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

[ProperLavs]

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?

running I love MN, where nobody's poor and everyone has internet access. Also, the internet's no good if you don't have storage space, and I live 2 minutes from Sainsbury's and would feel very lazy doing an online shop.

Gotto telling DS2 how to behave doesn't make a blind bit of difference.

Queen well that's sad and says a lot about the ineffectual parents on here who get upset when they see themselves discussed as types, they recognise the truth of it and they lash out at people who call them on it.

They can't control their children , they don't want to control their children. They throw their hands up in the air and say like PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks , that nothing they do or say makes their kids behave. keep going Queen

Thanks @ProperLavs and @MaisyPops for your support. I was a bit shocked at the email tbh - it was the one about ASN which appeared to be the one which offended. MNHQ reckoned some of my posts were 'mean' but maintains that robust argument should continue 😉 Meh....I'll keep calling out shoddy behaviour when I see it, though.

yes ASN is always thrown in as a 'get out of jail free card'. I understood completely the way in which you meant it. I guess some people are just a bit odd quite frankly. Look forward to seeing you on other threads!

Our local Morrisons has introduced mini child trolleys, they're so dangerous in some hands

This! On a busy Saturday afternoon it's totally bonkers.

Perfectly, I'm 10 minutes from a huge Sainsburys and I still do online shopping. There are some, less popular, time slots that only cost £1.

They also have larger trolley seats for bigger kids.

Seriously, when you're dealing with additional needs I'd do every tiny thing that could make your life easier. You'll have plenty of stress anyway.

Thanks Proper read all my PPs. I keep him confined to a trolley. He has suspected ADHD. He has poor impulse control. He can't walk around a supermarket nicely. It's because of attitudes like yours that he believes that he's a naughty boy. I've said that I'm not sure what I'll do when he's too big for the trolley seat. Or too heavy for me to lift in and out. And thanks for indirectly calling me a bad/lazy parent.

Oh, and saying that I don't want to control my children. And I'm not throwing my hands up in the air.

And my other 3 DC are perfectly behaved, 2 are adults.

Thanks YouTheCat, for seeing that I'm not just "throwing my hands up". Bigger seats? I'll look into that.

I think you've got the wrong end of the stick @PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks. The point we are making is some behaviours, such as you're describing, are perfectly understandable if a kid has ASNs. It's quite frankly insulting to kids and parents with ASNs if there is a kids who doesn't have ASNs but is displaying bad behaviour due to ineffective parenting. Hence my post which was deleted.

apologies for not reading pp properly perfectly

ProperLavs described me as "throwing my hands up in the air" Queen.

They can't control their children, they don't want to control their children. They throw their hands up in the air and say like PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks, that nothing they do or say makes their kids behave.

That's OK ProperLavs. 😀

these

😂 I just dropped DS2 off at holiday club, went to Sainsbury's on the way back, before seeing your link YouTheCat, and asked our lovely customer services man about them. I'd got as far as: "DS2 has suspected ADHD", he said, "Ooh, we've got a disabled child trolley," and showed me where he'd hidden it. They'd had 4, but some bastards had stolen 3 of them. 😠 I'll be trying it out tomorrow! 😆

Excellent. Hope it makes things easier for you.

I'll let you know! 😆

He loved it! The downside is that he'd rather sit in the trolley than be sensible on the travelator.