To think if your toddler creates during a school assembly, please please just take them out?

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Because I couldn't hear a word ds said this morning.

I know it happens, I have every sympathy (mine were hideous at that age) but the noise of one child running about shrieking for 20 minutes really did spoil the entire play.

Feel the same about weddings

Do you have primary school age children, Country?

'Creates' is Northern, I think.

YANBU - I'd definitely take mine out. It's people who don't do so who get the rest of us with little ones barred from attending.

Our school is another one where you are asked to remove squeaky children. The lovely but terrifying deputy will back it up with an individual request if you don't!

I work full time and rarely get to see assemblies etc do I get very irritated if I can't enjoy the ones I of get to see.

I say create a lot and I'm very southern. My mum is from the north though. I wonder if I caught it from her and no-one round here has a clue what I mean

Yanbu.

I always assumed 'creating' was short for 'creating merry hell'. Its a common saying where I'm fr on (south Wales valleys)

YANBU. That and letting the little darlings climb al over the chairs or as i had at DD1's last assembly, standing the darling on the parents lap so they could point and shout at their sibling thus drowining everyone else out.

FatMomma (God that feels rude!) I do, yes!

And you don't enjoy seeing them in their productions, assemblies, sports days etc? And they aren't keen for you to come and watch them?

No, to both. I've been to the odd one but I do find them dull. I am 5'3 and someone tall always sits in front of me, DC is quiet and inevitably gets a non-speaking role and all in all it's something best avoided if possible. :)

I'm sure some parents love them but I am not one of them I'm afraid!

Our school doesn't allow preschoolers at school events, which can be irritating if you don't have anyone to watch them, but it does mean that you get to watch the play/assembly/concert in peace....it's actually the behaviour of the parents that irritates me .

I used to stand at the back by the door with dts their pushchair.

Standing gave me a better view, and I'd go armed with bribes for them to keep quiet (forbidden fruit always had the best results I found ) but at the onset of the merest squeak I could get out of the room with minimum fuss to anyone else cos I was already by the door.

And sometimes the lovely school receptionists would offer to keep an eye on them if dd was coming up to her bit in the show. (I never asked for anyone to do that btw, before anyone tells me off for expecting childcare).

My DD1 was being presented with the Outstanding Contribution to the School Award. The school called the day before to make sure I was coming. DD3 was 2 at the time. Bribes were involved and her behaviour was not exemplary but sometimes it helps if everyone does their bit in suffering / managing the little ones instead of just tutting and looking out for their pfbs.

Oh and what pp said about misbehaving adults.

YANBU, OP.

Wondering why there are so many picky people on here quibbling about 'create' though . Even if you haven't heard the term before, surely the context makes it obvious?!

Our school won't have children in the audience at full school performances. Nor are parents allowed to take photos. Therefore all can watch in 'peace'.

However, at the Christmas Carol Concert in the church, all are 'welcomed'. And it's mayhem with toddlers running up and down the aisles or playing loudly with cars on the pews. Or just hollering.

Hideous.

Yanbu. I'm a primary teacher and it's really disappointing when the children have worked so hard only to have everyone distracted by X's little brother or sister crashing and banging.

Absolutely, someone let their baby call out throughout one of ours. Maddeningly she managed to shut him up when it was her kid's turn to speak!

YANBU I am always gobsmacked at how selfish some parents of noisy toddlers can be

We have six dc so I have been the one with the noisy toddler more than once but DH and I have always whisked them outside at the first bit of noise, why would you not?

Howabout why should everyone have to suck it up? It's up to each parent to make sure their little ones don't disrupt things

YNBU. Five minutes tops before I took mine out to calm down. Shame my DCs school didn't do that. Couldn't hear a bloody word this week!

To be fair though. Toddlers genuinely don't know what they're doing. Which is more than can be said for the 100 of Parents that stand up, block your view and take lots of photos and videos for the entire performance.

Also when I say five minutes. I usually tried the shushy calm things first. If that didn't work and he got too irate I'd whip him out without a second thought.

Agree that ineffectual parents are the worst! I went to a lovely Christmas concert by a Well Known Handsome Chap. Little girl in front row only wanted to hear songs from a certain show and wasn't interested in any others. Wouldn't have been an issue if Dad hadn't chatted with her throughout all the songs she wasn't interested in. Until I poked him in the neck and told asked him to STFU.

Totally agree. Take them out - ruins it for everyone else, incl their parents

apologies to all who wondered what I was wittering about.

I could barely live any further south than I do, but am northern deep down so that's probably where the create term comes from.

I wonder now if my colleagues just indulge me and pretend to know what I'm on about..

I'm from London originally and use Create in the same context...

Oooh we had this at Xmas!

The dses' primary school started offering a crèche for the little ones, so parents could watch the shows in peace and quiet.