I went to restaurants as a kid but I had to behave. Of course there was no screen devices then, I remember restaurants would give out a puzzle/drawing for the kidsI live round the corner from an ikea so I can go in the week late at night just before closing. Which is great because there’s usually no kids!
I wish restaurants did adults only times. When I was a kid (90’s/00’s) I was never taken to restaurants. That was something adults did. I went to wacky warehouse on occasion, but that was it.
Bahahha my mum had a "look" too that I knew meant to behaveI was lucky enough to eat out a lot as a child (born to older parents who were not changing their lifestyle for kids!) Although mainly lunch time so as not to impact adults enjoying an evening meal. I also think that kn the 90s kids just weren't accepted in restaurants of an evening??
We would always sit quietly and maybe colour or draw. If we were the only people in our local Indian on a Saturday lunch then we would be allowed to play by the water feature (proper 90s) but if anyone else walked in it was straight to our table.
I distinctly remember being in a Chinese restaurant when the kids from another family were running riot and unwrapping all of the chopsticks. I asked my mum why they were being so naughty(eldest child who always does as she's told!)
I could be silenced by a look from one of my parents. Parents these days don't give a shit.
How many OAPs has she taken into her home to look after? If it’s not at least one she must be ageist…Has anyone seen that TikTok about the woman saying that it’s great people don’t want kids but asking us to politely stop talking about it as it’s “Childism” (like ageism)
It causes other people to hate children and they should be protected. I just think it’s the parent’s responsibility to filter what their children do and don’t hear especially on the internet … online is now becoming another place you can talk about how amazing kids are but not how you don’t want themin case little Thomas gets upset scrolling through TikTok.
I’d like to assume their algorithm would be very different
I don't think anyone can start 'hating' children because they read the comments of a few people online who don't want to be parents. Hate is too strong of a feeling to be ignited by that imoHas anyone seen that TikTok about the woman saying that it’s great people don’t want kids but asking us to politely stop talking about it as it’s “Childism” (like ageism)
It causes other people to hate children and they should be protected. I just think it’s the parent’s responsibility to filter what their children do and don’t hear especially on the internet … online is now becoming another place you can talk about how amazing kids are but not how you don’t want themin case little Thomas gets upset scrolling through TikTok.
I’d like to assume their algorithm would be very different
funnily enough she starts going on about how if people were talking about disliking elderly there would be out rage…How many OAPs has she taken into her home to look after? If it’s not at least one she must be ageist…
It’s definitely the parents!I don’t want children and I don’t particularly like them being around me when I’m shopping, on holiday or eating out, but I certainly wouldn’t say I hate them.
And I definitely wouldn’t want any harm to come any of them, even the really unruly ones. Child abuse cases literally make me cry & it’s not easy to make me cry! I actually can’t stand hearing about children being mistreated, I think it’s awful.
Personally for me when I’m out and about and there’s a kid driving me nuts, it’s the parents I’m angry at, not the child.
Yeah 100%! I actually used to work with children and I have a degree in the early years (shocking I know, I wanted to be a social worker once upon a time).It’s definitely the parents!
Deep down they know this and this is why I think they spout such BS. They don't want childfree people wanting to express how good their life is when theirs isn't, it is their own fault and they want everyone else to wallow in it too.It’s definitely the parents!
Yes. The thing that pisses me off about 'gentle parenting' is that people vastly misinterpret it. People take it to mean you can't say no to your kids or have to let them run buck wild and not parenting them at all, when actually it means treating kids with respect and having healthy boundaries, e.g 'I understand you're upset you can't stay at the park but it's time to leave now. If you don't, *insert consequence here*' and not 'we're going now, stop crying. If you don't get in the car, you're going to get a smack'.I think in general people are less tolerant of kids now because ‘modern’ parents are into all this new age, ‘gentle parenting’ bollocks which essentially means loads of kids are just utter demons with no discipline. I don’t mind kids per se, I do mind shrieking kids, kids running about and treating public places like a playground when it’s not appropriate, etc. Idk if my Mum was just really strict or something but the way a lot of parents allow their kids to act in public these days never would’ve washed with her.
I would never wish any harm on a kid but I openly admit I do not like children. The same with hamsters, I do not want one, do not like one but would never harm or wish harm on one.Yeah, I think I dislike children more than most. I’d never wish them harm, but I don’t want them in the places where I am.
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