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to despise the parents with the horriable horriable children

136 replies

bogie · 23/11/2009 15:35

That don't belive in any form of discipline?

There is a child who ds(4) goes to a football club with who is just the most vile little boy I have ever met.
Disrespectful to his mum, friends, any other adults he feels like and his mum does nothing.
The boy is 4-5 he calls my ds(and all the other children there) nasty names he kicked ds off a climing frame and when I said to him 'that wasn't kind was it?' he just screamed in my face.
Now I don't expect his mum to smack him but I do think he needs to be pulled up about things my ds is no angel but if he is rude or nasty he will be pulled up about it and made to apologize right away.
No if it was a one off then fair enough but this is happening week in week out and she just seem's to think it is fine.
So aibu to think that parents should take responsability for there dc's actions and not let them ruin things for everyone else?

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McSnail · 23/11/2009 15:37

YANBU. Hopefully that child won't grow up to stab someone...

itsmeolord · 23/11/2009 15:38

Well its a bit of a rhetorical question isn't it.

gingertoo · 23/11/2009 15:38

It depends?
My nephew behaves like that.
He's autistic.

itsmeolord · 23/11/2009 15:38

mcsnail?

Hullygully · 23/11/2009 15:38

I'm afraid I can't get past "horriable."

ilovepiccolina · 23/11/2009 15:39

It's a horriable question.

deaddei · 23/11/2009 15:42

The sort of child you want to trip up perhaps?

McSnail · 23/11/2009 15:42

To itsmelord - if the child is simply horribly behaved, it doesn't bode well for the future if he's receiving no discipline at this early stage in his life.

OrmIrian · 23/11/2009 15:43

Of course you are BU. How could you even ask? The rest of us love badly-behaved horriable children.

McSnail · 23/11/2009 15:43

And I don't really understand 'horriable' either. Sorry OP.

Rindercella · 23/11/2009 15:44

It's horrible

Flame · 23/11/2009 15:45
AboardtheAxiom · 23/11/2009 15:47

Hmm spelling mistakes aside, as I too am human and make the occasional spelling mistake - my DS is 5 and autistic, he still needs to be taught what is and is not acceptable behaviour.

bogie · 23/11/2009 15:49

He is not autistic I have an my brother and my nephews are all autistic, he is just rude.

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 23/11/2009 15:49

I cant stop myself from saying it outloud...
horriable, a much more satisfying sound than the boring "horrible"

And no its not nice for you to have to put up with another childs bad behaviour, but unfortunately it happens.

AnnieBeansMum · 23/11/2009 15:50

I think everyone is being a little unfair to the op. Even people with poor grammar and spelling deserve a response. The op doesn't deserve to be teased. Just my opinion.

OP...I would definitely speak to the boy's parents about his behaviour. But you need to be as tactful as possible. Like someone previously said, there may be underlying medical reasons for his behaviour. Good luck

Hullygully · 23/11/2009 15:51

Kill the kid by all means. But do learn to spell (twice).

mrsbean78 · 23/11/2009 15:52

I can't believe everyone can be so outrageously snobby about a simple misspelling!

gingertoo, kids on the Autistic Spectrum need to be taught about social rules as much as typical kids. They also need to be supported to understand the consequences of engaging in 'unexpected' social behaviour. I work with secondary students with ASC and we need to talk about reasons it is, say, unacceptable to blow on someone's neck or make loud sexual comments about them.. Tis is more for the safety of that student than the comfort of others. All children need boundaries and rules, although some may find it harder to understand these boundaries and rules.

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tethersend · 23/11/2009 15:55

YABU.

You should love children who push your DC off toys and scream in your face.

mrsbean78 · 23/11/2009 15:56

Oh, and for anyone who is unclear about social rules, laughing at the spelling of other people is generally considered 'unexpected' and, yes, unacceptable.

BigHairyLeggedSpider · 23/11/2009 15:56

I like horriable. It sounds Scottish.

lisad123wantsherquoteinDM · 23/11/2009 16:00

I am by peoples comments about spelling mistakes, Im dyslexic and get very by poeple commenting on my mistakes.

As for the child, even children with ASD need to know its not appropriate to act like this.

gingertoo · 23/11/2009 16:02

Sorry, I did not express myself very well..

I was definitely not saying that the child's behaviour would be excused if he was autistic (although I can see why it looked as if that was what I was saying from my very short post)

I was trying to say to the OP that when we judge other people's parenting skills, we don't necessarily know the child's background / possible SN etc...

Hullygully · 23/11/2009 16:02

Don't know about the others, but I wasn't laughing at the spelling mistake, I was aghast.