Does it bother you when people let their kids run around the stores?

Yes! It drives me crazy, and not just from the standpoint of the child's safety. What are parents teaching their kids these days? Maybe I'm just an old-fashioned mom, but I believe in teaching my child manners and respect for others. I have a very active 2-year-old son, so I understand that keeping your children under control can be difficult at times. But the parents need to be responsible for their children. If my son were to run into someone in the store, I would make him apologize to the person. If he misbehaves we will leave the store and he won't go with me the next time.

I see it all the time and then the parents freak out because the kids show up missing.

yes, especially when they get in my way and I have to move to keep from hitting them and what really bothers me is when they are whinney the whole time and then get like ten diffrent things and the parent says ooh I want that but has to put it back so they have enough to get what their kids want, for me it would be the other way around, of course my kids were much better behaved then that.

Oh yes, it bothers me also to know that there is a potential that the child can be taken. I think if a child can not stay with their parents, they don't need to go into the store. I know I am working on my 5 year old now for taking off, so I know sometimes it is not just the parents, sometimes they are in the process of teaching their kids and some take a little longer. If my son gets too out of hand, he goes out to the car until his Dad and sister are done..So if you see my kid, just know that he will soon be crying because we had to leave..

yes my son does it all the time.very irritating.so i send him only to the store now.he got lost once and when i called his name on the microphone he said wat the iam roaming around here and u calling my name.dont do that he said.

It bothers me especially when my step kids do it. After that last shopping trip with them, I have left them with my husband or took them to his parents house. I was completely embarassed by all they had done!

It really annoys me when kids do that and parents don't bother to correct them. I have a 7 year old and the last time he tried running at a store, I caught hold of him and told him that that was the last time he was coming to the store with me if he didn't know how to behave. The other week, we were at the store and there were two kids cycling in the store!!!They were cycles on display and the kids were shouting and cycling all over the place...and the parents were on a different floor!!! And when we were at the checkout, the family was right in front of us and the noise the kids made!The parents went about their work as if the kids didn't belong to them and all of us were glad when they left the store!

I do find it aggrivating when children are running around. Mostly, because it is that much more difficult to shop, and because my three year old looks at me like, Why do they get to run around and I cant? I have a friend, who allows her 3 year old to go where she pleases while we shop.. My son gets so upset b/c he has to hold onto the cart, or sit in it if he can't stay with me.. but my friend is constantly losing her child, and her child has broken things many many times, simply b/c mommy wasn't within eye sight. I think many parents feel like children deserve the freedom to walk where they want, and parents are simply there to keep an eye on them, but I think that's ridiculous, a three year old, (or any child that is running in a store, if they are not responsible enough to walk and be curtieous to others, they are not responsible enough to be w/out you in a store) should not be given that freedom.

It does bother me. The noise is one thing, but if they run into me, I don't want the parents to accuse me of being at fault. Some of these kids come towards me, so I go the other way, but at the last minute they do an about face and plow into me. And I hate to see children cry.

I agree that parents need to be more watchful of where their children are at when they are out in public...there are lots of bad things that could happen...we hear about them every day in the news.... Children are naturally curious and this can lead to them wandering away unless they are being watched very carefully... When I go to the store with my 5 yr old son...he is required to hold onto the side of my cart and remain with me...this is for my peace of mind and for his safety both...

Yes it does. I can't believe how some children act in public. I always say to myself my mother would have killed me if I did that. They I see show like the Nanny and things like that and wonder how parent loose all control of their kids

Yes! Very irritating specially when they shout out loud or sometimes whine because their parents did not buy them what they want. It also irritates me when the parents don't even bother to reprimand their children.