Children ‘Screaming’ in Stores

charry said:
it was called discipline in my day, if we misbehaved ..........a slap across the back of the legs
But now it’s called child abuse......😏
No wonder kids are the way they are today !,!🧐
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Me and my siblings the same, Charry.
 

charry said:
5 siblings here marg, and we knew when we crossed the line, so was ready for the slap ouch !! 😂😂
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Five of us as well. :)

I was much easier on my own children than my mom was on me, but when a proper pants-dusting was due, I delivered. LOL!
 

I once saw a couple abusing their children in the supermarket. From what I could see, the children were not misbehaving, but the parents were shouting, swatting the children's heads, and the father was saying he was going to smash his son against a freezer. The children were not being noisy .. but the parents were out of control.
 
Pinky said:
I once saw a couple abusing their children in the supermarket. From what I could see, the children were not misbehaving, but the parents were shouting, swatting the children's heads, and the father was saying he was going to smash his son against a freezer. The children were not being noisy .. but the parents were out of control.
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My husband and I were out shopping one day many years ago, and a father had his toddler son by the hand, and I'm assuming he was squeezing the child's hand to the point of pain, because the child was screaming, and my husband stopped, focused his attention on the man, and when the man made eye contact with my husband, my husband gave him a death stare from hell, and the man's behaviour stopped.
 
A kid knows when he's creating a scene. The first words a kid learns are "I want". He's hoping his mom is going to cave, because of the tantrum, and the stares she's getting.. The best way to dissuade scenes is not to get irritated, but to ignore them. My kid brother was an expert on screaming in stores. He'd put on a great show. BTW, he never did this at home. My mom would leave him screaming, and thrashing about on the floor. After a while, it occurred to him that making a scene was counter productive, he stopped.
 
I used to think that only girls could scream but I changed my mind the other night when I was invited out to dinner.

The little boy wasn't in pain or anything or being abused but he just screamed all night even when playing with his toys.

It went right through me. I couldn't wait to get home.

I wish I had a decibel meter. I'm sure it was on the same scale as a steam whistle.
 
About ten years ago I started to notice that kids were not only screaming more, but screaming much louder than they used to do. My own baby boy had colic a lot for the first year, so I'm used to fussy babies, but he never even began to reach the decibel level some kids hit today.

My homemade theory? Their moms are all lost in their phones and the kids have to reach twice the pitch we did to get their attention.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
A kid knows when he's creating a scene. The first words a kid learns are "I want". He's hoping his mom is going to cave, because of the tantrum, and the stares she's getting.. The best way to dissuade scenes is not to get irritated, but to ignore them. My kid brother was an expert on screaming in stores. He'd put on a great show. BTW, he never did this at home. My mom would leave him screaming, and thrashing about on the floor. After a while, it occurred to him that making a scene was counter productive, he stopped.
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Your post brings back such memories. :)

At home, I was much more tolerant of my children acting up and throwing a tantie, but dare they do it while out, that was a whole other story.

I laugh thinking about it now, how I used to round-up the gang, and with them all in a group, I'd tell them, "mommy has to make a trip to town today, who's all going to be good when we're out"?

I'd remind them, "I don't want to hear any whining and complaining, if you're coming with me today, you're going to be good and behave, or we're coming straight back home".

I used to do simple little things for them to remind them how good trips out of the house could be with mom, and for the most part my kids understood and were receptive.

On sweltering hot days or when sub-zero temps hit, calling up a babysitter was automatic for me. No kid needs to be subjected to trying to keep up with an adult when they're zapped of all energy due to the heat, thirsty, or trying to waddle around in bulky winter-wear.
 
You know @Della, you're on to something. I always wonder when I see someone paying more attention to their phone than their kids. Nothing interested me more than the kid. And.............it shows today in our relationship.
 
Della said:
About ten years ago I started to notice that kids were not only screaming more, but screaming much louder than they used to do. My own baby boy had colic a lot for the first year, so I'm used to fussy babies, but he never even began to reach the decibel level some kids hit today.

My homemade theory? Their moms are all lost in their phones and the kids have to reach twice the pitch we did to get their attention.
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It's sad, and I 100% agree.
 
there are or have been numerous TV shows that air funny clips of people/pets of all sizes an shapes. i find it pretty obnoxious when a kid (especially a toddler) displays obnoxious behavior and is labeled "cute". like 2-3 year old girls acting way too maturely/sexy or little boys acting like total thugs.
 
My oldest son was a screamer. I used to bring a gag and tie it tight around his mouth and head when he started up. People became livid that I'd do that to a child. They'd threaten to call a cop. As he got older, he'd just pull off the gag and continue screaming. So I began putting Super Glue on his lips. That was more effective and lasted all day. Pretty soon, when he started winding up, all I'd have to do is get the tube of Super Glue out and the screaming would stop.😜
 
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