Rude Children

United States
July 27, 2008 6:37pm CST
OK Here we go. Today I printed up some coupons for Chuckie Cheese, the family loaded up and we went to enjoy a nice evening playing games. Now I expect it to be loud, and I expect kids to be running evrywhere (we are at Chuckie Cheese people not a fine dining establishment!). BUT here is what I go all night tonight: "Can I have a token?" "I wanna play." "I want to play that." "I'll ride that." "I'll shoot that basket." What you expect right? THESE WERE NOT COMMENTS MADE BY MY CHILD!!!! Since when do children think they have the right to come up and take tokens out of my child's hand? Get on a ride with her (made for one person)? Or beg me for tokens? Where are their parents and is there a more tactful way than saying, "Go ask your parents."???
2 responses
lilybug
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
28 Jul 08
That is one of the reasons I do not like taking my son to places like that. It is a mad house full of kids that are not being watched by their parents. I don't think that there is really a nice way of telling a kid to go ask their parents for money.
blogging2
@blogging2 (201)
• United States
28 Jul 08
So our children should not go to these places because others children are rude? That does not seem fair to me...
blogging2
@blogging2 (201)
• United States
28 Jul 08
Thanks Ralph, that is the mantra I kept repeating all night. What I can't believe is that people actually did give the children tokens so they kept it up... otherwise why in the world would they do it?
ralphdee
@ralphdee (1)
• United States
28 Jul 08
What does being nice have to do with it? "Go ask your parents for money" is a matter of fact. Nobody is going to give them money anyway. So just keep repeating it as a matter of fact. You can add "...honey" at the end to make it easier to swallow.
youngsweetheart
@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
28 Jul 08
Oh. My. God. I don't understand why it is that parents these days many times don't bother to teach their children manners! Good Lord - and these kids are our future? I'm afraid. I am constantly after my children about their manners - I will not allow them to be rude or spoiled or to start feeling entitled! As for how to deal with these situations, the best you can do is to say something like, "I'm sorry, this (token, ride, etc) is for my child. If you would like a (ride, token, etc), you need to ask your parents." You say this in the same tone you would use when explaining something to your own child. Because as tempting as it is, it would probably be inappropriate to locate the parents and bawl them out.
blogging2
@blogging2 (201)
• United States
28 Jul 08
The sadest part is I saw these children do it all night. The parents watched and knew what they were doing and did not care!
youngsweetheart
@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
28 Jul 08
I absolutely hate it when that happens. Nothing infuriates me like a parent who sits idly by while their child/children behave horribly.
blogging2
@blogging2 (201)
• United States
28 Jul 08
I agree!!! It is just infuriating, I save to enjoy something with my daughter and then others let children run rampant and the children really act as though they expect me to give it to them... It has to be learned, and that is sad!