Just got called a cunt by a 10 year old. How's your Friday?

[EllisRoses]

Group of 10-12 year olds in the play park singing along to Cardi B "bring a mop and a bucket for my wet ass pussy" on repeat, throwing rubbish everywhere and kicking balls towards my toddlers head. I told them this isn't the place and to go play elsewhere if they're going to kick balls around. They all laughed and turned the music up and continued kicking ball around and singing about pussies, before asking me what I was looking at and to fuck off. I said I'm looking at a bunch of children who despite trying to act cool and grown up, still hang out in a play park, which says it all really. The youngest of the group called me an 'old cunt'. I'm 25

How's your Friday going?

Well done for standing up to them.
Little brats.
It takes a community to raise a child, but the west have forgotten that a bit, so kids can run amok.

I regularly tell off kids in public too or at least give them the look / hard stare / quizzical disapproving look.

Try:
Do you think it's acceptable to call someone that?
Do you want me to call the police?
I suggest you start behaving nicely or leave this playground.
That music is unacceptable and you need to turn it off.

Not too confrontational. Remember they're children. If you get the tone right they'll switch back and practically call you miss.
They might grumble as they retreat but ignore that.

That's disgusting. Horrifying. Actually frightening, when you consider the future.

I know there have always been teens (and as in this case preteens) putting on a show of how "grown-up" and tough they are, but I genuinely think it's gotten worse in the past fifteen or twenty years. More commonplace, at least.

These parents wanted children, but didn't want to raise them.
Put a screen in their hand so they don't bother the parents. Don't pay any attention to what they're doing. Never pull them up for anything.
And they end up with feral kids.

You're not somewhere in greater Glasgow beginning with N are you by any chance? I know that behaviour of a group that age that hang around a little playpark has been causing consternation from nearby residents and parents of little ones.

Awful. All the kids in my extended family aged 11-18 are absolutely polite, considerate, caring and would never even dream of anything like this. To be fair, they have almost certainly had a much better upbringing than these children. I may get slated for this, but their parents are obviously beyond useless...in most cases, there will be the odd exception.

I wouldn't dare say anything in case of knives, but that is based on being in London. In my original home town this sort of thing basically doesn't happen. Will be moving back to a middle class idyll asap.

Someone recently put pictures on a local social media group of some kids around that age abusing a bus driver and causing trouble in the town.

Comments from parents were 'Why are you taking pictures of kids you weirdo? One of them is mine take it down now.' And 'It's not the crime of the year is it.'

The kids have no chance because the parents are scum and drag their kids up like this.

@BernardsarenotalwaysSaints ha that's brilliant the little shit !
Scary world

Sorry to hear this OP.

Do you have to be careful with filming these dc?

I miss the days when kids like this would get a clip round the ear from a copper, then another one when they were dragged home to their parents.
I suppose the police have enough to do censoring limericks on twitter though.

We had a group of children riding in the middle of the road, going the wrong way, doing wheelies, riding at people etc
Somebody filmed it, it was shared
A few people named them
The parents came on the post and demanded it taken down. They got their arse handed to them
It stopped

@PatriciaPerch
I completely agree. It's often the richer kids from "naice" backgrounds that are the worse.
No need for stereotypes really, but I think we both know what we're talking about.

About 10 years ago I worked for a while as a TA. My first day, I was on the playground and told a 5yo to come indoors because he needed to get ready for sports.

He looked me dead in the eye and said, “Fuck off you motherfucker.”

Teacher rang his mum. Her response, “Yeah he probably fucking gets it from me!”

@VoldemortsMaid

All I can currently hear are some kids outside screaming and shouting and boxing with each other.

I really, really, really fucking hate kids.

You hate all kids?

His Mum said it did him good mrs, realising that living in a village meant 9/10 if he dicked about word would get back to her.

