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"Ipad Kid" ??

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Becc91 · 19/04/2025 22:08

Worried I'm going to be grilled for this 🙈... But has anyone else noticed that whenever you go out to eat there always seems to be a sticky toddler with an i pad?!
After seeing this for a 3rd time this week , complete with spaghetti hoops on the screen , a nasty cough and vacant parents who could care less - one of whom was ON THEIR PHONE 😱 i made what I thought was a reasonable request

to turn off the loud video of dancing fruits , only to be looked at like I'd grown a 3rd head?!?! DS (19) typically embarrassed- says I was out of order , but I just can't understand the laziness of it all.Is it just me?😲

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ClearFruit · 19/04/2025 22:45

SallySue87 · 19/04/2025 22:35

As it goes, my DS doesn’t like the feeling of headphones. So I will NOT. Force him to do something he is uncomfortable with for other peoples comfort 😠

Calm down. 'cocomelon' whatever that is, is annoying for other diners.

crankycurmudgeon · 19/04/2025 22:42

SallySue87 · 19/04/2025 22:35

As it goes, my DS doesn’t like the feeling of headphones. So I will NOT. Force him to do something he is uncomfortable with for other peoples comfort 😠

Why does your child need to be watching a f**king iPad at all? If you're going to go out with your child for a meal, can't you, you know, talk to them, play games, bring some colouring / books to do with them? It's devastating to me how many young children are denied the fundamental opportunities to learn human interaction because the adults around them are buried in their phones, and fob them off with devices because it's easier than actually engaging with their kids.

Middleagedstriker · 19/04/2025 22:42

mikado1 · 19/04/2025 22:41

Pretty sure SallySue is joking!!

Thank fuck! There are some very selfish people around though so can never tell 😂

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Becc91 · 19/04/2025 22:41

Sorry @TheaBrandt1 but I REALLY can't see how I'm the entitled one, can you explain?

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mikado1 · 19/04/2025 22:41

Pretty sure SallySue is joking!!

Middleagedstriker · 19/04/2025 22:40

SallySue87 · 19/04/2025 22:21

I think that you are being COMPLETELY. Unreasonable. My DS (4) would be BANANAS without his ‘dancing fruits’ ITS CALLED COCOMELON by the way 😡 HOW DARE YOU GO AND DISTURB SOMEONE ELSE! We are all just trying to enjoy our own meals, and if my DS wants to enjoy dancing fruits and music with his jacket potato SO BE IT!

Just don't have it blasting out. Use headphones and maybe teach them to sit at the table and be quiet or converse. I have 2 autistic kids and 2 with ADHD we got there eventually and never used screens.

TheaBrandt1 · 19/04/2025 22:38

God you sound like an entitled nightmare.

SallySue87 · 19/04/2025 22:35

As it goes, my DS doesn’t like the feeling of headphones. So I will NOT. Force him to do something he is uncomfortable with for other peoples comfort 😠

Eachpeachpearprune · 19/04/2025 22:26

I hate that tinny sound from someone’s phone or iPad (adult or child) when it’s on loud. It’s impossible to ignore despite how hard I try.

Needmorelego · 19/04/2025 22:24

SallySue87 · 19/04/2025 22:21

I think that you are being COMPLETELY. Unreasonable. My DS (4) would be BANANAS without his ‘dancing fruits’ ITS CALLED COCOMELON by the way 😡 HOW DARE YOU GO AND DISTURB SOMEONE ELSE! We are all just trying to enjoy our own meals, and if my DS wants to enjoy dancing fruits and music with his jacket potato SO BE IT!

Put some headphones on your kid though
please.

DragonBalls · 19/04/2025 22:23

It’s obviously not just you as this topic comes up every few days or so 🤷‍♀️

SallySue87 · 19/04/2025 22:21

I think that you are being COMPLETELY. Unreasonable. My DS (4) would be BANANAS without his ‘dancing fruits’ ITS CALLED COCOMELON by the way 😡 HOW DARE YOU GO AND DISTURB SOMEONE ELSE! We are all just trying to enjoy our own meals, and if my DS wants to enjoy dancing fruits and music with his jacket potato SO BE IT!

Sherararara · 19/04/2025 22:20

Leave your sticky toddler at home next time.

supersonicginandtonic · 19/04/2025 22:17

@Becc91 my brothers youngest daughter is one of these children you describe. She is also severely autistic and it's the only way they can go 'normal' family things with the older two children.
Don't judge unless you know the story.

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