Annoying things parents do with their children
Discussion
Dr Murdoch said:
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.
Kids can cope with a car being driven at a normal sensible pace, honestly they can. They're not made of glass.
Ari said:
Dr Murdoch said:
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.
Kids can cope with a car being driven at a normal sensible pace, honestly they can. They're not made of glass.
It's just an accessory to announce to the world that you are a parent, guess what; no one really cares.
Ari said:
Nezquick said:
We had a house warming party and said to our friends they could bring their children knowing that it would be easier for people to come if we did so (we don't have kids).
One couple bring their two children and inform us that they have just started potty training their youngest just that morning. The result of that was a child pissing all over my house and my wife having to clean it up.
Could they not have put off the potty training for one more day......really?
Why was your wife the one to clean it up? Surely "Excuse me, your child seems to have urinated on the floor over there, would you mind dealing with it please?" is the correct response?One couple bring their two children and inform us that they have just started potty training their youngest just that morning. The result of that was a child pissing all over my house and my wife having to clean it up.
Could they not have put off the potty training for one more day......really?
HTP99 said:
Ari said:
Dr Murdoch said:
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.
Kids can cope with a car being driven at a normal sensible pace, honestly they can. They're not made of glass.
It's just an accessory to announce to the world that you are a parent, guess what; no one really cares.
In fact, why get annoyed at all about irrelevancies that don't actually impact on your life?
Ari said:
Seriously?
Kids can cope with a car being driven at a normal sensible pace, honestly they can. They're not made of glass.
Yes seriously.Kids can cope with a car being driven at a normal sensible pace, honestly they can. They're not made of glass.
Although I don't have one, not needed, but plenty of kids chuck up in cars, some kids chuck up at the slightest bump. My nehphew chucks up on a trampoline FFS (I know, he needs to man up).
Also some parents I know drive their kids round to send them off to sleep.
And some parents use the stickers to tell the world they have kids.
Its not always black or white
HTP99 said:
Ari said:
Dr Murdoch said:
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.
Kids can cope with a car being driven at a normal sensible pace, honestly they can. They're not made of glass.
It's just an accessory to announce to the world that you are a parent, guess what; no one really cares.
Personally, I want one that reads "Indian Takeaway On Board", as this is when my driving is at its most intolerable and pedestrian.
phil1979 said:
I have 2 young kids, and no Baby On Board signs, but I do understand their use. It does dampen the frustration of the driver behind, who is in the knowledge that Miss Daisy in front is driving that way for a reason. I see no problem with them, regardless of not having them myself.
Judging by this thread, unfortunately the signs don't dampen anybody's frustration but instead cause the convergence on your vehicle of invisible beams of frustration and hate because you dare to put a sign in your window.Also, again judging from this thread, I suspect that other frustrated drivers might be more annoyed at a slower driver ahead if they had a baby on board sign than if they were just a Miss Daisy old person. Although I'm not all that sure why it makes any difference why the driver in front is going slower than you want them to - you're being held up whatever.
I don't have any child-on-board stickers in my car by the way, or any children usually, but I am old enough and lazily-tempered enough to be mildly amazed at how much people seem to get annoyed at nothing.
downstairs said:
Clearly people care a lot about the signs themselves though, judging by how annoyed they make some. If they are perhaps some kind of brag that the adult in the car has managed to produce offspring about which nobody else cares, why does the sign itself annoy so much?
In fact, why get annoyed at all about irrelevancies that don't actually impact on your life?
It isn't the sign itself, obviously. It's the attitude that the rest of the world should take extra care around their car compared with everyone else in the road. It's the whole over entitled 'MY children's lives are MORE precious, you must take EXTRA care and I have a sign instructing you to do so'. In fact, why get annoyed at all about irrelevancies that don't actually impact on your life?
csd19 said:
Fresh one from this morning...
Parents who, on a day off from work, insist on coming in with their baby or toddler to "show it round the office". And then cause a distraction in the office for the best part of an hour for no reason.
Seriously, just f
k off. We already saw your kid when it was a little pink lump when you brought it in first time, remember? And you had all the women clucking around the place then too.
Just keep your kiddy updates to faecesbook, or even better, just to people that give a rat's ass. You won't have found many of those in the office today..
I take it you are not the manager then? shows somehow.Parents who, on a day off from work, insist on coming in with their baby or toddler to "show it round the office". And then cause a distraction in the office for the best part of an hour for no reason.
Seriously, just f
k off. We already saw your kid when it was a little pink lump when you brought it in first time, remember? And you had all the women clucking around the place then too.Just keep your kiddy updates to faecesbook, or even better, just to people that give a rat's ass. You won't have found many of those in the office today..
Ari said:
It isn't the sign itself, obviously. It's the attitude that the rest of the world should take extra care around their car compared with everyone else in the road. It's the whole over entitled 'MY children's lives are MORE precious, you must take EXTRA care and I have a sign instructing you to do so'.
