Annoying things parents do with their children
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Quhet said:
h0b0 said:
Be safe in the knowledge that you have drunk the kids pee then. Getting pool water in your mouth is inevitable and those swim nappies only stop solids from entering the pool they do not stop or absorb pee.
Just because they wear nappies doesn't mean that they are constantly urinating and defecating 
mko9 said:
h0b0 said:
Be safe in the knowledge that you have drunk the kids pee then. Getting pool water in your mouth is inevitable and those swim nappies only stop solids from entering the pool they do not stop or absorb pee.
Are you operating under the delusion that no one else has peed in that pool prior to the introduction of those kids??Edited by h0b0 on Friday 28th August 14:45
Oh god, you've started me off now! 
Parents who are so scared of upsetting Little Precious that they try and discipline it through a third party.
'Don't do that sweetie or a policeman will come and tell you off'
'Behave, or that nurse over there will tell you off'
Its your job to discipline your bloody kids!
I had a mate who used to do this as did his wife. Inevitably the threats wore off very quickly as a policeman never did come and tell the child off. He actually said to me at one point 'He starts school soon, we're hoping that will straighten him out'
FFS.
Parents who are so scared of upsetting Little Precious that they try and discipline it through a third party.
'Don't do that sweetie or a policeman will come and tell you off'
'Behave, or that nurse over there will tell you off'
Its your job to discipline your bloody kids!
I had a mate who used to do this as did his wife. Inevitably the threats wore off very quickly as a policeman never did come and tell the child off. He actually said to me at one point 'He starts school soon, we're hoping that will straighten him out'
FFS.
As a parent I can see both sides of your post OP.
In our local pool the main pool has a couple of lanes cordoned off especially for the swimmers who seemingly glide serenely through the water length after length.
There is also space for the 'family' users so they can dick about with their kids and various buoyancy aids.
As for discipline I become irritated with partents who have no control of their children - they either constantly shout at them only to be ignored or they just let them run riot.
I'm not a perfect parent but i sure as hell ensure mine are under control and do as I ask them.
In our local pool the main pool has a couple of lanes cordoned off especially for the swimmers who seemingly glide serenely through the water length after length.
There is also space for the 'family' users so they can dick about with their kids and various buoyancy aids.
As for discipline I become irritated with partents who have no control of their children - they either constantly shout at them only to be ignored or they just let them run riot.
I'm not a perfect parent but i sure as hell ensure mine are under control and do as I ask them.
Parents who's every aspect of their lives revolve around their kids, they live and breathe their children, everything stops for their children, they are constantly late because of their children.
Parents who disrupt everyone else because of their kids; they come round turn your house upside down, bring a whole truck load of s
t to keep them entertained and then go home leaving you to deal with all the mess, same with being out in public and letting their kids disrupt everyone else.
Parents who disrupt everyone else because of their kids; they come round turn your house upside down, bring a whole truck load of s
t to keep them entertained and then go home leaving you to deal with all the mess, same with being out in public and letting their kids disrupt everyone else. lord trumpton said:
As a parent I can see both sides of your post OP.
In our local pool the main pool has a couple of lanes cordoned off especially for the swimmers who seemingly glide serenely through the water length after length.
There is also space for the 'family' users so they can dick about with their kids and various buoyancy aids.
This. There's also separate times set aside for lane swimming. In our local pool the main pool has a couple of lanes cordoned off especially for the swimmers who seemingly glide serenely through the water length after length.
There is also space for the 'family' users so they can dick about with their kids and various buoyancy aids.
In summary op, either live and let live or attend the pool at the right time.
hornetrider said:
lord trumpton said:
As a parent I can see both sides of your post OP.
In our local pool the main pool has a couple of lanes cordoned off especially for the swimmers who seemingly glide serenely through the water length after length.
There is also space for the 'family' users so they can dick about with their kids and various buoyancy aids.
This. There's also separate times set aside for lane swimming. In our local pool the main pool has a couple of lanes cordoned off especially for the swimmers who seemingly glide serenely through the water length after length.
There is also space for the 'family' users so they can dick about with their kids and various buoyancy aids.
In summary op, either live and let live or attend the pool at the right time.
They could use the kiddy pool, but no they just go and use the main swimming pool and disrupt others.
If I get to the pool and there is no room for me to use it, then I don't just jump in, I wait my turn, so why do some people not care about that?
Du1point8 said:
What happens if the pool is full of people doing lane swimming, does that give them the right to just jump in a disrupt the people already there?
They could use the kiddy pool, but no they just go and use the main swimming pool and disrupt others.
If I get to the pool and there is no room for me to use it, then I don't just jump in, I wait my turn, so why do some people not care about that?
They could use the kiddy pool, but no they just go and use the main swimming pool and disrupt others.
If I get to the pool and there is no room for me to use it, then I don't just jump in, I wait my turn, so why do some people not care about that?
Lane swimming isn't lane swimming unless there are lanes, which rather precludes random mucking about.
Do you mean randoms swimming lengths during public swimming times? Do these randoms need to occupy the entire width of the pool?
Do you see what I'm getting at? As always there should be compromises on both sides. A compromise in this case does not mean parents with kids not using the pool.
anonymous said:
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I suspect those selfish parents were probably pretty selfish individuals beforehand, and your inference that becoming parents made them that way is because you just don't like children very much. Which is your choice of course, but inevitably likely to make you very cross as the world tends to be full of them.
