Children on trains / tube

[uneffingbelievable]

It is half term and everyone is out and about which is great to see, the tubes and trains are busy for everyone. However, the behaviours of some of the children and by that - I mean 9-12ish are simply appalling. Likewise the parents / grandparents with pushchairs.
Exmaples:
Pushchairs do not give you the right to ram then into a fellow passengers legs, on a busy train, park the wheel on their foot and not utter one word of apology to the injured party.

The two mothers on the Metropolitan line train to Amersham last night you should be proud of how you are bringing up you children. That you let your two 10-11 yr old boys think it is OK to physically push two women out of the way who were about to sit down on two just being vacated seats, speaks volumes on your manners. Your little darlings then proceed to swing their legs kicking the people infront of them, until you pushed the women out the way and stood infront of your entitled little brats. Not one word of apology. That you let two boys sit whilst quite clearly pensioners 70+ were forced to stand the whole journey shows yours and your childrens manners are appalling.

There is not hope for your children when two adults allow such appalling behaviour and do not have the grace to apologise to those people your children assaulted.

Your both need a lesson in manners and social etiquette because your children have no hope of learning anything from your current standards. My 14 year old was appalled!

It is only free for under 5s. The 10 year old will also be paying.

The children who weren't on the train today were at Costco , I know it's not like a supermarket , it's bigger , much better trolleys and probably a bit boring for some DC.
But it is NOT A FUCKING RACETRACK , I had to skip an aisle and doubleback because one family with ther henious offspring were running all over the place .
My DD (adult) was sorely pissed off

The paper you get with a child’s Oyster card are clear that they should stand up if adults need a seat.

“Need” is very different to “want”.

Everyone should stand up if someone needs a seat, a child standing for an old man, an adult standing for a child who is struggling to stand, an adult standing for a pregnant woman. But why should anyone who is already sitting stand up because someone new gets on and just wants their seat? That’s the definition of entitlement.

well whether they're 10 or 20 that still doesn't entitle them to move just because an older person got on the bus and especially if they've got a chronic illness, also op you should tell yout 14 year old not to martyr themselves, you won't get bonus points for hurting yourself just so an older person can sit down, an abled bodied person can stand up instead and if they don't then they're the mean ones not your kid who's within their right to sit down

I'm glad we did the thread again after all! Hurrah...

yes he did - whispered rather than said.
Sorry you feel it so unbelievable but as a long term tube traveller - he knows when to stand for people. As a pre schooler, he sat on my lap - unless there were plenty of empty seats.

10-11 yr olds do not fall over on the tube if they hold on. 70 yr old pensioners do.

So yes - he is chronically polite in public - less so at home but I can live with that! Shame your DCs were obviously not brought up to have manners middle parking.

When I was pregnant i commuted on the Hammersmith & City line. It went through some tougher areas. I was always offered a seat, usually by young men, in their late teens and early 20s. I preferred to stand, having been sitting at a desk all day and would decline. I understand therefore that we can’t always judge what we see.

Interesting, women of all ages were the least likely to offer their seat. Perhaps, because like me, they would ask if they needed a seat.

I would never expect a commuter to give up their seat for me. As a commuter myself, some days I get on the train home and in exhausted to the core. Broken by office politics and the thought of cooking for ungrateful teenagers when I get home!!! The commute is my luxury me time!