In my original home town this sort of thing basically doesn't happen. Will be moving back to a middle class idyll asap.
Off you pop 🙄

@Thisismytimetoshine

In my original home town this sort of thing basically doesn't happen. Will be moving back to a middle class idyll asap. Off you pop 🙄

Because no MC child ever swore?

We were in McDonald’s on Wednesday (not my usual, but taking upset son out for food. His choice. )When two lads, one tiny, marched in past the queue swearing his little head off. After he got chucked out of there Rampaging round lidl, calling all and sundry cunts and hos, then did the faux injured thing when the manager marched them out, calling him a pedo faggot and he was going to get him done for being a fucking nonce.
I am so looking forward to school on Wednesday. 😕

I understand why it can’t happen now, but I’m really starting to think my elderly father was on to something when he said re: horrible antisocial behaviour in children.

He said he wouldn’t have dared to behave that way as the stranger would have smacked him one and that children today know they are untouchable.

I’m not sure I completely agree though. I’ve never laid a hand on my dc and their teachers often tell us how much they love them! Firm (but not angry) voice, favoured toys/games removed, privileges revoked for a set time and time outs has been enough so far. So hitting isn’t necessary for good behaviour and respect.

But these dc’s parents are clearly just as feral themselves. They won’t find firm boundaries at home and they know strangers can’t do anything to stop them doing whatever they want.

Some of the most challenging children I have come into contact with are from moderately affluent families, I really don't think it is about demographics but attitudes.

From my experience from living in some rough areas and now a pretty affluent neighbourhood the parents of the 'challenging' kids in the former are more likely to call you a cunt for daring to question their offsprings behaviour where the latter are more likely to be mortified.

I think I mentioned this on another thread, but I truly feel that the creep of swearing onto daytime TV (Kevin McCloud said "crap" at 8pm last night. My two year old was with us) is dripping through to our kids and making them feel it's absolutely ok and grown up to speak like this. It's also utterly entitled, and unfortunately more and more, entitled people get what they want :-(
Some 8 year olds called my DH a "bell" a couple of years ago. Yes, we know what that's short for, you little cherubs.

@SomeOtherGirl

I think I mentioned this on another thread, but I truly feel that the creep of swearing onto daytime TV (Kevin McCloud said "crap" at 8pm last night. My two year old was with us) is dripping through to our kids and making them feel it's absolutely ok and grown up to speak like this. It's also utterly entitled, and unfortunately more and more, entitled people get what they want :-( Some 8 year olds called my DH a "bell" a couple of years ago. Yes, we know what that's short for, you little cherubs.

Crap is not even swearing?

I love how you put your age at the end, like it would be OK if they called you an old cunt if you were 50.

In my original home town this sort of thing basically doesn't happen. Will be moving back to a middle class idyll asap.

@Inkpaperstars I wouldn't be too sure about that. The school I work in is in a very middle class area. Full of parents who believe that their little Ralphie/Olivia would never behave in such a way. I actually felt genuinely sorry for the couple who had to watch the CCTV of their darling daughter calling another girl a cunt and kicking her in the back as she walked away.

@OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow

We were in McDonald’s on Wednesday (not my usual, but taking upset son out for food. His choice. )When two lads, one tiny, marched in past the queue swearing his little head off. After he got chucked out of there Rampaging round lidl, calling all and sundry cunts and hos, then did the faux injured thing when the manager marched them out, calling him a pedo faggot and he was going to get him done for being a fucking nonce. I am so looking forward to school on Wednesday. 😕

Oh I've met this kid. About 10. Throwing sauce at girls in McDonalds. I was a teacher so I got the rage and marched up and took his munitions off the table, saying "you do not throw sauce at people". He leaps up, calling me a paedophile at the top of his voice. I turned on my heel to face him, and the following happened, loudly:

Me: [Laugh of ridicule, pointing to myself in the chest] Me? You're calling ME a paedophile? Oh no, you clearly don't even KNOW what a paedophile is. I suggest you go home and ask your parents, and tell them why you're asking.

Kid runs off.