Kids Crying in Public Areas

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Gorerotted

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I hate it when kids start crying and flipping out in public places, sometimes I wish smacking kids were socially acceptable since all they are are self-absorbed selfish little fiends that can't comprehend anything other than their own base needs. I work at a place where I hear this happen fairly often and parents do nothing about it which pisses me off to no end, if I were president I'd make ball-gags available in every establishment.
 
We all used to be kids...and you can't tell me you'd think it was right if you grew up being smacked here and there for doing something natural. It would have a significant impact on the way children were brought up.
 
I got smacked a few times for benig a blatent idiot and it served me right. I think theres a period of infancy between 0 months and 4 years where understanding language is still difficult where if a child starts making a scene then the parent should simply remove the child from the building/area for public concideration, but after 5-10 years old it just shouldn't be tolerated. Not responding to a childs outbursts firmly will also have an impact on their outcome.
 
I don't really know anyone who was taught fear as a child...and we all turned out all right. I can see if you get frustrated...but hitting a kid (smacking or whatever) is just weak on the parents side.
 
haha this is rediculous.

yes they are annoying, but deal with it i guess.
you cant just go around hitting children
 
Gorerotted said:
I hate it when kids start crying and flipping out in public places, sometimes I wish smacking kids were socially acceptable since all they are are self-absorbed selfish little fiends that can't comprehend anything other than their own base needs. I work at a place where I hear this happen fairly often and parents do nothing about it which pisses me off to no end, if I were president I'd make ball-gags available in every establishment.
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Bieng that I am the dad of a two year old girl and a four year old boy (plus one on the way), I'll attempt to not get offended by this. But I will explain it.

Kids have always and always will be ones to pitch a fit anywhere they feel like doing so. That's the nature of the beast because they don't understand the feeling of dissapointment. And when a parnt is "doing nothing" they are doing something. It's just that people who don't have kids are too stupid to understand the situation. Kid is at the mall. Kid wants something. Parent says no for any various reason. The kid has that toy already, birthdays are coming up, whatever. Kid doesn't understand patience and dissapointment and has an emotional meltdown. Parents could either a) spank the kid in public, which alerts a dimwitted and uneducated individual and they take it upon themselves to call the police and report child abuse. In my mind said person should be imediately condemned to death. Or b) appeasement. But history shows that doesn't work. Hitler was given the Rhinelands, and then took Poland, France, and just about every other country because appeasement is a ticket to doing whatever you want. Or c), they oculd ignore it. Because in ten minutes the kid will stop crying and get over it. And will understand that life isn't always fair.

So in closing I give you a bit of advice: If you see a kid crying in public, either deal with it or go somewhere else. And keep your friggin opinions to yourself.
 
Dart said:
Bieng that I am the dad of a two year old girl and a four year old boy (plus one on the way), I'll attempt to not get offended by this. But I will explain it.

Kids have always and always will be ones to pitch a fit anywhere they feel like doing so. That's the nature of the beast because they don't understand the feeling of dissapointment. And when a parnt is "doing nothing" they are doing something. It's just that people who don't have kids are too stupid to understand the situation. Kid is at the mall. Kid wants something. Parent says no for any various reason. The kid has that toy already, birthdays are coming up, whatever. Kid doesn't understand patience and dissapointment and has an emotional meltdown. Parents could either a) spank the kid in public, which alerts a dimwitted and uneducated individual and they take it upon themselves to call the police and report child abuse. In my mind said person should be imediately condemned to death. Or b) appeasement. But history shows that doesn't work. Hitler was given the Rhinelands, and then took Poland, France, and just about every other country because appeasement is a ticket to doing whatever you want. Or c), they oculd ignore it. Because in ten minutes the kid will stop crying and get over it. And will understand that life isn't always fair.

