Children running amok

Solution-- Better parenting. By that I mean we should have the right to whoop our kids if we feel the situation calls for it. I never had trouble with my kids in public. If they started a situation, I'd lean real close to their ear and whisper, "If you don't quit it, I'm gonna take you into the bathroom and whoop your bare butt." Guess what?? No trouble. My son tested me once in the store and when he saw that Mom was serious, he never did it again. Twice I got tested at home, the whole 'throwing himself on the floor kicking and screaming'. I picked him up, spanked his butt, and after the second time, he didn't do it again. I am against child abuse, but spanking your child for outright unacceptable behavior is not abuse. NOT spanking them or disciplining, however, is. Undirected children makes for misguided teenagers. My boy is now 15 and we have very few issues. I never had a problem taking them to the library, or church, or any other place where 'best behavior' is expected. I love hearing kids freaking out in Wal-Mart. I just smile and think, 'I'm so glad that's not my kid, somebody would be getting a spankin'.

I think people are becoming afraid to discipline their kids in case they get accused of child abuse. Children will even turn round and threaten to call social services when a parent is trying to discipline them these days, and that really spooks some parents into just not trying anymore. You have to teach kids from a young age to respect you and others and what boundaries they have, if you leave it until they are old enough to talk back to you it makes it much harder as they start playing mind games and testing you.

I don't think there is much you can do with someone else's out-of-control children. Maybe find a security guard in the store or complain to the manager about the running a muck kids and hopefully they can do something about the kids. Some kids are so unruly these days and parents don't know what to do about it except yell and threaten them. Threats need to be followed through.

My kids act up every time I take them out in public so they just don't go anywhere with me. That's my solution

I can understand your frustration. I have seen some pretty wild kids out and have seen the parents not take control and leave the scene or basically, handle it as I would try. I have a son who is 8 with aspergers (autism) and he has huge tantrums, always have. It is very upsetting when we're out and others look at me and I can tell that they think that I am just a push over or whatever, but I am not. My son is something else. I guess what I want to say is please don't forget about us. I do think that there is a lot that can be done for those who just have discipline issues. It is tough though. kids are kids too and that in itself, is such a challenge!

I work in a small store and a woman with three children comes in about once a month. I finally had to tell her that her children were not welcome in the store. They would climb on the shelves open candy and put it back scream like ther was no tomorrow, you name it they did it. Other customers complained. When I told her this she looked at me like I had 5 heads and could not understand why her children were not welcome!! go figure. I told her that if she continued to bring her children I would make her sign a waiver that she would not hold us liable if anything happened to her kids in the store! She paid no attention to their behavior while in the store. Which in my opnion is even worse that saying stop or we go home. The "waiver" seemed to work and she only comes in by herself now!!!!

There is a solution, a matter of discipline by the parents but then really you get annoyed that easily. first of all they are children it is their nature to run, play, shout and be noisy. They are in that phase that they are allowed to be that, adults can't. So there is no point in scaring them, maybe tell them to keep quiet you can..but be angry about it, i dont think so. I am a mother and i do discipline my kids and i always tell them that there are places where they should behave accordingly, like when we go to malls and markets but there are times when they really do act as kids and play, but i do not get mad at them, i just tell them the word respect, respect for other people around, so at times they keep quiet and follow me but at times they don't and i also expect that. They are kids, they really are like that no matter what.

Yeah there's a solution. Keep an eye on your kids. I have a DD who is just about 1 year old and I would NEVER let her run around wild in the store. She has to be where I can see her at all times when we're out in public. Too many bad things can happen to her. For all the parents who do the yelling version of parenting, get off your butt and spank your kids! Don't just threaten them that you're going to do something. Eventually they'll catch on that you don't mean what you say and therefore they can get away with anything. Be a parent to your kid.

Hi MaryEllenG and welcome to mylot! I have noticed this more often. The problem is it is much easier to ignore the children and let them run amok than actually discipline them. We were never allowed to so much touch anything or utter a peep while out in public and my son will behave the exact same way. As soon as he acts up he is disciplined and if the behavior continues we leave the store, restaurant, etc. No one wants to be around children anymore because they aren't well behaved. It really is a shame because these same children will continue their behavior throughout adulthood.

Some times children are out of control, but they are lovely most. You only find the one aspect of them,but not the other when he/she lovely aspect.. Liking frolic is nature of kids, by this,they study more and more unconscicously. Once you be a father or mother,you will find they are not one you think about before.

This is so common in every side of the world, well that is if there are sides of the world. You or neither the president can't stop this from happening, only their parents can. It is normal for children to do such activities in their lives, come to think of it they don't have to think of any problems cause they don't have problems at all, not to mention some candys or chocolate. And about being meany to them, just think that you yourself had also gone at this stage and you might be freekier than them. Simple, easy and predictable.

dont have kids... just kidding! thats just the way kids are... hyper and always being a little mischievous... when i was younger i was a little hyper but i eventually calmed down some kids just take longer to calm down than others