.  i'd rather give a 16 year old 25 bucks to sit with my kids for a few hours and do all grocery shopping... -it's not every time you go out- hokie you have kids yoou know what i'm talkin about- don't hate because you couldnt or didnt think to give yourself and those kids a break from spending all day running mommies errands.... I agree with johnart that's BS- and trust me I'm not gonna cry if I need to be told so on behalf of any of my future brats. parents get so-ugghhh when you say something about their lil crumb snatchers- it gets ridiculous at times  Not everyone has a spare 25 bucks.... "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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ScarletScandal said: 
 Dude looks like a disney villian. He is downright scary looking!RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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WTF! How you gone slap someone else's child four or five times around the face! A two year old?
And what the fuck was the mum doing after the man slapped her child the first time; just standing there. 
No one likes to have to listen to a crying child but babies cry. "I know that living with u baby, was sometimes hard...but I'm willing 2 give it another try.
Cause nothing compares....nothing compares 2 u!" | |
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They just talked about this on my local news. Apparently, when this guy heard the child crying, he told her mother (something to the effect of), "If you don't shut your kid up; I'm going to do it for you."  What a meanie! Can you imagine a complete stranger saying that to you about your child? Sounds like this guy has major anger problems, or he's just a prick. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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Neophyte said: WTF! How you gone slap someone else's child four or five times around the face! A two year old?
And what the fuck was the mum doing after the man slapped her child the first time; just standing there.
No one likes to have to listen to a crying child but babies cry. Fuck, I don't think even the parents have the right to slap a toddler in the face. But a stranger?!? "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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psychodelicide said: Can you imagine a complete stranger saying that to you about your child?
MFer wouldn't get a chance to slap anybody. The minute he says he'll hit my kid, there'll be an ass-kicking in the supermarket. |
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uPtoWnNY said: psychodelicide said: Can you imagine a complete stranger saying that to you about your child?
MFer wouldn't get a chance to slap anybody. The minute he says he'll hit my kid, there'll be an ass-kicking in the supermarket.  I'm with ya on that!RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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Graycap23 said: This is just wrong.....
A Gwinnett County man is in custody Wednesday accused of slapping a stranger’s crying toddler in a Stone Mountain Wal-Mart. http://www.ajc.com/news/g...29235.html i like how the smiliey icon by the thread is "  "
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duct tape. right over the mouth  | |
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GetAwayFromMe said: I swear to god, if someone EVER put their hands on my child, they would get seriously fucked up.  these are the days of wild.... | |
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They should put that man in prison and let some of the inmates show him how it feels to get slapped a couple of times in the face! | |
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uPtoWnNY said: ScarletScandal said: See? That shit RIGHT there is why I do not FUCK with amusement parks!!! Screaming bratty ass children do NOT AMUSE ME. "Torture park" is more like it. It's even worse at movie theatres. Chucky Cheese's....nuff sed 
a more headache inducing place I have never been in... and yeah, don't ever slap my kid! I have met many a kid that could use a good slap and yet I restrain....and many a parent too, also many an adult....fuck, most people could use a good ass slap most days but at the end of the day it just isn't worth the assault and battery charge. Plus I don't want to have to go on you tube doing a Chris Brown apology. [Edited 9/2/09 17:21pm] | |
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Imago said: I have an amazing ability to ignore crying children. The only time I get annoyed is if they're kicking my seat from behind or they come up to me in a restaurant and I'm not in a good mood. I'm not shy about telling people to remove their children from my presence if indeed they are in my face.
But if they're in line and crying, it doesn't bother me at all. You have to consider that if a parent drops everything they're doing and removes the child from the line and walks away from the scene , that this may actually be rewarding the child's bad behavior. Perhaps the child doesn't want to stand in line at the bank or store? Removing him when he cries just tells him that anytime he doesn't want to be somewhere, he can cry about it. Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of times I see a parent let their child get away with absolute murder and I think to myself, "oh hell no!!!". you are gonna be an awesome parent one day!  | |
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JustErin said: Evvy said: if your toddler is going off with a screaming tantrum for more than a couple of minutes- yes you should excuse yourself to the bathroom or outside to your car. NO ONE should be asked to hear that mess. I pray before I board each flight that I won't have to be subjected to a child screaming for 10 15 20 minutes at a time- now if the child was injured then compassion would kick in- but a tantrum- NO would you listen to a song that you hated on full blast for that long?... ...just my rant.....  If things like this upset you, I'd hate to see you have to deal with real problems.