So in closing I give you a bit of advice: If you see a kid crying in public, either deal with it or go somewhere else. And keep your friggin opinions to yourself.
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Congrats Dart (to new baby coming and advice) But hitting a child in public is terrible.....if its a spanking, I'd think of that to be a personal thing for the offsprig and parent...not meant to do in public. Hitting children is terrible but seeing them cry is annoying but like Dart said,go somewhere else or leave. :)
 
I agree with Dart. I don't have children, but I hate when I see parents give in and give their children attention when the children are throwing temper tantrums. Too many parents give in and so children think "Oh I can get anything I want if I cry and act like a brat." I'd rather sit there and listen to a kid throw a fit and be ignored and eventually shut up once they realize it's not an effective way to deal with the situation. And eventually those kids will not throw fits in public because they will have learned it has no effect.

If I were you I'd be upset with the parents who give in every time. They are the reason why kids still throw fits in public, because those are the kids that have learned that whining and throwing fits gets them what they want.
 
Dart said:
Bieng that I am the dad of a two year old girl and a four year old boy (plus one on the way), I'll attempt to not get offended by this. But I will explain it.

Kids have always and always will be ones to pitch a fit anywhere they feel like doing so. That's the nature of the beast because they don't understand the feeling of dissapointment. And when a parnt is "doing nothing" they are doing something. It's just that people who don't have kids are too stupid to understand the situation. Kid is at the mall. Kid wants something. Parent says no for any various reason. The kid has that toy already, birthdays are coming up, whatever. Kid doesn't understand patience and dissapointment and has an emotional meltdown. Parents could either a) spank the kid in public, which alerts a dimwitted and uneducated individual and they take it upon themselves to call the police and report child abuse. In my mind said person should be imediately condemned to death. Or b) appeasement. But history shows that doesn't work. Hitler was given the Rhinelands, and then took Poland, France, and just about every other country because appeasement is a ticket to doing whatever you want. Or c), they oculd ignore it. Because in ten minutes the kid will stop crying and get over it. And will understand that life isn't always fair.

So in closing I give you a bit of advice: If you see a kid crying in public, either deal with it or go somewhere else. And keep your friggin opinions to yourself.
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I normally agree with you about 100% of the time but on this case i disagree a bit.

It's the parents responsibility to keep their kids in line, to make sure they are not irritating other people around them. Now i AM NOT saying hit them, but instead do every reasonable action to distance the child from the crowd. And if the child is screaming, it's fine because no one else can hear them or be bothered by it. i think that appeases BOTH parties, people who are bothered by crying kids and parents that don't want to hit them.
 
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If the parents don't care, I'll be ticked. If I spend $15 going to a movie, I want to be able to enjoy it fully.
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Yeah, that's true. But even then I don't think they should be spanked. If a kid starts throwing a fit in the theater, the parent should just take them outside until they stop throwing a fit.
 
I personally don't mind if a child gets spanked on the behind. Only if it shows results though and if you tried other methods first. If it doesn't work then it's time to move on to something else.
 
Yeah, alright, I admit I was being a little extreme when I started the topic saying they should be smacked, it's not really what i meant, I didn't mean like a full out beating with a policemans billy club, just something like a spanking to show them they're not in control and that being selfish and spoiled is not going to work. I think I'm a better person than I might have been if i'd not gotten a firm hand growing up.
 
Maybe it depends on the place. A movie theatre is no place for a tantrum. When my kids go to the movies, it's at a time when the theatre has shows just for kids and their parents. So everyone will realize that a crying kid is going to be there.

In malls, parks, etc, my opinion still stands. A crying kid is not going to ruin your shopping experience. Only one's horrible disposition can do that. And there's only so much spanking can do before a kid just shrugs it off...
 
I only ever got hit by my parents two, maybe three times max. I deserved it except for the third time, when I just started crying because I wanted to sit in the other room and my Dad whacked me round the face. I don't personally agree with hitting children, in fact, I consider it a form of mild abuse, even though it gets results.

Yes, kids crying in public areas is annoying, but I've just learnt to tolerate it.
 
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