To tell off kids in the pub

It really is. The human ear finds artificial noises much harder to tune out so tinny noise from an iPad will be really invasive.

Headphones should always be used in public places be that parks, trains or restaurants.

I get this annoying. Your opinions and the rules of the pub are different things. If they’re allowed in there a you don’t like it then find a new pub. It’s not that different to people talking loudly really.

I’m just throw another possibility here which I’ll no doubt get shot down in flames for it nobody knows other peoples lives.
my son is autistic and relies on a screen often in public because he feels it hard to engage sometimes, but all the time but sometimes. It’s also only in the last year that he’s been able to tolerate headphones despite spending hundreds on trying every conceivable type under the sun, so previously he would be using his iPad without headphones.
I’m aware this isn’t ideal for other people and would try to ensure it was on at a lower volume than he would have liked. I’d also say it’s extremely rare that my husband and I get to go out together be that as a family or on our own because we can’t leave our son.
You have no idea whether that night out is the parents only opportunity in a year and yet they’re being brandished as parents that are disinterested in their kids and likely do this every week because they’re selfish.
I think sometimes we’re quick to judge without knowing the backstory.

I’m just throw another possibility here which I’ll no doubt get shot down in flames for it nobody knows other peoples lives.
my son is autistic and relies on a screen often in public because he feels it hard to engage sometimes, but all the time but sometimes. It’s also only in the last year that he’s been able to tolerate headphones despite spending hundreds on trying every conceivable type under the sun, so previously he would be using his iPad without headphones.
I’m aware this isn’t ideal for other people and would try to ensure it was on at a lower volume than he would have liked. I’d also say it’s extremely rare that my husband and I get to go out together be that as a family or on our own because we can’t leave our son.
You have no idea whether that night out is the parents only opportunity in a year and yet they’re being brandished as parents that are disinterested in their kids and likely do this every week because they’re selfish.
I think sometimes we’re quick to judge without knowing the backstory.

I’m just throw another possibility here which I’ll no doubt get shot down in flames for it nobody knows other peoples lives.
my son is autistic and relies on a screen often in public because he feels it hard to engage sometimes, but all the time but sometimes. It’s also only in the last year that he’s been able to tolerate headphones despite spending hundreds on trying every conceivable type under the sun, so previously he would be using his iPad without headphones.
I’m aware this isn’t ideal for other people and would try to ensure it was on at a lower volume than he would have liked. I’d also say it’s extremely rare that my husband and I get to go out together be that as a family or on our own because we can’t leave our son.
You have no idea whether that night out is the parents only opportunity in a year and yet they’re being brandished as parents that are disinterested in their kids and likely do this every week because they’re selfish.
I think sometimes we’re quick to judge without knowing the backstory.

No I probably was sharper than I should have been because it’s not really the kids’ fault. But I do think it’s bad behaviour to use a device like that in public with no headphones whether it’s an adult or a kid and it’s a shame they haven’t been taught that. And that the parents would rather have a pint with their mates than actually interact with their kids - not sure why you think they’d sit there staring at them instead of talking or whatever.

Of course a pub that sells alcohol and not food is an adult environment, don't be ridiculous!

Totally, that's why I'm curious as to whether pp who thought we should all stay at home if we didn't like it is also of the 'it takes a village' ilk... that would be irony indeed.

“It takes a village.”

The original concept was that everyone in the community is free to rebuke children in order to shape their character and behaviour.

Kids need somewhere to be too though. There are woefully few pub-equivalent places you can take children without high entry fees or structured activities. For kids that want to socialise together (gaming can be quite social - I'm assuming this was contributing to the noise) in a group, there is nowhere to go!

Kids need somewhere to be too though. There are woefully few pub-equivalent places you can take children without high entry fees or structured activities. For kids that want to socialise together (gaming can be quite social - I'm assuming this was contributing to the noise) in a group, there is nowhere to go!

YANBU. Parents nowadays can be very selfish.

If you want adults only then go to a bar.

Of course a pub that sells alcohol and not food is an adult environment, don't be ridiculous!

I’m struggling to understand the “badly behaved/no manners” part? They were sat playing on iPads, did you want them up running about because let’s face it, they would’ve being running about bored, you can’t expect them to just sit there doing nothing and not move!!
YANBU about the noise coming from them, I tell my own to turn them down at home if they’re loud or go away somewhere else, but I’ll be honest you come across very snobby and entitled, should the kids have been there in the first place, no, but they were and you don’t want them on iPads, you wanted the parents to sit staring at them or what? Because you keep saying they should have being watching them. What did the kids do that was so bad that you are claiming they’re badly behaved with no manners?? As far as I can make out they were sat playing on their iPads minding their own business and you got annoyed with the noise, which that part is fair enough, but I’ve a feeling you were pretty hostile towards the kids the way you said it to them, but you’ll probably have yourself convinced you asked nicely 😂