But isn't literally all of that in the head of a person seeing the sign? (I realise you're being facetious)I've honestly never thought that when I see one of those signs - my reaction is ambivalence at most. I think they're a bit self-indulgent, sure, but I think most people are a bit self-indulgent. These signs don't annoy me any more than seeing something that says "keep calm and..." on it, for example.
shrug!
downstairs said:
Ari said:
It isn't the sign itself, obviously. It's the attitude that the rest of the world should take extra care around their car compared with everyone else in the road. It's the whole over entitled 'MY children's lives are MORE precious, you must take EXTRA care and I have a sign instructing you to do so'.
But isn't literally all of that in the head of a person seeing the sign? (I realise you're being facetious)I've honestly never thought that when I see one of those signs - my reaction is ambivalence at most. I think they're a bit self-indulgent, sure, but I think most people are a bit self-indulgent. These signs don't annoy me any more than seeing something that says "keep calm and..." on it, for example.
shrug!
Ari said:
It isn't the sign itself, obviously. It's the attitude that the rest of the world should take extra care around their car compared with everyone else in the road. It's the whole over entitled 'MY children's lives are MORE precious, you must take EXTRA care and I have a sign instructing you to do so'.
It's already been explained to you that that's not necessarily why people have the signs.But, let's assume it is. Let's assume people are alerting you to the fact they have a small child on board who may not fair as well as you in a collision. Is that really so terrible or are you just nasty piece of work who gives zero f
ks about anyone other than themselves - because that's how you come across.Do you treat other more vulnerable members of society with similar contempt? The elderly perhaps?
"Yeah f
k the elderly and their frail road crossing antics, I've got places to be OK??""Oh and the blind can f
k off too yeah, with their poncy white sticks finking they're so special"Normal people are quite happy to take a bit of extra care around children and other more vulnerable members of society. It's why signs (yes signs!) like these exist:
...so people can take a little extra care.
I don't know how you think you are coming across in this thread but it's not good pal. Perhaps go get a bit of fresh air or laid or something, you sound a little uptight.
DoubleSix said:
It's already been explained to you that that's not necessarily why people have the signs.
I don't know how you think you are coming across in this thread but it's not good pal. Perhaps go get a bit of fresh air or laid or something, you sound a little uptight.
I have no idea who either of you are, but I dont have a problem with what Ari's posting. I think half the time the Baby on Board sign is bought as a gift to a new family, the other half they're out buying sI don't know how you think you are coming across in this thread but it's not good pal. Perhaps go get a bit of fresh air or laid or something, you sound a little uptight.
t in Mothercare and it's just tat that ends up in the basket. It's intended use, if there was one, would be to let blue light people know who to look out for firstly, then other drivers second. It's actual use is an excuse to drive badly, often without a kid in the car, and basically tells everyone 'I'm probably distracted, my driving will be below a normal standard, I cant do multiple things at once' If it was that unsafe to have kids in the car then I'm sure some Government agency or think tank would happily get the Banned stamp out
andy-xr said:
I have no idea who either of you are, but I dont have a problem with what Ari's posting. I think half the time the Baby on Board sign is bought as a gift to a new family, the other half they're out buying st in Mothercare and it's just tat that ends up in the basket. It's intended use, if there was one, would be to let blue light people know who to look out for firstly, then other drivers second. It's actual use is an excuse to drive badly, often without a kid in the car, and basically tells everyone 'I'm probably distracted, my driving will be below a normal standard, I cant do multiple things at once'
If it was that unsafe to have kids in the car then I'm sure some Government agency or think tank would happily get the Banned stamp out
Your post contains two facts, that I agree with. The rest is just bt in Mothercare and it's just tat that ends up in the basket. It's intended use, if there was one, would be to let blue light people know who to look out for firstly, then other drivers second. It's actual use is an excuse to drive badly, often without a kid in the car, and basically tells everyone 'I'm probably distracted, my driving will be below a normal standard, I cant do multiple things at once' If it was that unsafe to have kids in the car then I'm sure some Government agency or think tank would happily get the Banned stamp out
ks, sorry.
I genuinely think there is nothing more sinister and depressing than an adult human being that is intolerant to and disliking of children. I'd rather mix with misogynists, racists and homophones than people who refer to parents as "breeders" - they remind me of passages from 1984 and stories of the Stasi - move to North Korea if the sound of joy, innocence and unbridled happiness offends you so much.
That said, only tts have "Baby on Board" stickers.
That said, only t
ts have "Baby on Board" stickers.DoubleSix said:
Ari said:
It isn't the sign itself, obviously. It's the attitude that the rest of the world should take extra care around their car compared with everyone else in the road. It's the whole over entitled 'MY children's lives are MORE precious, you must take EXTRA care and I have a sign instructing you to do so'.
It's already been explained to you that that's not necessarily why people have the signs.But, let's assume it is. Let's assume people are alerting you to the fact they have a small child on board who may not fair as well as you in a collision. Is that really so terrible or are you just nasty piece of work who gives zero f
ks about anyone other than themselves - because that's how you come across.
DoubleSix said:
I don't know how you think you are coming across in this thread but it's not good pal. Perhaps go get a bit of fresh air or laid or something, you sound a little uptight.
You've just snapped the needle on my irony meter! 
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