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oh i am so with you on that one. (and two). I mean ok, some kids just have a weird thing about suckies, but they don't need them all the time! Another one of the things i HATE is when i go out to a resteraunt with my son, and he starts throwing a tantrum, so i take him to the bathroom where he can sit in the corner and have a time out, and of course he cries for a minute or five, but after that he's ok. When i leave the bathroom, i get looks like i was in there beating him. It's not like i even yelled at him, nevermind touched him. Oh wait, scratch that, i hate women who take their kids to the bathroom to actually BEAT them. I also hate seeing 7 year old kids hitting their parents and their parents just taking it. Obviously, i could go on and on (i'm in a bad mood today). Please don't start with me on the perfect parent thing again either, i'm a stay at home mom and do it 24/7/364 (need a day off sometime) and i'm bound to f--- up once in a while, but atleast i feel guilty about it.

Watch out N, someone who beats their kid in the bathroom is going to be offended:)

LOL, GOOD!

I hate being in restaurants where children are throwing tantrums too. Only children with no home training throw tantrums in public, someone should give the parents a few swats for permitting their kids to be so unruly.

I hate parents who let their kids whine at the top of their lungs in public. I can't stand the sound of whining; drives me mental. I'm thinking my choice of jobs is probably not the best one then... I drive a transit bus and the things people let their children do are amazing. One couple let their two little girls whine in a packed bus at 11pm for a full half-hour!! I pulled into the terminal and had to get off the bus because I was going to snap!! Of course they had to sit right behind me and of course they didn't do a d__n thing to shut them up. Another time I had a woman and her son on my bus and the kid was "Why do you drive the bus? What's this for? What's that for? You shouldn't be driving the bus. Can I have that? What's this for?" I'm trying to drive a bus packed with people while this little twerp is yapping a mile a minute and the mother is reading her book. I drew the line when the little bugger stood up on the step beside me and grabbed the steering wheel!! The mother's all "huh?". I pulled up to another stop and the same kid had his head inside a public garbage can. What he was looking for I don't know... Some parents are just gross. I'll take a kid with a pacifier over one with it's head in a garbage can anyday!! lol

I have learned not to judge parents with kids who are having "fits" in public. They child/ren can have special needs. Not always the parents fault.......Yes, I have seen a parent/mom from hell beat their child in the bathroom. The women enough look at me crazy b/c I was looking and shaking my head. As if I was in the wrong. The same b___h( had to say it)rolled her eyes at me in Walmart when I was speed running down the toy area with the cart.....Don't ask.....heeheee.........Child abuser came out my mouth. Some people is not meant to be parents. If you can't handle it, give the child to someone who can......My thoughts.......My kids was never a pacifier baby. So, I can't comment on that.....Holding the baby....I am one of those parents who hold their baby when I'm at someone's house. I hate when people try to kiss and touch him in the face. That is one my pet peeves. So, I hold him like a mama bear. You know.....Don't kiss my child look....heeheee.....People catch the hint. I am likely their pet peeve parent....heeeheee...Your family and friends may have some peeves they don't like about you....You never know

Another pet peeve!!!!!! People cussing at their kids. We was at the lake the other day enjoying the beach. This women and her mother sat next to us. Her kids ran off. She said "Get your a__ses back here".....Yes, she did. She kept cussing at them. The poor kids could enjoy themselves. Actually no one around her was enjoying themselves. We left.

God, you b___hes are soooo judgmental. I am sure these parents love their kids. Isn't that enough for you? ;P jk...

Ouch E.....heeehheee

If you can't stand how other people parent, don't hang around them, or don't go out of your house. I'm sure other parents are watching you and don't like some things you do. We all make mistakes, we aren't perfect, stop complaining and be happy. You can't change how your friends parent their kids, so why constantly complain about it?

