AIBU to wonder if all the spoilt, rude, badly behaved little shits.

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That I see throwing their weight about, and being generally incredibly unpleasant and anti social are the product of not being taught how to control themselves? Or to be grateful for what they do have, rather than have a massive sense of entitlement.

as a single mum living on a council estate i feel tht entitles me to an opinion that some of the little buggers are due to parent sthat dont give a monkeys/too busy down the pub to give a flying fuck what their kids ar egetting up to.i used to live on a trrible estate where the kids ran free and ferel from the age of 3or4 theydbe out unsupervised attacking the unsuspecting avon lady til it was dark,knocking after 8pm to ask why my 5yo wasnt allowed to play out.some people drag their kids up rather than bring them up and then they have kids and dont know any better

I was a horrid teenager, and I take responsibility, but I did come from an alcoholic household where emotional and physical abuse abounded, and it took me a very long time to see why my behaviour was wrong, how to recondition myself and how to not be badly behaved and emotionally abusive myself.

YANBU.

I don't expect my child to be a perfectly behaved little automaton, but nor will he be a brat.

Of course he can be grouchy or just have a bad day, but as a general rule if you're going to sulk around you can do it in your bedroom. :)

Have my fingers crossed Herbie. livein, that is so awful.

I too live on a council estate (have been offered another house miles away in a little village so not for much longer) and am surrounded by these lovely shits people. Though we have more problems from primary school children than any other age.

Yesterday I went to the shop and one of the kids in the street called me miserable. Now I dont know if thats because I dont let my children play out in the road (6YO is autistic and not very road aware if something else takes his thoughts and 4YO is too young IMO) or if it was because I complained to the non emergency number last weekend because they were throwing Ice at our house I personally think the problem lies in my street is that parents have too many kids to be able to control/put up with indoors so chuck them out. Often you see 6YOs looking after 2YOs.

Cant wait to move away from them all. I dont mind them playing out making all their noise (infact its nice to see), but I do mind it when they decide to direct some anti-social behaviour towards me (TBF it only happens 1 or 2 % of the time, but the rest of the time I am worried they will start again)

Don't think it has anything to do with how many children they have, it's because some people are shit parents. I lived on an estate a few years ago where probably around 80% of the adults had asbos, how were the children going to be any different

Another dull, smug, stupid thread about 'other people's badly behaved kids'...really?

Yeah I was just thinking as typing. I have heard while walking past a house a mum shout at her kids to get outside. I had only wondered just now as I was typing my last post if it was because mum and dad couldnt handle the noise that 4 or 5 children can make.

I hope you don't mean toddlers

I hate rude teenagers though and always point out their behaviour to DS who is 8, in a very loud 'now see DS that is not the way to behave when your older'i think I'm turning into my mother. And after the day I've had I think wine is a must!

Not at all Reindeer, teenagers onwards.

Nobody's making you contribute, Biddy. Go find a more interesting one if it's so dull and smug.

Some children and teenagers are badly behaved because of poor parenting. I don't see that anyone can be offended by that: it's a fact.

The worst behaved person I have the misfortune to know is 58 years old.

Her self-centredness and sense of entitlement are beyond compare.

Most of the children I am familiar with are very well-behaved.

Why all the hate towards the teenagers. This attitude is part of the reason that many teenagers feel apart from society. People judge them by their age, not their attitude.

what the bloody hell are you on about op?

there are spoilt, rude, badly behaved little shits everywhere

esp. on MN

are you an expert?

not sure about 14 yr olds but the old lady who was throwing her weight about to get in front of the bus Q was a little shit and really rude to everybody she pushed past sweet old lady my arse , I can usually stand my ground if any teens give me lip on the street ive found they will back down or move away if asked ,

I live on a council estate ,I see its the likes of us getting the blame again

ddoesn't matter your age. if you are horrible you are horrible

and living in a council house makes eff all difference, even if some of you prefer to think it does

I live on a council estate too usual and my kids are bloody lovely, well behaved and polite to the point that other mums have gone out of their way to compliment me on them.

Until they come home....they're horrible to me at times!

But seriously, I actually think people in general are more rude and self absorbed than they used to be, there's no kindness from random strangers anymore for one thing, but perhaps that's because we're all so suspicious of each other these days.

wasn't there a thread a few days ago about the kindness of strangers?

wish i could find it

I dont know, dont think I saw it. I remember as a child I could fall over and sit crying in the gutter, someone's mum or dad could haul me up, give me a hug and take me back to my house. You dont tend to see that now for fear of someone screaming child abuse etc. There's no sense of community anymore, no feel of belonging. No encouragement for kids to mix with adults, learn to respect them, get to know them etc.

Yanbu