Obnoxious kids in public places

[Nebulous]

I hate it when people let their children be obnoxious in public. Today I was at the doctors office and this lady let her kid run around the waiting room making fart noises with his mouth and other loud annoying sounds. She would stop him and quietly say Please stop please.

He would ignore her and continue to annoy everyone in the waiting room. Just about everyone was glaring at her and giving her dirty looks.. All she would say is Can you stop please? or other variations of that. I can see how a kid would walk all over a mother like that. She has it coming. If it were my kid I would have taken her out in the hallway and gave her a stern talking to and explained to her that she needs to respect other people (especially sick people in a doctors office who dont feel good in the 1st place). If she continued she would have gotten severe punishments when we got home. My daughter knows her boundaries and is always well behaved in public. I swear other people just dont know how to be a parent.

 

[Ashley]

I don't think I've ever encountered something like this. I've seen kids be loud in places where they shouldn't be (doctor's office, church, etc) but 9 times out of ten they are almost always under control with in a given amount of time, and in major cases the parent (s) usually take them out if they're really bad. If I did encounter something like this it would have me wondering, that's for sure.

 

[Nebulous]

I don't think I've ever encountered something like this

How can you never encounter an obnoxious kid in public? Its a pretty common thing.

 

[Peaceful]

Not kids as much, but teenagers, not all, but some, who think it's cool to hang around shopping centers, getting in peoples ways and just being plain stupid.

 

[IcarusForde]

There's no obnoxious kids in New Zealand.

XD

 

[Howard]

Obnoxious children need to learn and learn fast that their behaviour just isn't acceptable. The thing is, these days folks seem scared to say anything to either the child or it's parents.



It's not that long ago I was on a bus full of school children who are by nature quite noisy and that's fine. However, there was one particular young lad who thought it was really cool to swear at the top of his voice every other word, jump up and down and make an exhibition of himself. He was sitting next to a young lady who was clearly uncomfortable with his behaviour and yet she said nothing. None of the other adults on the bus said anything either, so obviously he just continued. That continued until I leaned over and told him to behave himself in quite a stern manner. After which he calmed down, much to the relief of the young lady and the rest of the passengers.



What bothers me is the fact that although he was causing a problem, not one person said anything to him. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but if a child is allowed to get away with bad behaviour, then it's only natural they will continue to act in that way.



I'm pretty sure I could be Obnoxious at times when I was young, but in those days adults simply wouldn't put up with it and you were very quickly told off and put in your place.



So, what is it that has changed? In my opinion it is all the PC bullshit that we are all having to live with that is directly responsible for the way things are. The emphasis seems to be too much on the rights of the individual and not enough on the rights of society in general.



I think this is the reason why we have such a walk on by and say nothing society and in my opinion it needs to be changed and changed now!



Children are no different now than when I was young, it's just that the rules have changed to such an extent that they think they are fireproof and to a certain extent they are. So is it any wonder why some children act the way that they do?

 

[Nebulous]

I was about to tell the mom off but she and her kid got called back finally.

 

[Sam.]

If I ever have children, I don't want them to be those obnoxious kids that everyone hates. Today at McDonald's there was two young children playing with the big plastic Ronald McDonald. They weren't annoying at all, and they were playing peek-a-boo and it was really cute. You have to let them have fun without annoying people around them.

 

[Alien]

I totally agree with you Howard!

I personally don't tell obnoxious kids to behave cause I am wary of the abuse I would most likely get if I did.

 

[Evil Eye]

Aww, aren't you a cute kid, Smooth

 

[Evil Eye]

Born a bitch, Evil, and I ain't ashamed of it for one second!

And did you raise your son the same way?

 

[Evil Eye]

Impressive, Smooth, impressive.

 

[Peace2]

People don't say anything because today's parents see it as an absolute spit in the face to even ask the parent to correct their misbehaving child. If you even say a single word about the child invading your *personal* space they would bark at you.



People are afraid to say things because the parents bullies and will make you out to be the bad guy by any means necessary.



So this is why you see the PC bullshit today..it's even developed into claims of being a child hater if you hate obnoxious things children do and decide to rant about it. I don't particularly want or care for children, but I don't hate them. I care enough about them to the point where I would love for them to live happy,healthy lifestyles and I want them to not be harmed.



Eventually if the parent doesn't try to rid the child of obnoxious behavior, the kid will grow up to be another self-entitled brat of the Me Generation-probably.

 

[Felly]

When I was younger, I wasn't really obnoxious. I was shy and all. Always the good kid in school and whatnot. Even now, I'm still kinda shy and admittedly, I do get in trouble in school a bit, but most kids these days do.



If I ever see an obnoxious kid (or kids) in public, I'll probably go up to the parent and tell them that they need to control their kid(s). Sometimes I'll go into a store and these kids will be crying and their parents are just letting them do it. And I'm all Uh... you're not gonna shut your kid up? The other day, I was at the skating rink with a friend of mine and this little girl was crying for some reason. Her mom was just letting her do it too. Me and my friend were just kinda looking at the parent like Are you gonna do something about it?



If I ever have kids in the future, I'm gonna raise them to not be obnoxious and cause scenes in public. If they're in a store and they're playing a little game and not causing any trouble, I won't really care. But once they start causing trouble, I'm gonna put an end to it.