Are parents deaf!?

[hbruton]

Okay this will probably get me in trouble with my childed friends but what the hell!!! Doing some erands today and stopped by my locker to pick up some stuff I needed for the weekend. There was a woman with two little girls there. The little girls were running amok amongst the hitches, large pices of equipment and huge box dsplays. Shreiking.

Comments

[hbruton]

Oh my God! The few times I've tried this I got yelled at by the parent. "How dare you speak to my child! She's not hurting anything!!!" No thanks. I just grit my teeth, glare a bit and pray to get the hell out of there! I don't react well to sudden or loud noises so when I see kids I usually head the other direction if I have a choice. Oh yes and thank whaever gods exist that I had a choice to not have children. I respect people who have made the decision to do so but it is just not for me.

[dragonsmirk]

Oh yes and thank whatever gods exist that I had a choice to not have children.

HEAR HEAR! I say this whenever I have to go out in public and there are annoying children around. Usually the annoyance is momentary, thank goodness.

But yes, I am so very grateful to have been born in an age where I can choose NOT to have children.

I'm also easily irritated by high-pitched noises, to the point that children's voices are horrible to me. Shrieking in laughter, play, fear, sadness, anger, it's all painful to me.

[calicougar]

I love confusing the hell out of pro-life people, by supporting Planned Parenthood...as a mom.

Sexual health and education? Why, of course! I want *my daughter* to have the choice to not have children too!

As to the original post, most people are idiots and chuckleheads, why should their status as a parent change anything :P

[ginkaruja]

I dunno what has happened in the recent years where kids screaming and shrieking is just ignored. I do know that with my sensitive ears, I am often left in physical pain due to it. And knowing how some parents react, I feel helpless because I am a very non-confrontational person and will shut down easily. ;-;

[blith]

first off, Sorry that parent was such a douche. you do sorta get use to the noise. but running around screaming and shrieking should NEVER be toelrated by anyone. not even the aprent. at home.. fine, whatever, it's your house, out in public? Never!

i keep my child wrangled in, because once apon a time, i was *that* person while working in a retail store that would stop your child and explain in gruesome detail what would happen if their eye or some body part hit the edge of a shelf. or ask the parents to wrangle their children in, they ~WILL~ get hurt. and i will vouche that you were not watching your child.

Store employees do not equal babysitters, or a second watchful eye on your crotch trophies. nor are other customers who are trying to enjoy their shopping experience.

[thrashbear]

I was watching the movie "dinosaur" in the theater when it came out some years ago. A little girl of about four years old decides to sit next to me instead of her father one row behind us. Whatever. Through the movie she's talking and asking questions, and I have to ask her very quietly and politely "Please don't talk during the movie", all the while looking back and glaring at her dad.

After the flick and outside the theater, I told her father what had happened. Hand to God, he told me "Talk to my kid again, and I'll drop you". Mofo verbally threatened me for daring to correct his child! I remember that incident every time I witness a kid acting up in public. I WANT to tell mom/dad/ to control their child, but I am well aware that more often than not, I'll be the one who gets verbally attacked for it. I pick my battles and suffer in silence.

[anderyn]

That makes me insane, too, and I are a parent -- grandparent, too. My philosophy is that sometimes the kids will lose it, yes, that's part of life, and then you take them out of the store until they chill (if it's an upset kind of thing). But I have zero tolerance for running around or climbing things in stores. People are there to shop, not to dodge kids. They sometimes call me a big meanie when I tell them to behave, but they are still not going to run around and make people insane.