Uncontrolled children in public

children shoould be taught there is a time and a place to play and time and place to behave.

No, you were being reasonable. People today seem to think everyone should enjoy being around children and being tolerant of whatever they do. That is why so many kids are out of control today, because they are not properly punished or supervised.

"He's only playing." To that I would have reported him for allowing his child to treat the museum as if it was his own house. People are too lenient on children nowadays. "He's just a kid." Exactly, that means you have teach him how to behave appropriately when in public.

Dear Old Git....no, you sound a reasonable person, my wife and I feel that many young parents of today are very selfish not to think of other people who are upset by their child's shrieking! the irony of it is animals behave much better but they ban them in shops and eating places, the parent is always to blame the child is only as good or bad as their parents want them to be, shopping in a supermarket are a nightmare because of them !

Carry on objecting .........good luck dear Old Git.

sunday 13/6/2010 there was four children out playing age 4 - 7, my husband whent for his sunday paper, on return back he saw the children pushing a childs plasic car down the road then it whent right into my new car leaving scraches down one side and on the bumper I aproched the familey's thay have just put there head in the sand hoping it will go away, it is now going to cost me over £100 +, if thay dont whant childre under ther feet Y have childre, there shoud be a law as children age from 0 - 15 shoud be in control and pay up for any damage thay couse. exscuse my spelling its rubbish

Not all parents are bad and some kids are well behaved but kids do have their moments! Im a bus driver so I see a range of different children from little brats to well behaved polite children. I have to say it is usually the way the parents are with them. For example, a baby of about 7 months was throwing a tantrum on my bus because he was bored and all his mother could do was text her mate and tell her child to shut up! That is certainly not the way to control the behaviour and will simply make matters worse. On another note you cant always judge a parent straight away. I have a disabled child who doesnt look it from the outside. She has Epilepsy and this has caused her to regress back so she looks like a 6 year old but acts like a 3 year old. Most people would tut when they see her and think bad on me that she is acting like a spoiled brat but she is simply doing what any 3 year old would do!

I'm doing some research for a book on child behaviour and parenting responsibility. Could anyone offer specific examples of what they consider to be essential social rules children should learn from their parents?

I think your're totally right Old Git. I'm probably less than 10 years older than the children you're talking about here, but my parents would have never tolerated anything like that, and that museum part is horrible. These views are not outdated at all.

happy in shops, then your the type of mother that would ignore your little terd, have a meltdown in a store, your probley the type who could care less about anyone having to listen to the brat
kids today need to be told by a stranger to shut the eff up. I am not afraid and doing to so, I ve done it before,they dont belong anywhere if there gonna act like terds, there messy, annoying and downright disgusting,

happy in shops, kids are annoying, I hate them and they dont belong in public I even hate it when schools out for the summer,there everwhere being disrespectfull and getting on people's nerves, kids need to get the eff out of public places and stay home, the mother needs to takeout her food so there not in restraunts screaming and yelling and in stores running around annoing people,

@ happy in shops: They aren't "the future" if you refuse to TEACH them anything!!! i.e. - how to BEHAVE in PUBLIC!

I hate the term, Kids will be kids. That doesnt mean they can misbehave in Public, and annoy others enjoying there night out,Find a sitter and leave them out of fine dining restraunts. I am gonna gonna spend my hard earned money for a night out, and have it ruined by a screamming kid, go to MCD'S

Kids arent are FUTURE. They dont belong in supermarkets. Happy in Shops- The screaming dont get to you, I cant stand it. I am not afraid to tell it to shut up.