What do you judge other parents on?

[riab]

Thinking about the recent article - what behaviuors do you judge in other parents and children?

Here's my list:
Children under 5 out past 8pm (7pm in winter)
Children being hit
Children being told they are 'evil' 'that if they don't behave no-one will love them' 'horrible' etc
Children over the gae of 4 who snatch or hit deliberatly
Parents who ignore it when their child hurts another child especially when deliberate.
(this gets my goat, DS is small for his age and he was at playgroup crawling through a tunnel. A much larger and older boy (about 3)came up to get in the tunnel at the other end. I gently stopped him and said 'wait til the little baby is out of the tunnel' He ran round to the other end, grabbed the tunnel and tried to roll it over and drag it across the floor with DS, at the time only 12 months old, still inside. Baby got hurt and mother, who was sitting close by did nothing!)

Same as riab plus:
Parents who feed their children crap
Parents who insult their children
Parents who drag their children to inappropriate places like football stadiums (I'm talking about kids under 5 here)
Parents who can't say 'no'
I could go on.

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Parents who don't put their kids in car seats/seat belts (and for some reason around here it's the religious nuts who do this most, wtf? - are they leaving it down to God?)

Parents who can't be arsed getting their kids to school on time, or even worse imo, being there to collect them at the right time.

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Parents who have elective c-sections
Parents who bottle feed from birth
Parents who feed babies jarred 'food'
Parents who give toddlers sausage rolls in their prams
Parents who have their baby's ears pierced
Parents who feed their kids anything not made from scratch
Parents who give their kids Fruit Shoots or squash
Parents who use commercial air freshners in their homes

Yes, I'm taking the p8&£

parents who shove their values and all their dreams and aspirations down their kids throats

people who hit, abuse kids

as for the feeding of crap
I dont give a toss, as there are some kids out there who dont know what a meal is
they are lucky to be fed

so get off your high horses and start seeing the real world

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Dior I havent kicked off, just giving my opinon

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desperateScousewife, sit down with a nice cuppa and relax.

Parents who smack their children but apart from that nothing else

I got a party invitation for DD which said "fancey dress" - I did judge a bit

really bad parenting eg a 'friend' of mine who is under investigation from social services for giving her ds aged 4 roll up fags to smoke.Honestly.

not strapping kids in properly in a car

everything else well,
I do or have done a lot of the things that have been listed already and do you know what I really don't care

Parents who ignore their child's bad behaviour when it happens right in front of them - can't help thinking that isn't helpful

Don't appreciate parents who disrespect schools and teachers...and persistent lateness for school also falls into this category for me

Generally though it is a precariously dodgy wicket to judge others

I can see this thread kicking off tbh

Me too

Lol MamaG

I judge other parents when they judge me incorrectly for having been a teenage parent.

I judge other parents who don't discipline their children more than those who do!

I judge parents that give into their childs every whim.

I judge the parent today in a coffee shop whose kids must have all been under 7 and were shouting and swearing at each other for 10 mins whilst she got their lunch and when she got to the table told them with must gusto to "shut the F%^K up or I'll beat you within an inch of your life"

To be perfectly honest, I have occasionally done something that I would have been a bit to see someone else doing - if I've had no sleep I can be a bit shouty which is silly as it doesn't get me anywhere. Occasionally kids will get egg on toast for tea if shopping day is looming and I've been too busy to stock up.

DS dislocated his elbow last week when DH was holding his hand and he (ds that is) decided to thrown himself onto the floor in a tantrum. DH didn't let go in case he hurt himself and we ended up in A&E! If somebeody had told me that I would have thought they had yanked him or something, but seeing it with my own eyes, I obviously know he didn't.

What I am trying to say is that sometimes we might see something going on which could be a one off/not as bad as it looks etc.

Surely we all have rubbish days?

Nice

Nothing wrong with egg on toast!!

Egg on toast is a very wholesome tea, isn't it

what's wrong with egg on toast?. i've been known to give my kids cereal for tea if I don't have anything in or a tin of raviolli with cheese on top

Now everyone can judge me at thier peril as i'm such a bad wicked ignorant mummy

Any kind of hitting or emotional abuse. Also parents who don't act like parents - who get manipulative and childish with their kids. Ugh.

On a lighter note I'm constantly inwardly despairing of other parents I know... one mum I know prides herself on banning her kids from watching TV and using negative words such as "hate". (Silly cow, doesn't she think they'll pick it up at school, they might as well know what it means.) Meanwhile her kids are badly behaved and she always sits there going "it's so embarrasing, why are my kids so naughty?" and doing nothing about it. Parents like that I judge to my heart's content - privately - or in a fun bitching session with DP