Kids

[Wayne Goodwin]

Ever want to smack a kid that's misbehaving ?

Meaning like you in a store checking out and theirs a kid throwing things toward you with a temper . Being in a restaurant trying to enjoy a meal and some child screaming his or her head off . 

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i tend to have the opposite effect on kids,i'm kind of a big guy.

[Karin M Fichtner]

Oh, yes.  But I'd like to smack his parent, too, for allowing it. 

[Karin M Fichtner]

Oh, I didn't say I would smack the kid; he's not mine.  I just said I felt like it.  My kids never acted out in public.  Neither do my  great grandkids.  But my youngest granddaughter is spoiled rotten, and when she was here at Thanksgiving, she threw a real hissy fit.  I would never have allowed it, if she were mine.  I wouldn't have hit her, but she'd have had to go throw her fit up in the bedroom, where she couldn't bother anyone.  When she gets tired of screaming, she'll come back down.  It's no fun throwing a fit if you're not bothering anyone. 

[flippr 2.0]

if i misbehaved,i'd get five across the eyes.

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kids will be kids

[Wayne Goodwin]

Yes they are but should be taught with respect . I don't believe in hitting a child either but there's been times i felt like it . Getting older doesn't help much either . A parent theses days have to be careful if they touch a child in public .

[Karin M Fichtner]

Boy, you got that right!! 

[Kim]

I try not to be too judgemental when I see kids misbehaving because SOME kids no matter what you do, they will do what they want. Because they're NOT afraid of getting punished.  ALTHOUGH, I DO see some ridiculous behaviors of parents towards their child's bad behavior. My oldest, my son was EASY. If you told him not to touch it, he DIDNT. If you said he couldnt have it, he said, OK. My daughter.....ughhhhhh....!!!! If you told her not to stick any more forks or fingers in the light socket, she'd be trying to think up what ELSE she could stick in. if you said it was HOT, she would HAVE to touch it and see for herself!  If you said she couldnt have it, she was on the floor, crying. One year on her birthday a year or so ago, I told she was lucky to be in her 20's...because she's lucky I let her live past 10! If my son got spanked, he would be SO upset from doing the wrong thing. If you spanked my daughter, SHE would say, "THAT didnt HURT!!"  I dont know WHAT that kid's problem was but she grew up to be a decent adult who is a #1 animal lover and we enjoy doing things together. She wore me OUT when she was little though. (NO problem as a teen really.) I know by the time I homeschooled her from 8 years old and up, she was SO much easier to deal with and the tantrums were cut out by probably 90%. She became calmer though she was still a little high strung and she became more outgoing. She was shy before that.

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[dwalt]

The worst I have seen is this state. It is like the parents enjoy making other people suffer thru it.  I leave the store or where ever I am.  I almost went nuts on a plane when the kid behing me threw a tantrum all the way from Dallas to Seattle.  Grrr!!!

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When my kids were young, I took them to church every single week hoping that something would stick.  I sometimes sat next to or in front of parents whose kids asked a million questions that the parents ANSWERED in church.  To my way of thinking, I would tell a kid they must be quiet in church out of respect and I would answer their questions at home.  I found their behavior, the parents behavior, both distracting and rude because the mass was going on.  Also, bringing toys for kids to play with--no no. Little kids would be playing with cars, wheeling them on the pews, etc. What is wrong with training a child to think the world is not there for their amusement?

PS;  I am not a religious fanatic.  I just wanted to establish traditional roots.  None of us goes to church often now, but those were the building years.