I get that many of these examples are pretty antisocial. Not to mention dangerous.
But the unpleasant thing is this apparent need to brand it as a generational thing, so that 'parents these days' are feckless halfwits, whereas back in the day, it was all so different.
Well, I guess in a way it was different. Kids were not expected to be out and about in the world; during the summer, they might be playing in a field from dawn to dusk, not trailing round Tesco with their parents. For various reasons, free- range kids aren't a reality for most these days.
So we have this society which appears to be geared up for children, with many facilities and activities. But we forget that kids aren't mini adults or little robots, and often simply their normal behaviour is fucking annoying! I am always reminding my children to watch where they're going, because they tend to drift around in a daze, rabbiting endlessly about My Little Pony, seemingly oblivious to the fact that we're trying to navigate our way down a busy street. It drives me mad! But I am trying not to annoy others, believe me.
Even places that are apparently child-focused are sometimes a nightmare - like the craft activities in the local church, where the nice ladies try to make your 3 year old do the craft in a highly specfic way which they don't really fancy.
Kids do need to be kids. When they were running feral in the parks all summer, no one was scrutinising their behaviour. Of course, back in 'those days', they still had to behave impeccably at times... but let's not forget that there used to be a certain amount of fear used to discipline children!
I just don't like threads that set out to 'other' modern parents. There was one poster up thread who claimed that common sense and common courtesy barely exist any more or some such nonsense. Come on!!