What is the worst story with kids not yours??
By jmespinosa82
@jmespinosa82 (498)
United States
May 30, 2007 1:43am CST
I was just wondering if this has ever happened and what you would have done. I was standing in line a few years ago and there was a little boy in the shopping cart and his mom was unloading the groceries to scan at the register for the cashier and the little boy tried to kick me, so I kind of stepped back a little bit. Then he tried to kick me again. The mom seen and told him you are only going to get 5 stories read to you if you don't stop. So then he tried to spit at me. Now let me remind you this little boy was maybe 4 years old. So I still didn't say anything and stepped back even further. Well he tried to spit at me again. So the mom told him he was only going to get 4 stories read to him instead tonite. Then that was it never apoligized or told him not to spit at me or kick me. I didn't say anything and I have kids but I would never let my kids do that and if they did I would apoligize to the person and make my kids apoligize as well. Should I have said something or just stayed quiet as I did. I know everyone has their own choices on raising their kids but was I in the wrong for staying quiet.
4 responses
@Cassy1976 (796)
• Australia
30 May 07
Oh if that was my child I would have smacked their bum!! How can a parent stand there and let their child do that and take reading books off them as punishment! That is discusting behaviour and obviously the punishment isnt working! My partners nephew threw a shoe at my head one day and his mum said it was an accident and he should apologise, so he said sorry and then did it again!!! I dont understand how parents can stand by and let their child misbehave and not do anything about it!
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@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
30 May 07
LMAO not at you literally but I really did start laughing when I read your post. I can't believe he threw it at you again. That would make me mad but you know there is only so much you can do. I don't either. My husband and I make our kids behave. Since my husband is deployed they have acted out a little bit but all they have to do it hear his voice.
@Cassy1976 (796)
• Australia
30 May 07
Manners and respect are a huge thing to me, I will not have a child that misbehaves, i just wont tolerate, it sounds like you are doing a good job with your children, when you have good children it just makes everyone elses kids look 100 times worse when they misbehave
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@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
30 May 07
Manners and respect are a big thing for me too. In the south they are so polite with yes ma'am and no sir and I love it. I feel so much more respected.
@mcmomss (2601)
• United States
30 May 07
When I first started working at a day care center, I was working in a room with 4 year olds. One little girl swore. The teacher told her we don't talk like that and she did it again. The teacher told her those were bathroom words if she was going to talk like that to go into the bathroom and say them. Well, the little girl went into the bathroom and started yelling all the curse words she knew and she knew them all. It was the end of the day and parents were coming in to pick up their kids. I didn't know what to do and I was shocked that a 4 year old would talk like that. I've seen a lot since then and nothing shocks me now.
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@nannacroc (4049)
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30 May 07
If that had been one of my children they would have been made to apologise and been given a smack. There may have been a reason behind the childs behaviour and the way she handled it but the least she could have done was apologised to you and explained. I used to work with a boy who was autistic and sometimes he behaved like the boy you describe but I would still tell him it was wrong and apologise and explain to anyone he tried to kick. If there is no medical reason for this behaviour then this woman is bringing up one more person who thinks they can do as they please without having to suffer any caonsequences.
@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
31 May 07
I agree. Just like this last weekend there was a boy there throwing sand at my daughter and my nieces and nephews and at first I got really upset but then I realized that he wasn't completly there mentally I did tell my daughter that she didn't need to get so mad because of his condition. I explained to her when we got home what his condition was and after that she was ok with it.
@3r7sweetie (937)
• Philippines
30 May 07
If it were my kid I'd tell him to stop and that it was rude to do that to people. And I'd tell him to apologize. I don't know why some parents tolerate that kind of attitude of their kids. Maybe, they also are like that somehow.
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@jmespinosa82 (498)
• United States
30 May 07
Yeah I'm not sure neiter. There really isn't much we can do but raise our kids differently.
