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

I would think some of the sour faces on this thread are enough to make any child scream.

Sorry but we don't live in a silent world. Don't like noisy kids, stay in your silent house.

I don’t notice unless I have to step over them. Some people are more sensitive, choose a quieter time to go.

The list of what annoys people these days is endless.

Because it annoys people when they are noisy.

Why should a toddler be quiet?

I was in a shop for 20 mins yesterday and a toddler in a trolley, shouted , screamed, chatted really loudly. Her parent clearly didn't ask her to be quiet . It was really annoying. To me , this parent is choosing not to parent.. poor child is not being told that there's a time and a place to be loud. No boundaries are so bad... Soft parenting cannot be a good option .

To be fair we don't know what the OP did to upset all the kids 😉

When you see a child having a tantrum or ‘misbehaving’ how do you know it’s not an occasional tantrum? Unless you know the child? Presumably this is the first time you’ve seen said child

We were apparently perfectly behaved as children... never screamed, never annoyed anyone, could sit for hours in restaurants. I'm not sure I believe it but that's what my mother tells me...🙄.

Quite randomly, she said to me a few days ago that she regrets always being so worried about what other people thought of us and our behaviour, because it used to constantly stress her out so she didn't enjoy parenting, and a lot of people are inconsiderate arses anyway whose opinions don't matter.

I wouldn't take it as far as this but I don't really stress over my kids' behaviour. That's not the same as no consequences though. If they're annoying, I threaten to lock them in the cellar with no food and let rats nibble their toes.

Same with the children who always have to be eating in the shops something from the shop.

A mum from nursery had twins and they always screamed the place down till she would grab crisps off the shelf and let them eat them.

So then when she did grow a bit of a back bone they were so used to her giving in it was horrible. I refused to go in the shops sometimes if I saw her heading in. I’d wait it out at a local park.

Letting bad habits set in is a rod for your own. Ack.

No nor me. Guess what? My kids never screamed anywhere.

Perhaps occasionally but every time more hassle than its worth

This is me every time I go into Primark

You are quite right, perhaps have a word with the manager and see if they can put a sign up saying please leave children tied to the post outside as Njury doesn’t want them in the store while she nips in for 5 minutes.

I would suggest maybe going when they are in bed if you’re still sober.
Or perhaps it’s a marketing ploy and they play loud recordings of babies crying near the alcohol isle so you will buy that bottle you didn’t want?

It's a difficult one because people don't have a lot of consideration for children and families any more either. For example, my kids are regularly barged into and then people say accusingly to me, 'well, I couldn't see them down there' (as opposed to apologizing) 😂. It actually makes me laugh how rude a lot of people are, and my kids find it funny now as well. I do actually try to teach my children not to get in the way of other people and to consider their needs, but it's hard to insist on a very high degree of politeness from them towards others when society as a whole has become ruder and louder.

I swear everytime I go into Homebargains there is a child just screeching for what seems the shits and giggles while a parent just pushes the trolly around without a single care in the world it would seem.

Big Tesco as well the other month a whole family 3 kids 2 adults and yet again screech.

Like seriously it’s not fucking soft play and even then I don’t expect screeching children.

But parents dngaf these days about their precious petunia being a loud gob.

It's nice for kids to see where their food comes from.

Yes, I know some would argue school farm trips are more educational in this regard but my DC's school doesn't go on one until Y5 and in any case as city kids they're not going to be slaughtering their own food anytime soon.

If it's two storey, have you pointed them in the direction of the escalators?

My kids don't scream in supermarkets because they're too busy having fun going up and down the escalators.

And if they get bored of the escalators, there are always the lifts...

My kids love an afternoon out at the supermarket. It's top family fun and free, which helps with COL.

But I wouldn't ever buy any pick 'n mix from our local one tbh. I've seen too many little hands in there..😅

No, but if other options are available why take them at all?

My almost two year old thought it was hilarious to shriek in Morrisons recently. The more I would shush or ask her not to added to the fun so I tried to ignore so that she got bored. I think this is what a lot of parents resort to with very young children who don’t really care or understand about consequences yet. So your perceived lack of care from the parents may be them pretending not to care.

I did manage to distract her in the end by giving her a bag of fresh pasta to hold.

I hardly ever go to supermarkets but restaurants i love

15 children all screaming. It didn’t happen did it.

Clearly don’t live near me then. There is a family with small children on either side of me (I live in a flat block) they screech (not scream and tantrum - screech) constantly. Family in my other flat block? Screeching child. In the b&m? Screeching children. Parents don’t give a shit. I’m sick and tired of hearing screeching little kids everywhere I go and I can’t escape it at home or shopping!

Absolutely. Waitrose is where the screeching Tuppences are to be found. In my experience.