Listen, no one likes to have to hear loud annoying anything, but when it's involving a parent that is just trying to get some errands done, while dealing with a child that is suddenly losing their shit...and you see that they are trying...I sure as hell don't look down on the parent and am also understanding that these things happen. A little bit of noise pollution like this is not gonna make me pissed off or ruin my day.  i 100% agree with you! i consider myself a good mom, but there have been times when for what seemed like no reason my son had a total melt-down fit in a store and i tried everything i could to calm him down, sometimes it just happens, doesn't mean i'm a bad parent! | |
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johnart said: Evvy said: sorry about my tone - I know parenting is hard- like i said i work with kids everyday. I just need my peace at the store  Jill, I know there are moments of unpredictability. We were foster parents to a deeply troubled child (I've mentioned this before). Believe me, I know. There were times where I was in a store grocery shopping and all hell broke loose. And trust me, it's difficult to have the confidence to discipline a child that looks nothing like you (fair skinned blond/blue eyed) in public. I was always afraid someone was gonna call cops and say I'd kidnapped him.
But I can honestly say I never prolonged the experience for those around me, who did not ask to be in the presence of me and the screaming child. That was my choice. Not giving you a hard time, just giving my personal take on things. You and Mama Becca would get along juuuuust fine.
<--- had her ass snatched out of a couple stores and a couple more church services by her moms. Learned real quick what was allowed and what wasn't. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: johnart said: Jill, I know there are moments of unpredictability. We were foster parents to a deeply troubled child (I've mentioned this before). Believe me, I know. There were times where I was in a store grocery shopping and all hell broke loose. And trust me, it's difficult to have the confidence to discipline a child that looks nothing like you (fair skinned blond/blue eyed) in public. I was always afraid someone was gonna call cops and say I'd kidnapped him.
But I can honestly say I never prolonged the experience for those around me, who did not ask to be in the presence of me and the screaming child. That was my choice. Not giving you a hard time, just giving my personal take on things. You and Mama Becca would get along juuuuust fine.
<--- had her ass snatched out of a couple stores and a couple more church services by her moms. Learned real quick what was allowed and what wasn't. My mom snatched my porky ass out a few shops too. After that she could take me ANYwhere. | |
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johnart said: Genesia said: You and Mama Becca would get along juuuuust fine.
<--- had her ass snatched out of a couple stores and a couple more church services by her moms. Learned real quick what was allowed and what wasn't. My mom snatched my porky ass out a few shops too. After that she could take me ANYwhere. My mom loves to tell the story about the time she had to buy a dress for a banquet (my dad was getting some kind of award). She had to go in a hurry and couldn't get a sitter. So she put my baby sister in the stroller...my next sister in a hitch-hiker seat on the stroller and I was walking (I was three). She picked out a few dresses and wheeled the whole works into the fitting room. After awhile, the saleslady came back to see how she was doing. She saw all the kids in the dressing room and said to my mom, "My, your children are well behaved." My mom replied, "They better be!" We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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heybaby said: I read the article but all I really got past was "Man Slaps Stranger's crying kid"
I wish a somebody would put their hands on my child. I would be in jail. Period. That is what I said when I saw this on the news. That old phucker would have gotten his ass whipped right there in that walmart aisle. I would have been the one on the news. I was in the nail salon getting my pedi last night and you should have heard all the mamas in there, we ALL reacted the same way. Young, old, black, white, korean all the mamas were like "hmmm that's an ass whoopin for that old dude" It was kinda heartwarming 
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I have been in walmart, the mall etc..around here and there have been screaming red faced babies and mama's who are just barely holding it together. Most of the women around here are married to soldiers who are gone most of the time and working the rest. Yes I get annoyed by the crying but sometimes you need to understand and have some compassion. Just the other day in Walmart a woman had a toddler and an infant, the baby was crying and the toddler took off. She turned to me, looked at my face and thrust the infant into my arms and ran after the toddler, who's ass she beat all the way back to me. After she put his screaming ass in the cart she took her baby from me apologized and burst into tears. I gave her a hug and told her its ok we all understand and have been there. The checker nodded and smiled and she waved on her way out of the store with the toddler still screaming.
Sometimes in my world you can't hire a babysitter and if you leave them at home alone you are neglegent so you spend your life waiting for an opportune time to go to the store with the kids until finally you can't take it anymore and just need to get out and be with adults and breathe. I have been there done that and until you walk in those house shoes you really have no idea.
