AIBU to be fed up with screaming children in the supermarket?

I think some of them actively encourage it. Child running amok in the supermarket = tired/quiet/compliant child at home.

It’s not a playground for kids either but you’d never tell by the way some people let their kids behave.

When I hear a child/ren screaming in a public space, I just ignore it and thank God those days are well in the past because they were so, so hard.

People aren't complaining that children exist. They're complaining that their parents can't be arsed to parent them.

Have you actually read the thread and realised normal, occasional tantrums are not the topic?

Here we go with the “my shit don’t stink” people who think kids should be seen and not heard. My child belongs in a supermarket just as much as you do. We shop Asda, Tesco, M&S and Waitrose and I love it when I get a dirty look from one of the toffee nosed individuals if my 3 year old gets emotional/shouts/tantrums because sometimes there is just no reasoning with them because guess what? They are 3! So normally it gives me a chance to ask the individual giving me a dirty look and not so silently judging myself and my child if they were ever kids? Could they ever remember what they got irrationally upset about? 99% of the time they can’t answer so I wish them a lovely day and move along the aisle.

My children are well behaved, they never miss on their manners, when we go to restaurants they sit and colour and engage in family conversation, they are kind, my eldest often comes home with well done stickers for helping her nursery workers tidy up without complaint, for being kind to others if they are upset etc. I’m not worried what a bitter miserable person thinks when it comes to a child doing what they are developmentally supposed to do.

There is no excuse for poorly behaved children. Parents need to get over themselves, it was your choice to breed, now it is your responsibility to make your children behave with some decorum and respect for other people.

People shouldn't have to "get over" shoddy parenting and the inconvenience it causes the rest of society.

Very fake and goady to insinuate it's the mere existence of children.

Nor does it revolve around you, children exist, get over it!

Well, I dunno if I'd go that far. (In fact, I do know - I definitely wouldn't.)

There's no need at all for us to go back to 'seen and not heard', I just wish so many parents didn't think children screaming their heads off all the time was natural and normal and there's no way of preventing it. SEN aside, it's just an excuse for lazy parenting IMO. I do agree with that you said in your other post that kids should be able to cope with a bit of boredom without running amok.

Children should be able to cope with a brief period of boredom without turning into feral savages, running amok and causing chaos.

If they’re anywhere near you, I do recommend ‘scary eyes’. 😈

It’s a supermarket not an adults only quiet place. Supermarkets are boring for kids not to mention all the shiny tat they put at the kids eye level.

Why do so many children scream nowadays? Why can't they be seen and not heard like in the olden days?

Nursery’s are running out of ideas of where to take the children.

So is discipline.

Witching hour on a Friday.... they parents are only there because they need to be. They take their child because they need to. Food is essential for living. Lucky you only had to listen for 5 minutes - the parents, "big" shoppers, and staff endure it for longer. As do the wee kiddies. I fewl for all of them. Maybe buy a bag of lolly pops and try to diffuse the horror for all. Kindness is good.

Part of parenting is teaching your child we dont behave like that in public my children have had meltdowns in public I have always where possible removed them I can only remember one situation where I couldn't get ds out he wasn't being loud just pancaked the floor and stayed there i pulled him off to the side and waited for him to calm down but uncontrollable shrieking? Instant removal I did online shopping for YEARS because ds was so upset with supermarkets and I couldn't shop whilst I was at work his dad kept returning him at the weekend so it was click and collect or delivery

Don't inflict your parental choices on others

Barging into pushchairs has always been a thing my youngest is 13 he had someone try and sit on him when we were on a train he was just in his pushchair in the doorway minding his own business (im right next to him obviously) and someone tried sitting in his pushchair! A grown adult male got on the train and decided to try to sit on a child apparently he "didn't see him" I was baffled there were plenty of seats? Another complete stranger told him I think you need to go to the next carriage mate because he was actually getting irate at me for objecting to him trying to sit on my toddler apparently I could be "done for assault" he chuntered off saying he was calling the police

That was probably the worst one but the amount of people walking into the pushchair motability scooters crashing into a pushchair even one who nearly ran dd over (she wasn't in a pushchair though) we were climbing the bottom shelf for that one the staff were yelling at her to stop because she had us trapped in a corner and just....kept going i had beautiful ankle bruises 😳

This is sadly very true. We’ve all become quite insular and wrapped up in our own needs since Covid I think.

I rarely see screaming children in supermarket.

The last time was a couple of months ago and it was funny, grandmother held this toddler upside down by his ankles and took him outside whilst he was screaming his head off, she was muttering that the child's mother let him get away with all sorts but she was not going to let that happen on her watch!

All I could think was that I was glad that was not one of mine.

15 kids screaming within 5 minutes? Give over.

You encountered "at least" FIFTEEN screaming children in one shop, in a 5 minute timespan?? Really?

I do that at home — but only at home.

In public places, there is no way my children would scream in a shop, restaurant, or playground because they are angry or because they didn’t get something they wanted. We have clear rules: you behave, or we won’t take you again.

At home, though, it’s a completely different story:
They are angels in public and little devils at home: that’s how children should be.

YABVU for the younger ones.

The parents should be at home settling them down with tea, bath then bed and not dragging them around a supermarket when they’re absolutely shattered.