Annoying things parents do with their children
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Tallow said:
h0b0 said:
mike80 said:
anonymous said:
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Agreed. Some of them anyway.Always best to check your understanding before accusing someone of being a pedophile.
had ham said:
zarjaz1991 said:
As regards children at racetracks, and indeed in pubs etc, there's no "age" at which this is ok. It depends on the child primarily, and also the parents. I've known children who are transfixed by cars from the moment they can walk, if not before, and I don't see why they shouldn't be taken as they will love the experience, in their own way. This is markedly different from someone just dragging their child along for the sake of it, which usually ends up in the screaming issues.
I could moan on all day about screaming or badly behaved children in public places, but when you look closely you'll realise it really is a very small minority of bad parents. Look around and you'll see many happy families with well behaved children and the fact is we don't really notice them because they are not making a nuisance of themselves. They really are the majority.
I say this as someone who does not have children and never will, I'm not really a "child" person and never will be, but it really is a small minority who cause problems.
As for the swimming issue that started this thread...I sympathise, but I do think that in normal public swimming sessions the family has as much right to be there as anyone, and perhaps they start similar threads on forums bemoaning people who just want to hog the pool by charging up and down swimming lengths and woe betide anyone who gets in the way....
At last, someone speaks sense.I could moan on all day about screaming or badly behaved children in public places, but when you look closely you'll realise it really is a very small minority of bad parents. Look around and you'll see many happy families with well behaved children and the fact is we don't really notice them because they are not making a nuisance of themselves. They really are the majority.
I say this as someone who does not have children and never will, I'm not really a "child" person and never will be, but it really is a small minority who cause problems.
As for the swimming issue that started this thread...I sympathise, but I do think that in normal public swimming sessions the family has as much right to be there as anyone, and perhaps they start similar threads on forums bemoaning people who just want to hog the pool by charging up and down swimming lengths and woe betide anyone who gets in the way....
I went to the driving range yesterday and about 20% of the bays were taken up by sodding children. And I don't mean children trying to learn golf or having golf lessons. What had happened was that the hen-pecked disgrace of a husband had been told to entertain the kids for a few hours, so off he goes to the driving range, buys himself 150 balls, gives about 10 each to the kids and then spends the next two hours working on his swing whilst the kids take up a bay each and f
k about with clubs a foot too long for them. It's a driving range, not a creche for fk's sake.
People were queueing all over the place but at no point did the parent think, "hmmm there is a queue of people trying to use the range, maybe it is selfish of me to take up 3 bays, two of which are quite frankly wasted, whilst effectively paying for only one".
I don't think these people became selfish after having kids, they were selfishs already but having kids has given them many more ways to be selfish.
I'm angry today.
k about with clubs a foot too long for them. It's a driving range, not a creche for fk's sake.People were queueing all over the place but at no point did the parent think, "hmmm there is a queue of people trying to use the range, maybe it is selfish of me to take up 3 bays, two of which are quite frankly wasted, whilst effectively paying for only one".
I don't think these people became selfish after having kids, they were selfish
s already but having kids has given them many more ways to be selfish.I'm angry today.
Tallow said:
Hackney said:
Read it again, you'll see you've made an error.
Always best to check your understanding before accusing someone of being a pedophile.
It was clearly a flippant remark, hardly accusing someone of being a paedophile. Lighten up, Jeez!Always best to check your understanding before accusing someone of being a pedophile.
Anyway, as a joke, it doesn't work. As I said, you made an error.
Hackney said:
Tallow said:
Hackney said:
Read it again, you'll see you've made an error.
Always best to check your understanding before accusing someone of being a pedophile.
It was clearly a flippant remark, hardly accusing someone of being a paedophile. Lighten up, Jeez!Always best to check your understanding before accusing someone of being a pedophile.
Anyway, as a joke, it doesn't work. As I said, you made an error.
h0b0 said:
mike80 said:
anonymous said:
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Agreed. Some of them anyway.kers World revolves around your child. That way everyone knows where they stand and there is far less disappointment in life.Backtobasics said:
A kid in a curry house at 10pm, who is well behaved is no issue to me. Its the parents responsibility to think about the environment, they may not have any support around childcare or need to balance going out vs paying £12ph on a minder.