When parents take their kids to events quite obviously not suitable for them.
The obvious one being motorsports events (quite topical for pistonheads too).
I get it - you want to instill your love of cars into your offspring - so do I. However, just because Silverstone didn't charge 1-3 year olds entry to their Classic event didn't mean it was sensible to bring them.
I have kids - but wouldn't dream of taking them to such a noisy, busy and potentially hazardous environment through choice; not at that age.
My dad didn't take me to a full motorsports day until I was about 7 years old - it still stuck with me. I didn't spend the whole day screaming my head off, upset with the noise, on a "leash" with parents constantly concerned about where the nearest baby changing unit may be.
Time. Place. This is not for tiny people!
The obvious one being motorsports events (quite topical for pistonheads too).
I get it - you want to instill your love of cars into your offspring - so do I. However, just because Silverstone didn't charge 1-3 year olds entry to their Classic event didn't mean it was sensible to bring them.
I have kids - but wouldn't dream of taking them to such a noisy, busy and potentially hazardous environment through choice; not at that age.
My dad didn't take me to a full motorsports day until I was about 7 years old - it still stuck with me. I didn't spend the whole day screaming my head off, upset with the noise, on a "leash" with parents constantly concerned about where the nearest baby changing unit may be.
Time. Place. This is not for tiny people!
As per my contribution to the ANGRY thread..... The parents (because they are the ones in charge right?), who take their irritating offspring shopping in a busy town centre, usually Saturdays when it's nice and packed, along with their scooters! The brats weave in and out accross the path of people while the parents are wandering ahead in a trance like state, gazing at all the lovely things they could buy if they didn't have children..... Then when they have reached whichever shopping heaven "must have today!!!" the little brats pile up the scooters in a spikey heap right at the entrance just to kill old people who can't see properly (actually perhaps that's not so bad, they shouldn't be shopping in peak times anyway)....
So in short, yes OP Isa Countess they are all little bds and parents are all selfish wkers
So in short, yes OP Isa Countess they are all little b
ds and parents are all selfish wkers Edited by parakitaMol. on Friday 28th August 07:13
Du1point8 said:
hornetrider said:
lord trumpton said:
As a parent I can see both sides of your post OP.
In our local pool the main pool has a couple of lanes cordoned off especially for the swimmers who seemingly glide serenely through the water length after length.
There is also space for the 'family' users so they can dick about with their kids and various buoyancy aids.
This. There's also separate times set aside for lane swimming. In our local pool the main pool has a couple of lanes cordoned off especially for the swimmers who seemingly glide serenely through the water length after length.
There is also space for the 'family' users so they can dick about with their kids and various buoyancy aids.
In summary op, either live and let live or attend the pool at the right time.
They could use the kiddy pool, but no they just go and use the main swimming pool and disrupt others.
If I get to the pool and there is no room for me to use it, then I don't just jump in, I wait my turn, so why do some people not care about that?
Everyone had their right to use the facilities and ultimately its up to the pool management to provide options for all. As humans though it would be nice if we all tried to respect the wishes of others. No matter what the activity - there will always be conflicting views in huge gatherings of people of varying ages.
Vincefox said:
Ignoring their poor behaviour when it's affecting other people in a public place.
This.Jasandjules said:
Talk about them as if I care....
And this.Ari said:
Parents who are so scared of upsetting Little Precious that they try and discipline it through a third party.
Especially this.anonymous said:
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I still suspect you'll find the world a pretty angering place though, unfortunately. It tends to be full of parents too; and parents tend to think the world revolves around their offspring by dint of being parents. I imagine if they didn't, it all would have ended a little while ago.C.A.R. said:
When parents take their kids to events quite obviously not suitable for them.
The obvious one being motorsports events (quite topical for pistonheads too).
I get it - you want to instill your love of cars into your offspring - so do I. However, just because Silverstone didn't charge 1-3 year olds entry to their Classic event didn't mean it was sensible to bring them.
I have kids - but wouldn't dream of taking them to such a noisy, busy and potentially hazardous environment through choice; not at that age.
My dad didn't take me to a full motorsports day until I was about 7 years old - it still stuck with me. I didn't spend the whole day screaming my head off, upset with the noise, on a "leash" with parents constantly concerned about where the nearest baby changing unit may be.
Time. Place. This is not for tiny people!
I took my son to Brand Hatch the moment he could walk and say 'car'.The obvious one being motorsports events (quite topical for pistonheads too).
I get it - you want to instill your love of cars into your offspring - so do I. However, just because Silverstone didn't charge 1-3 year olds entry to their Classic event didn't mean it was sensible to bring them.
I have kids - but wouldn't dream of taking them to such a noisy, busy and potentially hazardous environment through choice; not at that age.
My dad didn't take me to a full motorsports day until I was about 7 years old - it still stuck with me. I didn't spend the whole day screaming my head off, upset with the noise, on a "leash" with parents constantly concerned about where the nearest baby changing unit may be.
Time. Place. This is not for tiny people!
I don't recall any screaming and ear defenders took care of the noise.
I went to Silverstone classic when he was 3 or 4 and they seem to cater for kids quite well with zorbing, bouncy castles and a funfair. Hardly unsuitable.
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