RE: Parents not taking there crying child outside at a restaurant or store
April 29, 2016 at 11:12 pm
(This post was last modified: April 29, 2016 at 11:13 pm by Sterben.)
(April 29, 2016 at 10:07 pm)pool the great Wrote: I think the mother was employing a strategy of "Until you calm down I'm going to be ignoring you."
Yep, I do agree kids are annoying as hell. But I don't think children should be banned or something from places because others can't appreciate a kid for.. Being a kid. As a parent it is however their responsibility to calm a child down and have a rational discussion about how the kid being a little shit can cause frustrations for others.
If you can't control your child, not even up to that extend I'd say you failed as a parent.
That strategy does not make sense on any level. What would be the purpose of ignoring a child who is misbehaving? I see it all the time; a child is throwing temper tantrum cause they want the toy and are knocking items off the shelf. The parent's I've seen usually say "You can't do that, please stop it.". This tactic does not work at all, one time I saw a amazing parent. Her child was throwing a temper tantrum because he wanted both toys, he then was throwing items off the shelf. A co-worker of mine went to pick up the items, the parent budded in and said "There's no need for that, he made the mess and he will clean up." After further protest from the child, the mother threatened to throw away the toy he had brought with him. The child cried many tears, and then stated to clean up the mess he had made. That's what I call amazing parenting.