Not everyone has that luxury.
If a two year old is bawling continuously in a store, the parent usually deserves to be slapped, not the child.
If I see it happening I can always grab what I need in the store and go the other way. It bothers me much less in a store than in a restaurant where I'm stuck eating in a certain spot.
Either way, kids are going to be kids at times. That's why they haven't learned proper behavior in public -- they're freaking two years old.
I'm pretty tolerant of this kind of behavior in stores and in fast food restaurants. People have to shop and I don't think you can expect too much atmosphere at Burger King.
Screaming kids in theaters and restaurants with wait service cross the line. If you are not confident that your kid can behave in such places, don't go until they are old enough to quietly make it through a meal or a movie. I know I ate plenty of leftover Happy Meals while my kids were playing and the only movies I went to with the kids were Disney or similar where the audience was filled with kids.
Funny how my kids never behave like that in public.
I do it all the time. The people currently living with me have a 2 year old named Ashton. He throws tantrums daily with them. Not when Im there to step in. I have had to spank the kid only once and thats all it took. He even starts to think about having a tantrum I get my mean look on and ask him in my angry voice if he wants his butt to be spanked. He says no and quiets down. End of story.
Im still waiting for him to test me again, I will spank him again. BTW his parents gave me permission and no Im not wailing like a mad man using full strength or anything. Despite not having kids of my own I DO know how to handle them.
For those of you parents with a terrible 2, just try it, get a friend you can trust and give them permission to punish the kid. The kids are smart enough to know they can get away with from mommy and daddy, but when its a complete stranger (well, not a complete stranger, someone not related, you know what I mean) they WILL show respect if you demand it properly.
Parents today are just scarred of being the "bad guy" with their kids. End of story.
Really? Can't leave your kid with your spouse/significant other? Great idea, having a kid with that person. No parent, aunt, cousin, sibling? Bull .
EDIT: By the way, I resent the notion that a child having two parents around is a luxury.
Last edited by Strike; 09-03-2009 at 04:56 PM.
You mean, you practiced a little discipline, set limits and the kid doesn't pull that with you? NO FREAKING WAY!!!!!! Huh, same thing happened with me and the (ex)wife when we would watch her sister's 2 year old son. Kid got away with murder with his mom and tried his tantrums at my house to get what he wanted. It took the kid 2 days to learn that temper tantrums don't work with Aunt & Uncle Strike. TWO WHOLE DAYS!!! We set limits with the kid and he got it pretty quick.
Tell me, why do your kids not behave like that? Have you casted some magic spell over them? Do you drug them? I'm curious because other people have insinuated that it's just the norm for every kid to act like a psychotic re in public.
so did you strike the two year old in the face?
No, I didn't. I just didn't play his game. For example, he had a habit of bringing me or Mrs. Strike a movie to play for him and getting another one 15 minutes later. I told him "No. You watch that one first." He'd try to get pushy in that 2 year old way and I said again "No. You watch that one first." He'd throw a tantrum, I'd walk away. 2 minutes later, he's over his tantrum and watching the 1st movie. I didn't strike, slap, or hit. I didn't have to.so did you strike the two year old in the face?
The guy in the store that slapped the kid around is a piece of . He had no business slapping someone else's kid and he deserves to be punished for it. But maybe if the mother didn't just let her damn kid wail away (I'm sure it wasn't the 1st or 20th time) and exercise a little discipline, maybe the kid wouldn't continue to act like a psycho in public.
good stuff. it's hard not to give in to kids when what they want is simple and as a parent you just want quiet, but your point is very valid that you have to endure and not let them get their way.
i was on the ball when i was watching supernanny, but i've regressed a bit...
I always tell the kid that I don't want to be there either (usually HEB).When I see/hear someone's kid having a tantrum in public, I usually just chuckle to myself and thank the Lord I survived those years with my own kids
And yes, I'm glad mine are beyond those years. IF they happen to both be with me, it's usually punching and/or trying to trip each other. sigh
Discipline them. Be stern with them. Don't give in to them. It's very simple. Be a parent and not try and be their friend. If you lay down the rules and consequences, they are more than capable of understanding and following. You have to stay strong. Do they mess up? Sure. Never have they thrown a tantrum at the store.
the kid was two. two year olds throw fits some times, you deal with it don't slap them. That old man needs to have his ass kicked
How about if your spouse is in Iraq?
Or you work a night shift and your spouse works a day shift so that one parent can be with the child? So, one of you has to take your kid with you because your spouse is at work while you have the kid, and you are at work while your spouse has the kid.
How about if your spouse works 100 hours per week and sleeps most of the rest of the time?
How about the fact that if you are shopping for your kid to buy shoes, then you need to take the child along.
There are many reasons why one person has to take their child with them to the store. This person was not is some fancy restaurant- they were in a Wal-Mart shopping.
I can deal with tantrums at the supermarket. I can't stand when some stupid parent brings their 2 year olds to a movie, and they start screaming at the top of their lungs.
yeah, i've taken my kid to see transformers (the 1st one) and when he got restless we were in the lobby. luckily he fell asleep for that last 30-45 minutes so i got to see the good stuff.
only other movie we went to see was Up, but that was a kids movie and an early sat matinee, so rowdy kids can be the norm...
My dad was in the service and away for 6 months at a time before I was born and my siblings were little. Mix in a friend or relative to help you out for an hour.How about if your spouse is in Iraq?
My parents did that until I was 10. Days off do exist.Or you work a night shift and your spouse works a day shift so that one parent can be with the child? So, one of you has to take your kid with you because your spouse is at work while you have the kid, and you are at work while your spouse has the kid.
once again, mix in a friend or a relative to help out for an hour.How about if your spouse works 100 hours per week and sleeps most of the rest of the time?
If your kid is acting up, take him/her outside until he/she calms down.How about the fact that if you are shopping for your kid to buy shoes, then you need to take the child along.
It doesn't matter if you're shopping in a Wal-Mart or eating in a fancy restaurant. I shouldn't have to listen to your kid screaming like a banshee while you just ignore it.There are many reasons why one person has to take their child with them to the store. This person was not is some fancy restaurant- they were in a Wal-Mart shopping.
There are many excuses why parents don't discipline their kids and curb this behavior. Random outbursts do happen. Fine. Spare the rest of us from having to listen to it, please.
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