I hate screaming kids!

That's sounds like it could be one of those damned if you do and damned if you don't scenarios. Had she spanked him or grabbed ahold of him, 15 people would have been on their cell phones and she would have been on you tube before the day was done. I envy the person that can say that at least one of their kids hasn't has a melt down, thrown a tantrum, or embarassed them in public. Sometimes taking the child home is an option, but if you have laundry in machines that can be harder to do. Hopefully next time she will remember to grab something to distract him. The laundry mat is a good place to take along some colors,toys and snacks when you go. In all fairness, you don't know he was a brat..only that he was a little boy having a bad day. I do agree with you that more parents should be adamant about discipline, especally in public places, but I also think fear of you tube and the nightly news might be interfering with their willingness to do it.

I am a parent of 6 children and one out of all of my 6 children has ADHD so he has reasons why he CAN NOT be a quiet child let alone sit still for long.The child you said about may have had a problem like ADHD and therefor no matter what the parent says or do to that child it will not make any difference.I tend not to judge as you do not know the parent of that child let alone that child.

l,ol. You think its easy on the parent!!?? Imagine you are out with a kid screaming because they didn't get a toy. Not only that you have all the Tom and Mary I don't have kids but still think I know how to tell you how to raise yours Smiths scowling at you. We have it ten times as bad. That type of behavior should be ignored. The mom in the laundry mat was doing wrong to say anything to her boy. She should have completely ignored him of course keeping a subtle eye on him just incase. Why do I say this? Because small children like that are usually looking for attention. They need taught that this behavior is not the way to get what they want. That is how I did my children once. I got a few looks and glares from people who don't understand what its like to raise kids but that was the first and the last time my kids ever threw a screaming fit in a public place

I won't shout at my kid, and I just couldn't do it myself. My wife would do a better job than me on this. She can raise her voice on my son if she thinks that he is not at a behavoiral mode. I won't allow to interfere even though my son asking for help on this. Maybe he needs discipline for sure, but he would shut up after he saw my wife's angry face.

I can't stand screaming, some parents just don't know how the disipline the kids. Its alway when they are out in public.

I can't stand screaming kids either! I get a lot of loud young girls in the train and I just get so pissed! Everytime it's OMGAWD! Did you see her??? LIKE OMG... LIKE LIKE LIKE... UGHHH.... And at the supermarket... "MOOOOM, I WAAAANT THIS!! WHAAAA" UGHHH Gives me a headache just to think of it!!

Well..do you have kids? I understand fully what you're saying but also being a mom I can understand the other side as well. My kids don't scream...whine and pout is another story but they don't go around screaming their heads off...in public at least. that i did teach them from when they were younger. but you have to feel for these parents sometimes. parenting is hard and just raising kids in general is hard. when my kids and nephews get excited and play they do tend to scream, talk and laugh out loud...thats how kids are. but think about it to with the mother you met. would you feel better if the mother was yelling too at the top of her voice for the kid to "SHUT UP!"? I've seen those kids and thought the parent can handle that differently. every kid, every parent, every situation is different and when you become a parent you can see those things and it makes you think differently. when i was a teen and didn't have kids i think i thought the same thing about kids who are loud. but now i can just see it in a different way.

that's why it's great being a grandparent, when the screaming starts pops goes home. i havent had that problem in 30 years, thank god, but people who let their kids scream and bother other people shouldnt have had them if they cant control them, my daughter has a son with a.d.d. and when he started acting up she got up and took him outside for a walk not let him sit there in a restaurant or store constantly screaming annoying the other patrons and causing a scene, you people with your screaming brats need to wake up and stop the excuses, if you dont know how to be a parent buy a book and learn or go to classes

I know that kids screaming is not something anyone really wants to listen to. Many times it is lack of discipline but there are kids that will whine and scream to get their way even when they are not given their way for screaming. I had one child that was like that when she was younger. I'm not sure why but I think her father did give in to her just to shut her up. We were divorced and my other 3 kids were not like that. In most situations, not only did she not get her way but we would up and leave wherever we were. Sometimes that isn't possible. In the laundrymat....that would not be possible or practical. When you have a kid like that there is very little you can do to shut them up. I'm not sure what this women's situation with her child was, I'm just saying that it may not have been entirely her fault.

