Bad Parenting

KingK

Saw the same thing TWICE today that really annoyed me.

Firstly driving to the city centre for work there was a woman pushing a buggy along with headphones in which is fine. But not when you have a young girl of about 6 tagging along with you. What if something happened to this child while you were walking. I wanted to stop the car and say something to this woman. So while i'm in work this is still bugging me and i'm thinking this couldn't be an everyday thing.

So i'm waling to the shop for lunch and along comes a well presented father in a suit who has colleceted his young daughter no older than 7 from school. I pod in hand earphones in the ears and daughter struggling to keep up with him as he walks along oblivous to anything that his child is doing.

Really made my blood boil and had to get that off my chest !!!

cloptrop

Maybe he was listening to a better parenting blog.

hondasam

How many kids have you OP?

Maybe these people were just babysitting these kids.

cloptrop

So i'm waling to the shop

You should be careful waling with children about.

El Weirdo

How did you know the ipods were on?

KingK

I have 2 kids,and would never walk with these on the street with out giving them my full attention

cloptrop

I think dixons has a department for children trafficked into the country to be used to accompany your ipod. Kinda like docking stations.

3rdDegree

hondasam wrote: »

How many kids have you OP?

Maybe these people were just babysitting these kids.

Or maybe they were kidnapping them. Try not to judge people, OP.

Casillas

This is really stressing you out?

You've got to learn to relax OP.

bronte

KingK wrote: »

Saw the same thing TWICE today that really annoyed me.

Firstly driving to the city centre for work there was a woman pushing a buggy along with headphones in which is fine. But not when you have a young girl of about 6 tagging along with you. What if something happened to this child while you were walking. I wanted to stop the car and say something to this woman. So while i'm in work this is still bugging me and i'm thinking this couldn't be an everyday thing.

So i'm waling to the shop for lunch and along comes a well presented father in a suit who has colleceted his young daughter no older than 7 from school. I pod in hand earphones in the ears and daughter struggling to keep up with him as he walks along oblivous to anything that his child is doing.

Really made my blood boil and had to get that off my chest !!!

I don't know why but that post reminded me of my grandad.
He used pick me up from school when he was in his 70's and he'd always insist on taking my schoolbag, which weighed a ton. He wouldn't let me carry it.

He also used ask me if he was walking too fast for me. I was seven.
What a gent!
I blame him for my high expectations from men now!

Jen Pigs Fly

Some people annoy me, they don't have kids because they want them, only to 'continue the family line'

/1800s :pac:

toexpress

hondasam wrote: »

Maybe these people were just babysitting these kids.

That kind of makes it worse ... they take money to do a job badly ...

cloptrop

Maybe its a new breed of child stalkers who go around following men in suits as they arrive on the scene.

mikemac1

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joe@rte.ie

It's good to talk OP

SunnyDub1

Or it could have just been an ear piece for there iphone.

Seriously I can think of worse things iv seen patents do

hondasam

Damn kids should have their own I pods, that will teach the parents not to ignore them in future.

Kylo Ren

KingK wrote: »

Firstly driving to the city centre for work there was a woman pushing a buggy along with headphones in which is fine. But not when you have a young girl of about 6 tagging along with you. What if something happened to this child while you were walking. I wanted to stop the car and say something to this woman. So while i'm in work this is still bugging me and i'm thinking this couldn't be an everyday thing.

How would she hear you with her 'well massive tunes' blaring away?

ejmaztec

hondasam wrote: »

Damn kids should have their own I pods, that will teach the parents not to ignore them in future.

I gave my kids pea-pods because that's the way I roll.

hondasam

KingK wrote: »

I have 2 kids,and would never walk with these on the street with out giving them my full attention

You win parent of the year.

KingK

Some amount of gob****es on boards.ie

hondasam

KingK wrote: »

Some amount of gob****es on boards.ie

You win that title as well. You are doing well this year.

Cork Lass

KingK wrote: »

I have 2 kids,and would never walk with these on the street with out giving them my full attention

You must get knocked down on a regular basis:D

KingK

27 thousand odd posts? you seem like a popular guy. No actually you don't you seem like a ****ing loser who sits on a computer all day talking to his 'friends' who hes never met cause your such a ****ing loser who cant make real friends

Cork Lass

KingK wrote: »

27 thousand odd posts? you seem like a popular guy. No actually you don't you seem like a ****ing loser who sits on a computer all day talking to his 'friends' who hes never met cause your such a ****ing loser who cant make real friends

Jeez.....easy there. Haven't you got kids to be looking after?

hondasam

KingK wrote: »

27 thousand odd posts? you seem like a popular guy. No actually you don't you seem like a ****ing loser who sits on a computer all day talking to his 'friends' who hes never met cause your such a ****ing loser who cant make real friends

I dunno who that popular guy is cause I'm a popular girl.

KeithM89_old

KingK wrote: »

Some amount of gob****es on boards.ie

KingK wrote: »

27 thousand odd posts? you seem like a popular guy. No actually you don't you seem like a ****ing loser who sits on a computer all day talking to his 'friends' who hes never met cause your such a ****ing loser who cant make real friends

Now thats not very nice.
Banned.