Kids in Wal-Mart! Ahhhhh!

[DeathBrewer]

One of the many reasons I don't go to Walmart. That place sickens me.

It's actually been quite a while since I've seen a child act up in public.

One thing that did piss me off a couple of months ago was when I saw a woman teaching her kid how to be an *******. She blocked the aisles on purpose, forced her way into lines, was rude to the teller for no reason, etc. I somehow managed to run into her during my entire visit at Longs.

I got outside and she was parked next to my truck. She was telling her kid to put the cart up in the grass instead of walking back 20 feet to put it where they are supposed to go. I couldn't help but give her a look of disgust and she averted her eyes.

 

[Zul'jin]

This is why children should be left in the car.

Oh, but it's hot. They'll die. Me and my sibling horde never died. We learned how to roll down a window.

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

This is why children should be left in the car.

Oh, but it's hot. They'll die. Me and my sibling horde never died. We learned how to roll down a window.

Damn right Zul'jin... I grew up in the 80's. Nintendo was also my babysitter when my mom had to make a quick run to the store, lol.

 

[pnj]

This is why children should be left in the car.

better yet, in the bottom (tip?) of the condom.

 

[dibby33]

Swift and blinding violence. It is the only option.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I don't think that anyone should be allowed to beat, or even lightly spank their children. I believe that it should be legal for strangers to do it for them. Strangers will beat the little ******** properly.

 

[wehumble]

I don't think that anyone should be allowed to beat, or even lightly spank their children. I believe that it should be legal for strangers to do it for them. Strangers will beat the little ******** properly.

Finally! Some good advice in this thread.

 

[MMW]

I got outside and she was parked next to my truck. She was telling her kid to put the cart up in the grass instead of walking back 20 feet to put it where they are supposed to go. I couldn't help but give her a look of disgust and she averted her eyes.

When my truck was new (I mean 500 miles new) I took it to Home Depot and parked it waaaaaaaay out at the edge of the lot and went in to do my shopping. As I was coming out, I noticed a woman parked next to me in her Land Rover putting away her things (her Beta Male husband was just standing there looking bored). She proceeded to push her cart directly next to my truck (On the uphill side ), on the cell phone the whole time. I got out my 'big' voice and let loose across the parking lot: "DON'T YOU LEAVE THAT [expletive] CART NEXT TO MY BRAND NEW [expletive] TRUCK you [expletive] [expletive]!" She turned beet red, looked at her husband, hung up the phone while he put the cart away.

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

When my truck was new (I mean 500 miles new) I took it to Home Depot and parked it waaaaaaaay out at the edge of the lot and went in to do my shopping. As I was coming out, I noticed a woman parked next to me in her Land Rover putting away her things (her Beta Male husband was just standing there looking bored). She proceeded to push her cart directly next to my truck (On the uphill side ), on the cell phone the whole time. I got out my 'big' voice and let loose across the parking lot: "DON'T YOU LEAVE THAT [expletive] CART NEXT TO MY BRAND NEW [expletive] TRUCK you [expletive] [expletive]!" She turned beet red, looked at her husband, hung up the phone while he put the cart away.

I would have hit the deck laughing........Get you some... lol:rockin:

 

[The Pol]

FWIW...

This has nothing to do with Walmart... go to a park, restaurant etc. Modern parents, are pu$$ies. Parents nowdays want to be "liked", well, my kids "like" other KIDS that allow them to do whatever they want. If it takes acting like a kid to be liked, I dont want to be liked.

#1. Make yuour kids OWN thier choices, dont protect them from consequences. Example: If your kid forgets HIS lunch for school and calls you at work to bring it to him... sure, ONE time. The next time he forgets it, he goes hungry. He wont die, but after several forgetful days and being hungry, he will THINK before he leaves the house. IF they are in thier teens and doing/selling drugs, call the cops. DO NOT protect kids from consequences, when you do, you are an enabler.

#2. Dont strive to be a friend. Being a parent means showing leadership, which means making very unpopular choices. If you are concerned about being popular with your kids, you arent leading them, that is where your heart needs to be.

#3. Be a teacher... it gets TIRING, but honestly kids are annoying because they are seeking to learn. Push that aside and they are left to thier own devices, and they are not that intelligent. You will answer 1000 questions per day, you will correct them 1,000 times each day... but it is worth it. Be a slacker and raise a slacker.

#4. Spanking is ok... dont raise pu$$ies.

#5. Be brutally honest with the kids... DO NOT make excuses for thier behavior, do NOT make excuses for yours. Be an example, do not coddle them in order to "spare" thier feelings. Teach kids that being honest, angry, disagreeing etc. is OK, and that being angry, doenst mean you do not love them.

My son was riding his bike in the street last week, because his idiot friends were and thier parents are too fat and lazy to get up and tell them it is unsafe on our street. So, we reprimanded him and took his bike away (he knows the rule). Of course, we are evil and mean... whatever.

Later that night I told him:
Look, if I didnt CARE for you, I would let you do anything you wanted, or anything that your friends choose to do. I wouldnt care that you could get hit by a car, I woudnt care that you could blow your fingers off with fireworks... I would be "cool" in your eyes, right? Because Id let you do what YOU want. Son... YOU arent that smart, neither are your friends... you cannot see the consequences of your choices, but I can. God gave you parents because you would not survive otherwise. WE care for you, so we have rules, if I didnt care... then I wouldnt care if you died under a truck in the street, and I would let you do whatever you wanted. Now go to bed an hour early for rolling your eyes, think you are smart now?

 

[MMW]

FWIW...

Can I get a Hallelujah?

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

Can I get a Hallelujah?