This 1001 times over.There are some kids who can happily play in a corner quietly without being of any issue to anyone. Others you wouldn't even think of setting foot in any remotely 'adult' environment with.
One size does not fit all - Sure as heck though if you are taking your child into a situation where 'childish' behaviour is not acceptable you really should be ready to remove said child. The ceromony at a wedding I went to earlier this year was ruined by a child talking and making noises throughout. When they were quite you could hear the game noises of the iPad they had been handed to keep them occupied. Something you could sort of live with if you weren't also hearing the parents giggling about their child's exploits and making no effort to quiten the child or for one of them to remove the child quietly.
Rude-boy said:
The greatest trick of any half decent parent is not only to acknowledge that their Wolrd will be run by their child for the next xteen years or more, but also, at the same time, remember that no other fkers World revolves around your child. That way everyone knows where they stand and there is far less disappointment in life.
And that's one of the things that annoys me when it goes wrong. We dont have kids. Trying, but havent got any yet. Our friends have, one couple on particular, whenever we go round there, their two year old is wandering around generally being naughty and getting away with it. I can kind of accept that, it's their kid, their house, their rules. kers World revolves around your child. That way everyone knows where they stand and there is far less disappointment in life.What I cant accept though is being mid-sentence and losing someone's attention in anything we were talking about because the kid is gibbering absolute s
te, then having the parent regurgitate it back to everyone in the room in a baby voice they've conjured up from somewhere. So we dont go round there anymore during the day or at weekends. Infact, I dont think we've been round in a month or so now, you just cant have any kind of conversation without it being overrun by 2 year old jibber jabberAlso, parents that feed their kids up on enumbers and then shout at them for bouncing off the walls.
DoubleSix said:
I'm normally pretty considerate when out with my offspring.
However given most of the observations in this thread appear to be petty, mean-spirited, small-minded, self centric, tedious nonsense of the highest order I think I'm going to have to make an effort to start raising the blood pressure of you whinging bunch of social rejects.
It's ironic that the Daily Mail is scorned so often on these forums yet so many of it's members appear to fit the profile of the curtain twitching middle England tory who has nothing better to do than bh about the (more interesting) lives of others.
No wonder the Brits have a such a poor international rep, take a look at yourselves. Sad as fk.
p.s. Kiddo loved standing in the trolley today, not done that one before, thanks!
Don't moan about the Middle England types, you'll miss them when they're gone, you really will. It's because people moan that stuff gets done, standards maintained etc, and let's be honest there is a lot to moan about nowadays. I don't think they hate kids, just the child centric society, where preposterously, the children seem more important than the adult, isn't that a relatively recent thing? However given most of the observations in this thread appear to be petty, mean-spirited, small-minded, self centric, tedious nonsense of the highest order I think I'm going to have to make an effort to start raising the blood pressure of you whinging bunch of social rejects.
It's ironic that the Daily Mail is scorned so often on these forums yet so many of it's members appear to fit the profile of the curtain twitching middle England tory who has nothing better to do than b
h about the (more interesting) lives of others.No wonder the Brits have a such a poor international rep, take a look at yourselves. Sad as f
k.p.s. Kiddo loved standing in the trolley today, not done that one before, thanks!
Allowing children to wander around unsupervised in locations where there are moving vehicles.
Case in point,this Bank Holiday. I pulled into South Mimms services and couldn't believe the amount of kids wandering round in the road with no parent in sight. Ok, the speed limit is 5mph, but it's still taking the piss.
On the way out an HGV had to come to a sudden stop as two teenage lads playing football on the grass near the exit ran into the road to retrieve it. Without looking.
Case in point,this Bank Holiday. I pulled into South Mimms services and couldn't believe the amount of kids wandering round in the road with no parent in sight. Ok, the speed limit is 5mph, but it's still taking the piss.
On the way out an HGV had to come to a sudden stop as two teenage lads playing football on the grass near the exit ran into the road to retrieve it. Without looking.
Oh, I've got one.
My wife's a Music Teacher and some parents have this blind faith that their kids are incredibly talented. One parent once said of their daughters GCSE composition "If it was in the charts, I'd buy it!!? as if the popular music charts was the endorsement of quality. It was in disbelief that his daughters song could only achieve a C mark.