B - how do you know that you cannot influence how a parent raises a child? That is simply not true. Parents are forever changing their ways when offered education and child-rearing cla__ses. Have you ever interjected with a friend that was doing something wrong? If people weren't so head-strong and selfish about treating their kids like property, instead of members of a society that we all have to live in, perhaps they would be open to suggestions about better ways to parent! Again, it's people like you that fement the att_tude that a child belongs only to the family it was born into.

I have mixed feeling on the crying on the bus thing. Sometimes, there is no reason for it and it's just annoying, but there are other times where the parent is doing the right thing by just letting their child go. Sometimes to make them stop means giving in to their demands and only showing your child that crying in public gets them what they want, and causes them to do it more often, only adding to the problem. Other times, there is nothing the parent CAN do and has no choice but to wait it out. When my son was about 17months old, we were on our way home from west edmonton mall and it was very late, so he was very tired, and we had no choice but to take the bus (hubby's car broke down and couldn't come get us). My son HATED taking the bus (probably because strangers touched him and he's a shy guy). Anyway, it was an hour bus ride, and he did great for the first half, but the guy next to me tried to touch him and he wanted off that bus NOW. He screamed bloody murder the rest of the trip. The guy next to me actually had the b___s to try and tell me what was wrong with my kid. I explained to him nicely that he was very tired, it was 10pm you know, and he doesn't like being on the bus. I was really sorry, but we'll be off soon (anything other than that was none of his business, but it was everything i could do to be polite and not scream "keep you filthy hands off my effin' kid!) He persisted and after 10min of him telling me 'what was wrong with my parenting' i started getting upset and crying. THEN he told me "i should call social services on you. No kid ever cries like that and you can't even figure out what's wrong with him, you just let him cry, you don't even deserve him.". I was honestly doing the best i could and aside from getting off the bus, there was nothing i could do, but it was december and minus 30 C outside and there was no way i was walking for an hour to get home. When the man started asking for my name and address i got off at the next stop anyway. I was only about 5 stops away from where i had to be, so i called a cab and had it go to my house, pick up my carseat and my hubby, and come get us to take us home. and sure enough, when we even made the motion to get off the bus, my son stopped crying and was happy as can be. I cried for hours because some a-hole didn't believe children cry. Everyone is ent_tled to their own opinion, obviously i'm all for that, but strangers should keep them to theirselves.

Little kids don't come with an off switch or a volume switch. Sometimes they're just going to cry, and if you're in a place where you can take them outside to cry, you do it, but if you're on a bus after dark, of course you're not going to get off the bus in some strange part of town or in the cold and walk. There's really no way to shut a little kid up if they're not ready to stop crying. Some people spank their kids or threaten them, others bribe them. Nothing really works. Whenever we hear a kid screaming in public, I tell my daughter "That's what you sound like when you get mad." I say it quietly, I'm not trying to shame the other family with the crying kid. Now when my daughter hears someone crying, she says, "I no do that anymore, I'm a big girl." I don't know if I've found a method that works or if at 3 she's outgrowing tantrums.

Now that's some cool parenting!

Well I guess I'm not as strong as all of you my girl is 4 months old and she still get her sucky at bed time it helps her fall asleep but I will try to get it away soon but hey most people are too bust reading all the books and trying to follow them that they forget every child is different and lets face it most of us just do what works and the best we can.I do like how jBear handles the whole crying and yelling in public.I was in a store the other day and a little boy was screaming his mother was very upset as I came aroung the corner she told her son shhhh you'll wake the baby meaning my daughter and she stopped I got a good laugh at that .Another question though why is everyone so miserable with eachother???I come here to chat and learn from everyone and what I've read this last while is very caddy and mean what's up?

I have never encountered a child who cried non-stop. I am not sure how to handle my son when he starts to have tantrums. Do I ingnore them or send him on a time out? Honestly, I have no clue. Is paying attention to the tantrum giving it power? Spanking is not an option for us but I would like an effective way to deal with this impending problem.