I'll second that? I'm gonna start a new non profit organization. PAPTAP (Parent Against Parents That Are Pu$$ies).
And just like kids, government and/or society needs a good a$$ every now and then to get it back in line.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

My kid is 26, or 27.....somewhere around that age. I took notice of everything she ever did when i was looking. I saw a lot of shiny objects along the way so I may have missed a few things, but hey, everyone loves a freebie when daddy ain't lookin'.

I taught her how to look at ordinary objects and see stories in them. I taught her how to ignore the important stuff, not do her homework if it seemed stupid, and I taught her to never trust a teacher if she caught one whiff of an agenda on their part.

I never spanked her once, not even a bit. I would have if she needed it, but we were both very lucky in that regard.

She is currently a teacher's "helper" sitting kids out of lessons. She is taking an Open University course so that she can become a teacher. She has recently bought a disc jockey business for kids. She is raising a child in her own house, and still has $4000 that was left to her by her grandmother 4 years ago (4 years is a rough guess, I have no real clue when my mother died)

The point of this post? I am extremely proud of my daughter, but I never even smacked her. If you have a good one you are lucky......But I see plenty of kids that I would love to strangle in her honour.

 

[rsmith179]

I got spanked as a child. We even had the ping pong paddle in clear view when we were younger, just in case. Never got swatted by the paddle, but did have to get a switch off the tree for my Pops to use once or twice. Needless to say, I didn't act up much as a child. Didn't affect me in a negative way when I got older. I respect my parents and grandparents for expecting me to act correctly and helping me along the way by spankings if needed. How else are you supposed to get through to kids? Take away their laptops and cell phones?? Kids today are totally different than even I was 15 years ago. Keep spanking kids... Keep slapping their hands... How else are they going to learn??

 

[ohiobrewtus]

I won't hit my kids in public - that's for Wal-Mart bingo. I am, however, certainly not afraid to whoop their little asses when necessary. They've all experienced it a time or two and now just the threat of it scares the bejesus out of them.

 

[IrregularPulse]

The OP Mom reminds me of my Sister in law. My niece is 2 and my SIL's favorite excuse it, "She's only 2". She actually came back at my brother once when he yelled at her with "Daddy, I'm only 2"! God that should be a sign right there, she's not stupid! My brother of course is no help, he just yells at her from the couch. She tells them no and they just sigh, They tell her, "*Name removed* if you do that one more time you'll be in time out!", then MAYBE 30 more times she'll get a timeout, in which she just walks away from and that's that.

They keep telling me and my wife, "Oh wait till your son is 2, he won't be so sweet anymore". Well I'm sorry but we're not the lazy worthless parents you are.
My son just turned 11 months, He knows the word NO and it stops him in his tracks when he's about to grab something he's no supposed to. If we're at a restaurant and he screams loud, he gets, "Preston NO! with a gentle hand on his mouth (just a touch, I'm not slapping my 11mo) and he doesn't do it anymore. If he wants more food, my wife taught him sign language for more and he uses it very well with no screaming or whining. (wow, need to remember to thank SWMBO for that one)
He knows that he doesn't get out of his chair at dinner until all 3 of us are done eating and he hasn't wined to get out since I don't remember when. Unless he is tried, then he gets lifted from teh chair and carried to his crib, where he rolls over and goes to sleep.
My Niece on the other hand sits on 35 different laps during the course of a meal.

If one thing my niece has been a first hand warning about being lazy as a parent.

I feel bad for her because it is not her fault her parents are lazy and are not consistent with her or even really set boundaries. I fear what she will grow up as.
Funny part is, she listens to me and my wife and my parents when my brother and SIL aren't around. As soon as they show up, she knows there are no rules.

Wow, sorry End Rant now. Good thread.

I don't see bad kids at Walmart, I see terrible parents.

After proofing this post, I realized how Thankful I am to have such a young boy that listens so well...and I fear what is to come to pay us back for this

 

[DeathBrewer]

I don't see bad kids at Walmart, I see terrible parents.

QFE 10 char

 

[Arkador]

My mother spanked me. I respect her for it, and looking back, feel that i deserved it.

We have an almost 5 year old girl, and a 3 week old boy. Our girl has been gently slapped on the bottom as punishment, and nothing more, and she knew every time, that she did wrong. No spanking has ever gone without a followup chat about why.

More than four out of five Americans who were actually spanked by their parents as children say that it was an effective form of discipline.

When effective spanking is removed from a parent's disciplinary repertoire, he or she is left with nagging, begging, belittling, and yelling, once the primary disciplinary measures have failed.
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[Zul'jin]

Ya know what stops a kid in their tracks from grabbing something they're not supposed to? Letting them grab it once.

We had a gas stove. You know the little silver ring that exhausts the always lit pilot light?

"Stay away from the stove. It'll burn ya." ... "Boy, I'm telling you."
"But it's not on."
"OK."
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Shut up."

 

[r3dn3ckstyl3z]

i have done that a time or two with my son.....

 

[BeerBudha]

I don't think that anyone should be allowed to beat, or even lightly spank their children. I believe that it should be legal for strangers to do it for them. Strangers will beat the little ******** properly.

I'm bored at work and just looking through some old post this one was great!

 

[albannach]

Kudos to your son for defending the family food stash though .
Just goes to show that kids who are raised and disciplined properly have their **** together and will succeed in life.

 

[solstice]

The best thing for the little hispanic kids running everywhere, and they do, is saying in an angry voice where is your mother, in spanish. They go running the other way.

 

[Joos]

Kudos to your son for defending the family food stash though .
Just goes to show that kids who are raised and disciplined properly have their **** together and will succeed in life.

very well said.