I can understand how this can happen, but the damage is only done to the student, as no doubt the arrogant of a Dad kept telling her that the teacher is wrong, as is the mark scheme and society itself.
My wife's a Music Teacher and some parents have this blind faith that their kids are incredibly talented. One parent once said of their daughters GCSE composition "If it was in the charts, I'd buy it!!? as if the popular music charts was the endorsement of quality. It was in disbelief that his daughters song could only achieve a C mark.
I can understand how this can happen, but the damage is only done to the student, as no doubt the arrogant
of a Dad kept telling her that the teacher is wrong, as is the mark scheme and society itself. markcoznottz said:
...and let's be honest there is a lot to moan about nowadays. I don't think they hate kids, just the child centric society, where preposterously, the children seem more important than the adult, isn't that a relatively recent thing?
Absolutely this! 
All part of the modern trend for parents to want to be their children's best friend and for life to absolutely revolve around every want of the child, and an expectation that everyone else's life should too (hence the proliferation of BABY ON BOARD signs in car windows, as if people should take extra special care around their vehicle because of their extra special children).
It's producing some seriously over entitled and massively disrespectful children too.
Not all of them, before the wailing starts, but there are more than a few.
andy-xr said:
And that's one of the things that annoys me when it goes wrong. We dont have kids. Trying, but havent got any yet. Our friends have, one couple on particular, whenever we go round there, their two year old is wandering around generally being naughty and getting away with it. I can kind of accept that, it's their kid, their house, their rules.
What I cant accept though is being mid-sentence and losing someone's attention in anything we were talking about because the kid is gibbering absolute ste, then having the parent regurgitate it back to everyone in the room in a baby voice they've conjured up from somewhere. So we dont go round there anymore during the day or at weekends. Infact, I dont think we've been round in a month or so now, you just cant have any kind of conversation without it being overrun by 2 year old jibber jabber
Also, parents that feed their kids up on enumbers and then shout at them for bouncing off the walls.
Yeah, a friend does this with her kid too - will put whatever the kids said before the conversation we're having . What could be so damned important that the kid cant be taught to wait / not interrupt?What I cant accept though is being mid-sentence and losing someone's attention in anything we were talking about because the kid is gibbering absolute s
te, then having the parent regurgitate it back to everyone in the room in a baby voice they've conjured up from somewhere. So we dont go round there anymore during the day or at weekends. Infact, I dont think we've been round in a month or so now, you just cant have any kind of conversation without it being overrun by 2 year old jibber jabberAlso, parents that feed their kids up on enumbers and then shout at them for bouncing off the walls.
Ari said:
Absolutely this!
All part of the modern trend for parents to want to be their children's best friend and for life to absolutely revolve around every want of the child, and an expectation that everyone else's life should too (hence the proliferation of BABY ON BOARD signs in car windows, as if people should take extra special care around their vehicle because of their extra special children).
It's producing some seriously over entitled and massively disrespectful children too.
Not all of them, before the wailing starts, but there are more than a few.
Not wishing to wade in, but it is a sign to say to impatient drivers that I have children on board, therefore...All part of the modern trend for parents to want to be their children's best friend and for life to absolutely revolve around every want of the child, and an expectation that everyone else's life should too (hence the proliferation of BABY ON BOARD signs in car windows, as if people should take extra special care around their vehicle because of their extra special children).
It's producing some seriously over entitled and massively disrespectful children too.
Not all of them, before the wailing starts, but there are more than a few.
I can't take these speed humps flat out as they might be sleeping in the back, maybe awake, shouldn't matter, but if you have been driving round at a sensible speed at least the person behind might have some idea why (not you obviously)
I can't pretended the upcoming bends are like Becketts, little heads roll around when they are asleep
I don't fancy having an accident, life is stressful enough without injuring the family and myself, plus the aggravation that an accident brings....
I haven't got one but unfortunately those without children don't 'think' why they might be used (other look at me I have kids, check me out). In my twenties I thought whats the point, but I understand now.
So its not about 'extra care', its about understanding why the vehicle in front is driving like your granny.
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