What kind of parents piss you off?

DeanAustin

fussyonion wrote: »

I despise parents who tell their kids "You better pass your exams" and being angry when they don't.

I cannot understand this mentality. When I was doing my Junior Cert, my parents told me "Just do your best, that's all you can do".

How can a parent put that much pressure on their kids to pass an exam?
How do you think that child feels if they fail?

I think it's shameful to do that to children who do their best but it's clearly not good enough.

I also don't like parents who swear or turn a blind eye to their child swearing.

Agree to an extent but...

Some kids don't realise how important it can be to do well in school. They're sometimes too short sighted and immature. Sometimes those kids need discipline and strong guidance from parents. The most intelligent fella in my class was from a rough area and ended up working as a security guard. Absolutely no shame in that but, with respect, he could have done pretty much anything but wasn't pushed by his parents.

If the kid isn't smart enough I agree with you. If the kid is smart enough then some discipline is no bad thing.

_Redzer_

xzanti wrote: »

"He's so fussy.. he won't eat anything only chicken nugget / won't drink anything only coke"

Where do I start with that?

A kid is like any other animal, once it gets hungry enough it'll eat whatever is given to it.

I know one mother with the most torturous kids ever that are like that. One is so bad she's anaemic at 5, the older one then doesn't talk and frowns at everyone. That is if she's not randomly kicking you, like she was doing to me an her uncle Christmas Eve. Nothing said to their vile little tyrants either!

High time we enforce a child licence to coincide with our pet licences.

Kaiser D

The ones who think its acceptable for their kids to take things from other kids and use the excuse "sure they're only sharing".

I don't look at such antics as sharing but more so, theft.

Snake

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

My womans parents smoke, she does not smoke, nor does her other 2 sisters. I know countless parents who smoke and none of their kids smoke, also know loads of parents who dont smoke yet their kids all smoke.

Have you any proof to back up these claims that your 3 times more likely to smoke if one of your parents smoke? If both smoke are you 6 times more likely to smoke?

See here

And here.

Siblings and parents are role models for children. If a child’s parents smoke they are three times more likely to smoke themselves.

Snake

_Redzer_ wrote: »

A kid is like any other animal, once it gets hungry enough it'll eat whatever is given to it.

I know one mother with the most torturous kids ever that are like that. One is so bad she's anaemic at 5, the older one then doesn't talk and frowns at everyone. That is if she's not randomly kicking you, like she was doing to me an her uncle Christmas Eve. Nothing said to their vile little tyrants either!

High time we enforce a child licence to coincide with our pet licences.

Are you naturally ignorant or did you take a class on it? Child Licence? Ridiculous.

_Redzer_

GrayFox208 wrote: »

Are you naturally ignorant or did you take a class on it? Child Licence? Ridiculous.

Nah, some parents are just fecking useless and never should have been allowed to be parents from some of the things I've witnessed.

Look at adoption agencies, you're deemed worthy enough to have a child, and then you're allowed to raise a child.

Why is it that you can just knock up a girl and raise a kid, even if you're not suitable to even be parents? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

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_Redzer_ wrote: »

Nah, some parents are just fecking useless and never should have been allowed to be parents from some of the things I've witnessed.

Look at adoption agencies, you're deemed worthy enough to have a child, and then you're allowed to raise a child.

Why is it that you can just knock up a girl and raise a kid, even if you're not suitable to even be parents? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

Because the alternative is forced sterilisation/abortion/adoption.

_Redzer_

Georgia Raspy Loner wrote: »

Because the alternative is forced sterilisation/abortion/adoption.

I guess, that's true.

Unfortunately some kids would be affected negatively by some parents who never should have been, but the alternative wouldn't be much better as you'd pointed out.

caustic 1

Ella Henderson wrote: »

PARENTS THAT LET THEIR LITTLE FUCKING SHIT CHILDREN ^WHATEVER THEY FUCKING WELL PLEASE

^DO
Fixed that for you.:D

tinkerbell

vitani wrote: »

You think there's something wrong with a parent asking if another grown-up could move so they can sit beside and look after their child on a flight?

Said parent shouldn't have booked a flight without purchasing for assigned seats in advance. I really find this infuriating. It's completely irresponsible of a parent to just rock up to the airplane door and then expect people to just move to accommodate them just because they are too selfish / ignorant / lazy to book seats in advance. The person they end up asking to move may have booked their seat months prior and paid seating charges to get their preferred seat only for some ignorant twat expecting them to move.

And it's pretty much always the case that when said ignorant twat wants someone to move that they expect the person to move to an inferior seat. I hear about this all the time. They want to be swapped for two good seats and expect the person in one good seat to go to the inferior seat.

EyeSight wrote: »

Sometimes. If someone pays to book a certain seat and is asked to give it up for some middle seat or something, it puts that person in an awkward situation.
If you have a young child and wish to sit with it then either pay the couple of euros to book assigned seats or ring the airline and ask if they can accommodate

As far as i know, most airlines allow you to pick seats when booking. unless you book extremely late, there are always seats together which you can chose

This.