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butterfli25 said:[quote]I have been in walmart, the mall etc..around here and there have been screaming red faced babies and mama's who are just barely holding it together. Most of the women around here are married to soldiers who are gone most of the time and working the rest. Yes I get annoyed by the crying but sometimes you need to understand and have some compassion. Just the other day in Walmart a woman had a toddler and an infant, the baby was crying and the toddler took off. She turned to me, looked at my face and thrust the infant into my arms and ran after the toddler, who's ass she beat all the way back to me. After she put his screaming ass in the cart she took her baby from me apologized and burst into tears. I gave her a hug and told her its ok we all understand and have been there. The checker nodded and smiled and she waved on her way out of the store with the toddler still screaming.
Sometimes in my world you can't hire a babysitter and if you leave them at home alone you are neglegent so you spend your life waiting for an opportune time to go to the store with the kids until finally you can't take it anymore and just need to get out and be with adults and breathe. I have been there done that and until you walk in those house shoes you really have no idea.[/quote] well said.
my kids have just gone back to school and the freedom to do some shopping in peace is brilliant. i got my weekly food shop in half the time it normally takes. | |
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I love it when kids scream and cry. Its so dramatic. But I do mind if they are running around or in my way unattended. Then I give the parent the stank eye or I wonder aloud if I have visited a child day care facility. To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws. | |
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He needs HIS ass whipped! | |
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imo the distinction should be made as follows: if you are in a store, a mall, the post office or any other public venue, the parents of a misbehaving child do not have a duty to remove their screaming, disruptive child.
BUT if you paid to get into a place, for example a movie, theater, plane, train, etc. and if 'atmosphere' is part of what you are paying for, the parents of any misbehaving child in this environment have a duty to remove the child ASAP so others are not disturbed. | |
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XxAxX said:[quote]imo the distinction should be made as follows: if you are in a store, a mall, the post office or any other public venue, the parents of a misbehaving child do not have a duty to remove their screaming, disruptive child.
BUT if you paid to get into a place, for example a movie, theater, plane, train, etc. and if 'atmosphere' is part of what you are paying for, the parents of any misbehaving child in this environment have a duty to remove the child ASAP so others are not disturbed.[/quote i agree, i have had trips to the cinema ruined by kids (not my own) | |
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butterfli25 said: I have been in walmart, the mall etc..around here and there have been screaming red faced babies and mama's who are just barely holding it together. Most of the women around here are married to soldiers who are gone most of the time and working the rest. Yes I get annoyed by the crying but sometimes you need to understand and have some compassion. Just the other day in Walmart a woman had a toddler and an infant, the baby was crying and the toddler took off. She turned to me, looked at my face and thrust the infant into my arms and ran after the toddler, who's ass she beat all the way back to me. After she put his screaming ass in the cart she took her baby from me apologized and burst into tears. I gave her a hug and told her its ok we all understand and have been there. The checker nodded and smiled and she waved on her way out of the store with the toddler still screaming.
Sometimes in my world you can't hire a babysitter and if you leave them at home alone you are neglegent so you spend your life waiting for an opportune time to go to the store with the kids until finally you can't take it anymore and just need to get out and be with adults and breathe. I have been there done that and until you walk in those house shoes you really have no idea. beautiful- she was on her way out not leisurly continuing her shopping in isle nine next to you- and she was also truing to control the situation. LOVE HARD. | |
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psychodelicide said: ScarletScandal said:
Dude looks like a disney villian. He is downright scary looking!He looks crazy as hell! Like a LOT of Wal-Mart shoppers.  **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: psychodelicide said: He is downright scary looking!He looks crazy as hell! Like a LOT of Wal-Mart shoppers. I shop in Wal-Mart, and I don't look like that. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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psychodelicide said: daPrettyman said: He looks crazy as hell! Like a LOT of Wal-Mart shoppers. I shop in Wal-Mart, and I don't look like that. You're not in MS...are you? 
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daPrettyman said: psychodelicide said: I shop in Wal-Mart, and I don't look like that. You're not in MS...are you?
No, not even CLOSE. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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daPrettyman said: psychodelicide said: He is downright scary looking!He looks crazy as hell! Like a LOT of Wal-Mart shoppers. He's nothing but a bully - a bitter old, cowardly fucktard. Too bad the kid's father wasn't there. Old dude wouldn't have said shit. |
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