Powell Family 2012
Friday, September 16, 2011
Kids That Drive You Nuts
Is it just me or do people just not care what there kids do in public anymore? Walking around walmart tonight i must have jumped out of the way of at least ten different kids. What ever happened to parents taking care of there kids and making them behave in public? There is no excuse for kids running wild in a store or anywhere other then bad parenting. And in todays world hold onto those little kids there are too many creeps out there and things can happen very fast. My kids were never perfect by any means and used to know how to drive us crazy in there own home alot of the time. lol. But one thing i can truthfully say about them is that when i took them out, they knew how to behave. You never saw them running around a store, running wild and not staying with there parents. You never saw them climbing all over the seat while eating out, regardless if it was macdonalds or somewhere fancy. They knew how to behave because we took the time to teach them too behave in public and not to drive everyone crazy around them. When eating out they stayed sitting in there seats and waited to get home to act wild again, lol. I never ever would allow any of them to climb the seats or worse run around while we were eating. Lets face it what other people at other tables want to put up with that! I have asked to be moved to another table many a time when eating out if the parents at the next table had no respect for us and would let there kids drive us crazy while trying to have a nice evening out. If i offended them by them hearing why i wanted to move, then hopefully they took that as a hint to teach there kids some well needed lessons. Even at the doctors office i work at its amazing how parents will let there kids climb the chairs, pull the blinds, try and pull down the framed pictures on the walls and go though the closets. Just amazing! Sometimes its up to us to speak up and tell them not to do something while there parents sit there and let them do whatever they want. If kids are not taught at an early age about not only safely and to stay with there parents but also not to respect others and to behave however they want and to drive others nuts around them, what will they be like as teenagers? Will they care about how they act in public then and if they are respecting people around them? If its never expected of them, do the kids just one day start doing it by themselves???? People need to figure out not everyone enjoys there kids acting like spoiled brats and not knowing how to behave in public. Teach them why you can or your regret it later. I have been very impressed with how Leland acts when we have eaten out with them. Its a long night but he stays in his seat and i know his parents wouldnt let him run around all over the place. He stays with them and he dont run around wild. Granted there are many parents like his that have taught there kids how to act in public. But boy the ones who dont!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cant wait to see how they grow up!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I never ever ever judge a mom for the way their kids behave. I don't know what they're going through. It's easy to judge, but every kid has a different personality. We teach our kids to behave in public and take them out if they're being annoying, but even the best parents have kids that act out. My sister has really well behaved kids and yet she has one that no matter what she does can still be a pain in the butt.
ReplyDeleteI am especially cautious while flying since we fly for free I don't want to stand out on the flight and we sat by another parent and was talking to him about how hard it can be sometimes because you don't want to bug other people and he said "who cares? I'm not going to apologize for having kids." I think that's the right mentality. If you see a mom that isn't acknowledging their kids bad behavior, that's one thing, but if a mom is earnestly trying to control the situation and maybe you don't agree with how she does it, that's totally different. I can't stand people that are rude and judgmental in public. If someone moves because of my kid (which is pretty rare) then I say good riddance! It's DEFINITELY more annoying to be around someone that is rude. And when they make it obvious that they're moving BECAUSE of me, in my opinion, is a lot more awful of a thing to do in public!!
I dont quite agree with that, it is the parents thought if the kids are acting up and they do nothing about it. If there trying then of course you feel bad for them who wouldnt. Im not talking about those parents that are trying there best to teach there kids how to behave in public. Im talking about the ones that let them do it, kids climbing on the back of your seat when your having a night out is not okay if the parents are not doing anything about it. Kids running around the tables is also bad parenting. They need to be taught to sit at the table like everyone else. Most kids can do that so why wouldnt it be parenting skills? Ive had six kids so im not someone judging thats never had kids. The guys that said to you Who cares, says it all sadly in todays society, alot of parents really dont care if there kids are bothering other people. Its good that you do care. Im not asking anyone to apologize for having kids, lol, i had six myself, but would just like to eat my meal without someones kids climbing over my seat, or falling over them while walking to the table or around the store. I think we can all see the parents that do care and are trying and the ones thats not, theres a big different. And im sorry that i would want to move from a table like that, if theres no respect for me, why would i need to give them any by suffering the bad behvavier of there kids during my meal. Its not cheap to go out to eat and i would rather have a table by people that know how to control there kids and not turn it into a zoo. lol. I once made two of my older kids leave the table and sit in the car while we finsihed out meal, out of respect for the other people around us eating theres. They never pulled that one on me again, and they were older, not small and the car was parked outside the window so we could see them, but it was a good lesson for them. I did care if my kids bothered other people and im glad i did, it made them turn into great adults. If kids are allowed to run wild and parents think, who cares or there just rude for moving, how will they be as teenagers? Will they ever know when they cant do something? Thats just me. But yeah it wasnt about parents that are trying, you can certainly see the ones who are in public thats for sure, lol. Weve all been there and done that, its how they handled that, that can make the child. The guy who said he dont care, might care when his kids are older and its too late to teach control.
ReplyDeleteNot sure why it didnt post my name, but its just me answering. lol.
ReplyDeleteWhen we have asked to move, a few times the manager came out and told us how sorry he was for the bad behavier of the kids. They certainly dont want people not coming back if they cant enjoy there meal.
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