I hate having to discipline other people's kids

[Riprorin]

I'm fairly tolerant when it comes to juvenille behavior, but when other kids put my kids at risk I draw the line.

During our last few family outings, I've had to reprimand kids while their parent's/guardian's stood by oblivious to their behavior.

Last night at my kids scouting meeting there was a kid sitting between me and his dad. While we were listening to a firefighter and the kid was fussing and tapping his feet. The dad told him a half-dozen times to stop, but he persisted. Later in the firehouse, he was drumming a fire truck while the firefighter was describing the engines. I kept my mouth shut, but I wanted to throttle the kid.

Whatever happened to discipline?

That's my rant for this evening.

 

[RagingBITCH]

They have a higher tolerance for annoying sh!t than you do.

 

[Riprorin]

That's for sure.

 

[ajpa123]

My parents always taught me not to interfere like that when the parent or guardian is present. It causes friction. So i never do. Sucky situation i agree !

 

[RagingBITCH]

No seriously though - that's all it is. They're used to the crap their kids pull. You right a tighter ship at your household. It's not necessarily the parents letting their kids getting away with being rude - they just don't consider that behavior as rude. From how you described it I'd be fairly annoyed myself, but that's b/c I have a short fuse that's easily lit.

 

[Riprorin]

I like refering to kids as "son" too. It makes me feel like my dad.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

How old is the kid?

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Ive actually intervened once can't remember exactly what it was.. i think we were in a movie theatre and the kid in front of us kept talking.. and his parents didnt say anything.. this was an R rated movie and he was maybe 5-7. So i leaned forward and asked him to be quiet because i couldnt hear anything otherwise he would have to pay for my ticket. He shut up. I think he was more shocked that a stranger told him to stfu than anything.

Your situation I would have leaned in and said "I cant hear the firefighter, can you stop banging on the truck"

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
How old is the kid?

He was about 7. The same age as my son.

 

[Riprorin]

Here's an example when I did say something:

I took the kids sledding. The track was only about 12 feet wide and this 12 - 13 year old kid who weighed about 250 lbs was standing right in the middle. My son is 7 and weighs about 55 lbs. I could just see my son sledding into him and this kid doing a belly flop on him.

I walked up to him and said "son, you're in the way and the other kids and can't sled down the hill. Would you please mind moving to one side or the other? Thanks."

The kid moved without giving me any lip, but why the heck did I have to say thing. It should have been freaking obvious.

 

[Bryophyte]

Sometimes, I'll talk to my kids and basically tell them how I expect them to behave and the other parent will get the point. Like if their little brat is running around, I'll remind my kid that we need to walk. 9 times out of 10, the other parent will suddenly wake up and scold his/her kid.