Children ‘Screaming’ in Stores

The really sad part about "the joke" was how the parent seemed so "pleased" about what they did to quiet the child. That was the ugly part. Even if it was fiction, it was written to produce outrage. And that was just really manipulative at best, and hateful at worst. To expect people to not get upset about it is just not clued into how real people think and react.
 

Robusta said:
Keesha I was not joking! I was attempting to point out that people see something that they don't like (screaming children) and then heap all kinds of shade on the parents. They make no attempt what so ever to put themselves in another persons shoes.

You were so eager,so rabid,so viscious in your attack on me! Do you really think that there exists anyone so callous ansd twisted to do something like that to a child and then brag about it?

I know that I am brash,plain spoken, and can be crude, but please tell me what I have ever posted that causes you to think that of me?
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Unfortunately there ARE people who are just as cruel as you reflected in your post. You most likely thought it a simple "joke". Many did not. In the future were I you I would avoid those kinds of attempts at "humor". In short it wasn't funny...
 
What is the difference between a German sausage and a screaming kid?"

One is a bratwurst and the other is the worst brat!


My joke. I like bratwursts but not worst brats.
 
Clever play on words . A bit of levity can be just the right touch. Thanks, Victor.

Now, I would like a German sausage mit bratkartoffeln and some sauerkraut. Maybe a beer, too.
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Can't help but feel sorry for some mothers that have to do the shopping AND care for a child or children that can be cranky. The other day I came across a mom and 3 little ones. Two on the outside of the shopping cart holding on to it making pushing it difficult. The other one about 3 clinging to the womans leg screaming.


I stopped to ask the little screamer if she knew her colors. She stopped screaming to stare at me. The mother wary of a stranger talking to her kids gave me a look like good mother's do. I was quick to explain that when our kids were small giving them something to do helped. The two clinging to the cart could help get the items the 3 yr. old could tell her mom what color was on the box or can.


Two aisles later the mom mouthed thank you to me as her kids were helping her. It always took longer for me to shop but the extra time spent was well worth it.
 
Knight said:
Can't help but feel sorry for some mothers that have to do the shopping AND care for a child or children that can be cranky. The other day I came across a mom and 3 little ones. Two on the outside of the shopping cart holding on to it making pushing it difficult. The other one about 3 clinging to the womans leg screaming.


I stopped to ask the little screamer if she knew her colors. She stopped screaming to stare at me. The mother wary of a stranger talking to her kids gave me a look like good mother's do. I was quick to explain that when our kids were small giving them something to do helped. The two clinging to the cart could help get the items the 3 yr. old could tell her mom what color was on the box or can.


Two aisles later the mom mouthed thank you to me as her kids were helping her. It always took longer for me to shop but the extra time spent was well worth it.
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I love that! What a great post!
 
Seriously. Everybody who witnesses a grown man slapping a crying child should report it to the police.

People like that should be closely watched as they are usually the type who hit the newspaper headlines for killing a bunch of

innocent people of any age. They are always cowards. Some may even be members of an otherwise friendly computer forum.
 
I will not hesitate to go up to a screaming child and sternly say, "Hey, your screaming is a drag. You need to quiet down, because you're disturbing people!" If the child is an infant, I ask the parent what's going on. I ushered for twenty years. I'm more confrontational than many, I guess, when the public is being annoyed by bad behavior. FWIW: I've never gotten any flack when I've done the above.
 
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Just a week or so ago, a tyke was screaming his lungs out in the check out line
mother seemed oblivious
I thought ('man, how long can he keep this up?')

so

I got down in his face and watched

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little critter stopped right away
 
Falcon said:
Seriously. Everybody who witnesses a grown man slapping a crying child should report it to the police.

People like that should be closely watched as they are usually the type who hit the newspaper headlines for killing a bunch of

innocent people of any age. They are always cowards. Some may even be members of an otherwise friendly computer forum.
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And some may be old men making snarky comments about members of that "friendly" board.

Seriously if you see any, one man or woman hit a child go to the police
 
treeguy64 said:
I will not hesitate to go up to a screaming child and sternly say, "Hey, you're screaming is a drag. You need to quiet down, because you're disturbing people!" If the child is an infant, I ask the parent what's going on. I ushered for twenty years. I'm more confrontational than many, I guess, when the public is being annoyed by bad behavior. FWIW: I've never gotten any flack when I've done the above.
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, it is not always bad behaviour why a child is screaming.......people that jump to conclusions without knowing the true circumstances are very judgemental in my opinion...........FWIW if someone like you spoke to my child in the way you said you would and without knowing the circumstances of the screaming, you would get more than just flack from me.........I cannot abide interfering people.
 
