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Original poster

To think schoolchildren should not be turned loose in a rose garden

137 replies

SunRoute · 04/06/2016 07:00

I was enjoying the peace in my local park and had just got DS to sleep in his pram. A group of around 30 kids started charging around the rose garden, running along the paths screeching and chasing each other Angry The teachers just sat by the fountain and did nothing! Didn't even tell them to keep the noise down and of course DS woke up when a bunch of them jostled past his pram Angry

It was the same at the zoo and Sealife centre recently, groups of noisy shrieking school kids pushing in front of everyone, shoving each other, getting in the way and generally being a nuisance.

AIBU to think kids on school trips should be kept under control, not left to run wild?

OP posts:
MintyBojingles · 04/06/2016 07:01

Meh, who were they actually hurting? I think it's great to see kids actually be kids. Annoying your son got woken up though, I do appreciate.

That1950sMum · 04/06/2016 07:03

I agree that children on a school trip should be behaving themselves, but I would say a park is a perfect place for them to let off steam. Couldn't you have just quietly wheeled your DS away when you saw them?

ZigZagIntoTheBlue · 04/06/2016 07:03

I've chaperoned several reception age school trips and the kids have always been well behaved - maybe it's to do with the teacher's expectations of them. I know a play break has always been scheduled in at lunchtime to let off some steam though

positivity123 · 04/06/2016 07:04

YABU. They are children. If you find it annoying to interact with other humans then stay at home.

WellErrr · 04/06/2016 07:05

Isn't it half term?

Believeitornot · 04/06/2016 07:06

YABU

When your PFB is that age, I would suggest you revisit this post Wink

OiWithThePoodlesAlready · 04/06/2016 07:06

Kids playing in a park Shock oh no! What ever is the world coming to.

Whatthefreakinwhatnow · 04/06/2016 07:06

I suspect you'll change your tune when it's your DS doing the running around!

Kids need to run off steam, where better than a park?! Confused

I don't understand why you didn't just walk to somewhere quieter if you were worried he'd wake up??

Just5minswithDacre · 04/06/2016 07:08

There were probably more suitable areas in the park. The rose garden does seem an odd choice.

MajesticSeaFlapFlap · 04/06/2016 07:09

Children play in park shocker

Alert the press

branofthemist · 04/06/2016 07:11

Are you serious? Kids playing in a park?

Yabu

SavoyCabbage · 04/06/2016 07:12

I once saw a woman telling some upper aged primary children off in a park for running and shouting in a playground. It's a playground! Children don't stay babies forever. They should be running and shouting in parks.

MumOnTheRunCatchingUp · 04/06/2016 07:14

Pfb??

What would you prefer they do?

Yabu.... And you know it!

Andcake · 04/06/2016 07:15

Oh dear ...with a baby sleep and naps become an obsession...I have a 3 yo ds and remember it well....now he is boisterous noisy and can be a handful. A park is a great place for him to let off steam so he can be well behaved and gentle elsewhere. A rose garden may come with peaceful connotations he sees it as a maze to zip as fast as he can on his scooter. The teacher may have seen it as a place with a gate self contained for her charges and a bench for her to sit and get a break

Original poster
SunRoute · 04/06/2016 07:15

It's a massive park, there was no need to choose the rose garden (which was full of mums with babies and old people dozing in the sun).

OP posts:
Whatthefreakinwhatnow · 04/06/2016 07:16

Oh FFS get over yourself OP!

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 04/06/2016 07:18

Isn't there normally an expectation (or even a bunch of signs) that a rose garden will be reasonably quiet? OP says it's a massive park so why not let the kids loose out on the grass or near the playground?

branofthemist · 04/06/2016 07:21

Unless there is a sign saying the purpose of that garden is for people to get peace and quiet, it's not for people to get peace and quiet.

Why do so many people get pisses off and kids being kids?

pearlylum · 04/06/2016 07:22

I think you must have an expectation of some noise when you live near a park OP. You chose to live there after all.
Parks are not just there for Mums with babies and "old people dozing in the sun", they are used for recreational activities too, which can be noisy.

DecaffCoffeeAndRollupsPlease · 04/06/2016 07:22

Three generations enjoying the park, sounds nice.

MumOnTheRunCatchingUp · 04/06/2016 07:32

What if your baby had woke up screaming?? Remember..... There were other sleeping babies and old people 'dozing in the sun'

Costacoffeeplease · 04/06/2016 07:33

Is this a joke?

Costacoffeeplease · 04/06/2016 07:34

Posted too soon - or is the whole world to come to a halt and sit in silence because your PFB is asleep?

honkinghaddock · 04/06/2016 07:39

Areas like this are the sort of places that ds loves. He will run around making noises and happily flapping. He would much rather be there than in playground area or playing field.

OiWithThePoodlesAlready · 04/06/2016 07:41

Op - "AIBU"
Everyone - "yes"
Op - "am not"

When your baby is a baby it doesn't seem like they will ever be that big rowdy child who is running riot. But they will and will annoy people with smaller children. Circle of life.