to be annoyed by people who let their kids run round supermarkets 'playing'

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Actually screaming and running into people.
I had an interesting 'conversation' with a woman when i muttered for someone to stop them screaming and running around. This woman, who didn't actually have anything to do with the kids, who were roughly 4 and 2, told me they were only playing.

I told her it was a very busy supermarket and they shouldn't be playing here
She then muttered about some people having to take their children shopping. I told her I had had to take all of mine (6 under 8) and no they were't ever allowed to run round screaming whilst I ignored them.
Wtf is wrong with people?

So if we don't agree with you letting your children run riot we're 'brain damaged'? That's nice.

@Isawthelight you are clearly ruled by your parents .

Intelligent, witty comebacks lola, brain damaged is such a nice, empathetic insult isn't it? Wonder where your children get their bad behaviour from, they've got such an excellent role model in you.

you are clearly ruled by your parents . No, Isawthelight is just an intelligent functioning adult who has consideration and empathy (your favourite word) for others.

No one agrees with you lola

I am going to get a stout walking stick for protection after an incident today. A child that was so overweight she couldn't have stopped if her like depended on it came whizzing along on those stupid wheeled shoe things in a well known pet store and I only just managed to get out of the way.

Sadly I had no trolley for protection, I don't see why I should need bloody shin pads to go and buy pet food. Parent your child and cut down on the junk food, lazy parents.

Actually I might get one of those scooters myself and turn it sideways when one of them is heading for my legs or anything else of mine. And for the woman who aimed the buggy straight at me in Boots, learn some manners, you could at least be polite about making me move out of your way, I was almost on the display shelf because you tried to run me down.

I don't hate children, I hate lazy, entitled owners of children.

luckily for me I didn't encounter lola or her badly behaved dc today.

Have some empathy for the ones that did ProperLavs

I feel sorry for the ones that did.

@Isawthelight you are clearly ruled by your parents

I don't get this comment...my parents were both dead by the time I was 25, I'm now 43...explain please.

I work in a hospital and the number of people who think it is all right for a child to use a scooter in a hospital is shocking

I took my dd to a hospital appointment yesterday morning, and was bumped into outside the fracture clinic by a small boy on a skateboard. You couldn't make it up, could you? I suppose I was in the right place.

An explanation would indeed be interesting Isawthelight.

What's worse, is I actually saw the parents of one small child on a balance bike taking a shot of it as well. You can't make that up, either.

nothing lola has said has made any sense- I wouldn't try to work it out frankly.

I believe Lola is projecting with all this 'ruled by your parents' bullshit. It may be because she still lives with hers.

Whatever happened to bloody decent parenting and telling your child what you will and will not accept?!!!!

All these threads moaning about children are generally moaning about piss poor parenting - not children!!!

You teach your children how to behave in different environments. It really shouldn't be that tricky!

Just popping in to say I agree with @lola212121

And I reckon we're happy to be in the minority in this particular thread 👍

And as a MN newbie, I'm a bit surprised by the deluge of messages pouncing on Lola + the number of people who clearly gather gleefully round a cauldron when they think they might have an opportunity to point and say "bad parent".

it's NORMAL for your child to misbehave occasionally and it's not always possible to CONTROL children as people put it. Some un empathetic individuals will tell you otherwise but they are brain damaged , it's very sad but there's many of them in society .

Nice one Lola

@AmyRhodes what thread are you reading as it's not this one for sure....

I know someone who's child was hit by those stock trolley things, nasty injuries! Kids shouldn't be running around, no. I understand kids having a tantrum but not just letting them run off. Plus, in a busy supermarket, anyone could take them.

it's NORMAL for your child to misbehave occasionally and it's not always possible to CONTROL children as people put it. Some un empathetic individuals will tell you otherwise but they are brain damaged , it's very sad but there's many of them in society .

Blimey @lola212121......that is totally and utterly bonkers.....😕

Have my first ever Amyrhodes

I note that @lola212121 is still lecturing us on empathy, without expressing one iota of it for @auditqueen’s father, or for the poster whose grandmother died due to injuries inflicted by out of control children. Am not surprised - especially after the ‘brain damaged ‘ comment. I’d like to think she will read that back, and be ashamed of it, but I am not holding my breath,

I wondered how long it would take before there was an accusation of 'ganging up' and being witches. Do you agree with everything lola has said Amy including referring to people who expect parents to exercise control over their children as brain damaged?