Kids Running Wild !!!

[CopyCat]

Why is it that parents don't discipline there children now a days ???
Why do parents just let there kids run wild at movie theaters, restaurants and stores ???
I see children running and screaming like wild animals at movie
theaters all the time... There parents are no where to be found... But I know
there parents are there, because you just don't drop a 5 year old off and
come back later to pick him up... And then when I go to the store,
I see parents chasing after kids that are pulling things from the shelves, running
and screaming... And then at some restaurants I've been to they just let kids
run wild to do anything they please... I've had to move to another seat
before because there was some undisciplined child jumping up and down in the booth
behind me, with the parents sitting right there with them... When my son was
a small boy growing up, I had what I would like to call the "You do what I tell you to do,
or I'll tear your ass up" disciplinary plan... And it seems to have worked quite well,
he made good grades in school and is now doing well in the Air Force today... So what happen,
it seems as if someone threw a big parent discipline switch somewhere ??? I know these parents
brining these kids up have to be miserable, having to constantly chase after these little ones...
And I know they have to be embarrassed with having other people seeing that a small child
controls there lives... So why don't they just paddle that butt, I don't understand it ???
What made me think of this thread was when a friend and I were eating at a restaurant yesterday...
I looked over and seen him snapping off a picture over by the salad bar... When I ask him about it,
he showed me the sign you see pictured below... I said e-mail me a copy...
lol !!!

I applaud the owner of this eating establishment...

[thelegend]

Maybe its because of the law of child abuse that made these kids more aggressive nowadays. I too have a taste of the old way of disciplining and I'm glad that I was raised like that even though it was tough. I also think that media like movies and TV shows influence today's kids like for example Harry Potter which I see him somewhat as a disobedient boy. I'm expecting much criticism from my comment and I will stand my ground.

[layla]

I think the problem is too much sedentary lifestyle, too much tv, too many scheduled activities, and not enough just being a kid running around outdoors in the appropriate outlet for this energy.

I don't have kids, but when I do they will not be hit. I want them to respect my rules because they are logical and my authority because it is just. I don't want them to fear me and hide bad activity.

[snookumsnort]

I try to control my kids outside. It's just difficult because I feel it's a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. If you're harsh, people might have your head for it. If you're being lenient, they'll have your head too. I'm just more strict at home so that when we go out, they know that they have to be more well behaved.

[purplefdu]

My parents never laid a hand on me and were more than able to teach me its not appropriate to act like a wild idiot in public. I think some of it can be blamed on people criticizing parents for being too lenient or harsh, but it had to start somewhere....people didn't just decide to start interfering one day at random-no they got fed up with snotty kids kicking their seats, bumping into them and yelling like monkeys. I agree 150% I don't have kids and I don't want to deal with other people's kids. If I wanted to deal with brats I'd borrow my nieces.