Gary O' said:
Just a week or so ago, a tyke was screaming his lungs out in the check out line
mother seemed oblivious
I thought ('man, how long can he keep this up?')

so

I got down in his face and watched
little critter stopped right away
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Gary, your story reminds me of my father and my little cousin. She was a "difficult" child, always wanting to be the center of attention. Out in the middle of the room performing, while adults were trying to carry on a conversation, interrupting her mother while she was trying to talk. All my dad had to do was give her "the stare" and she sat down and behaved herself. Neither of her parents seemed to be able to control her.
 
Any of you ever recall making a screaming fuss in a store or restaurant as a child? It never would have entered my mind to do something like that. I think parents back then were much stricter. I don't know. Am I wrong?
 
Olivia said:
Any of you ever recall making a screaming fuss in a store or restaurant as a child? It never would have entered my mind to do something like that. I think parents back then were much stricter. I don't know. Am I wrong?
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I was very happy to be not heard

worked on being not seen later on
 
Olivia said:
Any of you ever recall making a screaming fuss in a store or restaurant as a child? It never would have entered my mind to do something like that. I think parents back then were much stricter. I don't know. Am I wrong?
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Never. I wouldn't dare even think about what would have happened if I had done something like that.:eewwk:

Seriously though, at first there was a fear that something bad might happen, so I never tested it. Later it was more like I wouldn't want to disappoint them. I don't know how they did that. It was some kind of talent they had. lol
 
Bee said:
As I mentioned in an earlier post, it is not always bad behaviour why a child is screaming.......people that jump to conclusions without knowing the true circumstances are very judgemental in my opinion...........FWIW if someone like you spoke to my child in the way you said you would and without knowing the circumstances of the screaming, you would get more than just flack from me.........I cannot abide interfering people.
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And I cannot abide ignorant, insensitive parents/guardians who feel their child is so special/privileged that he/she doesn't need to conform to societal norms, as the same applies to common decency in a public place! Not sure what you meant by getting "more then just flack" from you. I suppose if you accept poor behavior from a child, you probably model the same, yourself. The local constables would be quickly summoned to put you in your (their) place.
 
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I haven't had an issue with children screaming in public.
But on a recent trip to the supermarket, a girl about 8
was mowing people down with a shopping cart.

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treeguy64 said:
And I cannot abide ignorant, insensitive parents/guardians who feel their child is so special/privileged that he/she doesn't need to conform to societal norms, as the same applies to common decency in a public place! Not sure what you meant by getting "more then just flack" from you. I suppose if you accept poor behavior from a child, you probably model the same, yourself. The local constables would be quickly summoned to put you in your (their) place.
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Thankfully I don't live in the USA. with attitudes like that.

If you had taken the time to read my original post, you would have read I have a great grandaughter that has autism and ADHD and with children with that condition they cannot conform to what the likes of you expect from them and if you had any understanding of what parents go through with children of those conditions or mental problems you might repeat might just find it in yourself to be a little more understanding instead of critisising the parents or the child.
 
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My son was autistic. He didn't speak but sometimes he would act inappropriate in public.
Once when we were waiting in line at a cafeteria, he suddenly ran over to a big black guy
who looked like a football player. I was right behind my son, apologizing to the man who
very nicely said: "You are blessed."

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Thankyou KingsX, you will understand what I have been trying to say.

My great grandaughter does speak but she doesn't understand what she is saying the majority of the time and she has been known to go up to a complete stranger and hug them and of course from that comes the apologies and explanations from her mother.
 
Bee said:
Thankfully I don't live in the USA. with attitudes like that.

If you had taken the time to read my original post, you would have read I have a great grandaughter that has autism and ADHD and with children with that condition they cannot conform to what the likes of you expect from them and if you had any understanding of what parents go through with children of those conditions or mental problems you might repeat might just find it in yourself to be a little more understanding instead of critisising the parents or the child.
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If you have to deal with a child who, unfortunately, lacks "normal" control mechanisms when in public places, then you refrain from visiting the same with said child. Problem solved. If you want to reply with something to the effect that taking this child out in public places is unavoidable, at times, I'd say you need to rethink your situation and consider having a sitter/child minder when you must venture out in public. No, I am not heartless. I simply am considering the rights of the many, to not be disturbed by a caterwauling individual, over the right of that individual to scream his/her head off, in public. (No such right exists, in any country that I know of.)
 

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