hi blue65packer oh yes I sure do agree, around two or three little kids can really pierce your poor head with their screams and it looks like parents now days do not even care. we watched from our apartment once this little girl fall down. nobody was around so she just sat there rubbing her knee, but when she saw some people coming she screamed at the top of her lungs cause her mom was among them. before she had not uttered a sound.once her mom got to her she stopped like someone had turned her off. so sometimes they do this just t o get attention. l

Hi, blue.. That silent talk will not work with my kids. I have to get down and ugly with them when I have to. I can't pet them up. I have to be strict as possible on them. I want them to take me seriously as I talk to them. I don't play baby games with them. I don't know why some parents talk softly. At first you can do this, but once they start being hard headed then you will have to let them have it!

Welcome to the new age! The liberals have made it so we can not spank, hit or really punish our children. It can also be a phase. I know my duaghter would throw the worst tempertantrums! I am talking the hollywood kicking and screaming on the floor. You know why? She wanted what she wanted. It could have been candy late at night or to watch a particular show or to go home. Guess what her doctor told me to do. IGNORE HER! I am sorry but giving a child what they want is how you create brats. If I need something done, I am going to do it. I do have other obligations in my life as I am sure you do too. I will do it if my child screames or not. I do not give into my children when I say no. They have to learn that no is no and beating them and punishing them for trying to communicate how they feel. How else is the child going to let you know. They also have to lear patients. There are ways of teaching this and punishing them is not the way to do it.

Apparently teaching discipline a self control has gone out of fashion. Then the kids spend the rest of their lives annoying others with their antics and bad manners and in some cases in and out of jail because of their anti-social activities that they should have learned to control while young. There seems to be an epidemic of ADHD which seems to be in some cases an excuse for bad parenting. I noticed an article where one woman teaching impossible teenagers had them exercise for a half hour every morning. This ran off their excess engergies and they settled down afterwards. I sometimes think kids do not get outside and run around anymore, at least around here where I live.

I hate situations like that and it annoys me even more at how little parents discipline their children. I know when I was little, my mom or dad would have never tolerated me being loud and annoying. And it surprises me at how parents bring their children on the subway and they just ignore how loud and obnoxious they can be, as if it's just "children being children," and as if it's adorable. I figure parents get used to that since they have to put up with it so often but they shouldn't assume we all think the same.

Amen to that. Some of the parents are worse than what the children are. No wander some of the kids act the way they do at times. It gets on my very last nerve too when a kid is misbehaving and will not listen. I believe in discipline. I agree with you on that!

Yes, that would be annoying when they are in public. It can also bring shame to their parents because it reflects on how they are being disciplined. I listen to music with growling and screaming voice but not on screaming children. Usually, they do it because they can't get what they want or just to get attention. Parents must not bring their kids to work especially when they know that they will not behave properly. But if they are disciplined well, there is nothing to worry and you can bring them anywhere without getting ashamed because of them. Have a nice day!

Me too thats another reason sometimes i don't like going to school. because all i hear all day is loud kids and talking back so annoying. why can't they all just be respectful and sit down if we did maybe we could actually go on field trips or get to do more stuff. and screaming kids in general suck too i have a twin brother and sister i still call them babies because they scream and cry and yell when they don't get what they want. Thats why i'm not a teacher i don't really like kids anymore their so ungrateful and their not respectful and their always wining and crying but yet i think my kid would be different haha i still want to have one then i'm done hopefully that wish comes true.

I hope I am not sensing that you dislike children but in a way, I don't think the mother is entirely to blame. Children will always throw tantrums and if the mother hits him or shouts at him, she would be accused of being abusive. Children especially at a little age are very difficult to deal with.

Screaming childes are really annoying and just increasing our temper. This mostly occurs while travelling in crowd, already there will more external noises from vehicles and murmurings etc., If a child screams at this situation... Oh... god I cannot even imagine it. Its really hard to be in that place...

I hate screaming and I can't stand it completely, expecially when there are some children are screaming. Sometimes, when I am busy with my work, then I get into such a bad situation, which is really annoying. Everytime when I meet such kids, then I find it is difficult to concertrate on my current job, even if I try my best to pay no attention to them, my mind has been confused completely. In my eyes, for these uneducated actions, the parents of these children should take the responsibility to help children get rid of the bad habits.