Uncontrolled children in public

I totally agree with Old Git and other sensible parents out there.
I also wanna say that a childs age has nothing to do with them acting like a frickin wild animal!! 2 yr olds should NOT have the right to act crazy in public (or behind closed doors) as well as an older child.
The animalistic "azz-kick-worthy" behavior starts when they are very young. I always hear parents say, "oh she/he's just being a child..." when the child is laying out on the floor screaming and kicking (disturbing OTHERS)because he can't have his way... It's a darn shame.
I know someone who, when ever me and my man invites her to go somewhere simple like a (movie or Chili's) she says she can't go because she can't handle those two monsters of hers and NO ONE wants to babysit them! She never takes them anywhere except her family's house or a park and places where they're free to act senseless and run wild. It's so sad to me that a child is allowed to behave soooo badly that the parent is too embarrassed to take them out to Chili's??
Now when I say bad... whoooo! These kids WALK on the backs of couches (while you're sitting there), stand up on chairs and dinner tables while eating, spit out food they don't want...ALL over the table!! And ALL the kids in that family are like that! If you're visiting that cage of a house-hlod by mistake and DARE you utter a word out of pure shock... The ENTIRE family will come down on you mafia-style and start cussing you out (the kids too)!!
You problably think I was describing 1 or 2yr olds. Even if I was talking about 2yr olds, that would still be unacceptable behavior, but THESE demons range in age from 5-11yrs old!!!
Suprisingly, they're not in juvie already!
The saddest part of all is the parents. They keep the kids in the house and ONLY around "family" because they're afraid of shooting someone who objects to the behavior of those little minions... such a sad existence!!

We were all kids once you know!!!!!

Take it you grumpy lot are not remembering your frame of mind when you were a child.

It's sad that you have all grown to be grumpy.

You are definitely not an old sod or anything else. In fact, you just might be put on my list of heros. We definitely have to start standing up for our rights.

I hate little kids in restaurants when they are screaming there heads of and disturbing you when eating. my view is that little noisy kids should be ejected out of restaurants when you are eating they are sooooo annoying. I really hate them

Re kids running around and misbehaving in supermarkets, I find that standing on their fingers whilst they are rolling around the floor tends to have them up and back to their useless parents in no time! I am, by the way not a child hater but a mother of three and never allowed mine to behave inappropriately in the supermarket or any other public place. No, they were not perfect, but knew quite well what was expected of them.
If people cannot control their three and four year olds what chance have they got when they get bigger, stronger and in their teens?

I absolutely agree. I believe it is completely ridiculous how people allow their children to run amuck in public. The last four times I've traveled I've encountered children screaming like little banshies and hitting their parents. Children aren't perfect and I understand that they're not adults, but if they can't behave suitably in public, then keep them at home or put a muzzle around their mouths.

It's funny isn't it how when a woman proves a man to be in the wrong you very very rarely get an apology! Are you sure you're not my husband in disguise Martin?

No Martin, it was you actually.

And no, I am not trying to be clever by posting my thoughts all over the website, as you so nicely put it - I'm not clever, I'm your average punter who happens to be heavily into horses, dogs and the countryside. I am a very strong believer in people's rights - the anti-horse brigade on this site seem to think that because the internal conbustion (spelling ??) engine is now the major form of transport, this somehow means that horses should no longer be allowed out on the roads - when in fact they are clearly catered for in the Highway Code, which is the Bible for all road users, including horses.

Now let's stop talking about horses on this thread.

Why not try to be clever? Surely thats what you are trying to do by posting your thoughts all over this website. Are you saying we couldnt possibly be up to your level of intelligence?
Your the one who brought horses into this not me!
Maybe you should stick to the topic rather than go off topic every other post with horse related opinions!
I dont care if you do have to share bridleways lobby your local MP for more. Dont bother me about it.
This is about unctrolled children - yet you mention parent and child parking spaces.
How about YOU stick to the topic

Don't try and be clever with me, I know very well what bridleways are, unfortunately though they are not exclusively for horse use, we have to share them with walkers, cyclists and sometimes motorbikers - the latter illegally.

Stick to the subject - which is uncontrolled CHILDREN in public, NOT uncontrolled horses.

I think they call them bridleways.......

Maybe we should do a new post called Uncontrolled horses in public

Not double standards at all - horses are extremely vulnerable whilst out on the road - the road, not a public car park - the road has idiots on motorbikes etc. etc. belting along at 120 mph, a car park doesn't. In addition, horses are very unpredictable, and can move at far higher speeds than children. In other words, there is no comparison between riding on the road on horses, and parents with their young babies and children in car parks. By default, parents are, one hopes, in control of their charges, as one also hopes riders are in control of their mounts, however, horses are very unpredictable, and so the highway code rightly says that ALL road users MUST give way to them, proceeding cautiously, slowly and widely past them.
If you are saying that special spaces should be allotted to parents and children, then I am going to say that special highways should be allotted to horses - such that they NEVER need to set hoof on a public road where there is motorised traffic.