Are adults who give babies tablets showing American cartoons at full volume in medical waiting rooms the lowest form of life? (Serious, not in any way light-hearted)

[CurdinHenry]

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Bloody colouring pens what's wrong with that

How do you think those of us who had children pre-tablets managed? If you must insist on doing this, at least have the decency to give your child headphones. Please.

Clearly showing who is lowest form of life there

No.

They are just trying to get through the day.

I think thats's unfair. I do this with mine albeit I make sure it is as quiet as possible.

So you don't do it with yours at all then, unless your version of 'as quiet as possible', is full volume 😳

Yes, lazy parenting.

I used to always carry things for DS to play with in the pram when we went places I.e as a baby he had those touchy feely books that attach to the pram on a coil, various rattles, soft toy, toys with lights but no sound, etc. As he got older it was board books, toy cars and trucks, etc. Do people not do this anymore? Can children not find entertainment in these things unless it’s a screen?

Bit patronising.. do you not think I could be from that era too lol

I think you are being completely unreasonable and ridiculously over dramatic to say “they are the lowest form of life” and “but can you think of lower forms of life”.

YES I can think of lower forms of life - how about criminals such as murderers or paedophiles etc!

You must have lived a sheltered life is all I can say!

What is the babies parent doing?

Are you a Bigbrat raising small brats?

YANBU,

however not as bad as the man two rows in front of me in a quiet hospital waiting room, who was looking at pornographic pictures on his iPad and zooming in on what I assume he thought “the best bits”…

Peak MN here sneering at others. Nice!

I'm a big brat raising perfectly well behaved and quiet children .. who also will have a tablet if it helps me at that moment

It’s fine to be all ‘live and let live’ when the behaviour has no impact on you. But this is a waiting room full of, presumably, sick people who may be tired or grumpy and the parents choice is impacting on them negatively

Why the heck can’t parents use headphones fir their child?

It’s rude, selfish and lazy parenting to think everyone wants to listen to Peppa Pig.

Yes let a baby loose with some colouring pens in a doctors surgery, what could possibly go wrong 🙄.

The mum should clearly not have the volume on but if you are really judging a mum trying to occupy a young child in a doctors surgery then you are the arsehole. I do a LOT of reading and imaginative play with my kids and they don’t own a tablet and have very limited screen time but there are certain situations where I will give them my phone if I really need them to behave in public for a short period.

Well children have to go there too, and that's life

But children don’t have to watch cartoons on max volume with no headphones

You are not wrong OP.

Lazy parents need to use earphones on their precious offspring and maybe they'll then grow up respecting other people's needs instead of becoming the grown up twats who listen to tiktok videos at full volume on public transport.

I was at the antenatal clinic a few weeks ago for a growth scan. I needed a checkup on a non-life-threatening problem but still a serious pregnancy complication. I was pretty anxious.

All the info says NOT to bring your children to appointments. Yet the hot, crowded, waiting room was full of children. All of them were being ignored except for when they did something they shouldn't do or they were watching their tablet on LOUD. Then they'd get bored of the tablet, shriek, and be loudly scolded.
I'm not exaggerating when I say this was the same for every child in that waiting room and there were about 5 groups with children.

I appreciate childcare is hard to come by but if you have no choice but to bring them with you then the onus is on you to stop them impacting on others.

Some years ago I sat in a waiting room at the recurrent miscarriage clinic and one woman had brought her toddler aged child along with a toy that loudly played nursery rhymes. I remember thinking it was really selfish. All the anxious parents waiting for miscarriage testing and scans. Now I’ve luckily had two children I understand better that she probably didn’t have anybody else to look after the child to attend the clinic. But I still think the loud nursery rhymes was too much. When I go to the GP I take a small set of books or a quiet toy. Occasionally at the hospital for longer waits we’ve used an iPhone to distract, but very quietly.

At 15 my dd overdosed. On a ward of 4 a dm played a Disney film on loud at 5. 30am. I started singing along until she gave her dd about 7 the headset.. Some people are so self absorbed..

Far lower form of pond life is the grown adult with no discernible health problems who deems it necessary to watch TikTok/Insta shorts or bilge on YouTube at top volume without headphones.

At least with a child in a waiting room I can understand the mother may be trying to avoid a meltdown.

There is no excuse whatsoever for doing it on the bus. And yet I don’t think I have had a bus journey in two weeks where I live (South London) where someone hasn’t watched some crap on their phone at top volume.

What possesses people to convince themselves this is OK?

Are you saying you think full volume is acceptable when in a medical waiting room?

Bizarre if you do.

Perfectly well behaved children who will run around and moan if they don't have a tablet?