Snake

tinkerbell wrote: »

Said parent shouldn't have booked a flight without purchasing for assigned seats in advance. I really find this infuriating. It's completely irresponsible of a parent to just rock up to the airplane door and then expect people to just move to accommodate them just because they are too selfish / ignorant / lazy to book seats in advance. The person they end up asking to move may have booked their seat months prior and paid seating charges to get their preferred seat only for some ignorant twat expecting them to move.

And it's pretty much always the case that when said ignorant twat wants someone to move that they expect the person to move to an inferior seat. I hear about this all the time. They want to be swapped for two good seats and expect the person in one good seat to go to the inferior seat.

Can you just slap yourself? I was booking a flight on aer lingua today and it gave me no option to pick seats. Even still it's not a huge ask to ask someone to switch seats so you can sit beside your child. Cop on.

Snake

EyeSight wrote: »

It's weird that most malls now have "mother and child parking" next to the disabled parking spots
spots

The space is wider to allow the parents to safely remove young children from car seats and put them into buggies etc. It's not special treatment is about safety. Jesus some of the things said here it's not hard to realise half of these comments are from people who don't have children.

MammaZita

GrayFox208 wrote: »

Can you just slap yourself? I was booking a flight on aer lingua today and it gave me no option to pick seats. Even still it's not a huge ask to ask someone to switch seats so you can sit beside your child. Cop on.

Booked Aer Lingus flights on Friday and paid €20 each, each way, to choose our seats. I wouldn't inflict my children on anyone- even if it left me €240 lighter

whitelight

GrayFox208 wrote: »

The space is wider to allow the parents to safely remove young children from car seats and put them into buggies etc. It's not special treatment is about safety. Jesus some of the things said here it's not hard to realise half of these comments are from people who don't have children.

Too true. Some comments on here are very demeaning towards children.they are little humans ya know not...."animals"

Pro Hoc Vice

_Redzer_ wrote: »

A kid is like any other animal, once it gets hungry enough it'll eat whatever is given to it.

I know one mother with the most torturous kids ever that are like that. One is so bad she's anaemic at 5, the older one then doesn't talk and frowns at everyone. That is if she's not randomly kicking you, like she was doing to me an her uncle Christmas Eve. Nothing said to their vile little tyrants either!

High time we enforce a child licence to coincide with our pet licences.

I so agree I have been out to lunch and dinner with adult fussy eaters and want to say "get the duck out" eat it or leave me alone. Parents have so much to answer for.

Hotfail.com

GrayFox208 wrote: »

The space is wider to allow the parents to safely remove young children from car seats and put them into buggies etc. It's not special treatment is about safety. Jesus some of the things said here it's not hard to realise half of these comments are from people who don't have children.

Have you not realised the majority of the Boards population are extremely narrow-minded, self-centred and ignorant yet? :P

tinkerbell

GrayFox208 wrote: »

Can you just slap yourself? I was booking a flight on aer lingua today and it gave me no option to pick seats. Even still it's not a huge ask to ask someone to switch seats so you can sit beside your child. Cop on.

Err no. You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine, just like everybody else is on the thread. I don't need "to slap myself". Sometimes it is not a huge ask, and sometimes it is. But a lot of the time people just expect that the first person they ask should just move because of them. Do you then throw a hissy fit because that person won't move? Any person with a bit of cop on will go to the cabin staff and ask them to find seats together for them - you will find seats together, it may just be the fourth or fifth person you ask.

If your flight gave you no option to pick seats, just go to the airport a few minutes early so that you can ask at the check-in desk that you get seats together. It's not that difficult.

And OBVIOUSLY you would not want a parent sitting apart from their child. That goes without saying. Jesus. The parent will find a seat to sit next to their child as somebody will give up their seat eventually. But it's pretty ignorant to just expect everybody else to dance attendance to you without quibble. Like I said, it's not an issue if the person you are asking isn't moving to an inferior seat, the problem arises when the parent wants the third party to move to some crappy seat (which is usually the case).

e.g. parent and child are seated in two middle seats. You see some single person who has an aisle seat and ask them to swap with you. That scenario would cause a problem.

Edit: this isn't a child bashing thing by the way - this is just people in general. Quite often it's two adults together that do this, it is not just adults with children.

tinkerbell

GrayFox208 wrote: »

The space is wider to allow the parents to safely remove young children from car seats and put them into buggies etc. It's not special treatment is about safety. Jesus some of the things said here it's not hard to realise half of these comments are from people who don't have children.

I agree completely with this - those Parent & Child spaces are there for people with buggies and car seats. It bugs the heck out of me when I see people using them when they don't have children with them.

Afroshack

MammaZita wrote: »

Booked Aer Lingus flights on Friday and paid €20 each, each way, to choose our seats. I wouldn't inflict my children on anyone- even if it left me €240 lighter

As a frequent flier, THANK YOU

Even though I'm sure your kids are bloody lovely

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tinkerbell wrote: »

I agree completely with this - those Parent & Child spaces are there for people with buggies and car seats. It bugs the heck out of me when I see people using them when they don't have children with them.

I also way prefer having the Parent & Child spaces as close to the entrance as possible, the alternative is buggies and small children in the car park, pretty dangerous. A lot of the "unfair perks" that people give out about parents getting are just basic common sense that makes life easier for everyone.

whitelight

Georgia Raspy Loner wrote: »

I also way prefer having the Parent & Child spaces as close to the entrance as possible, the alternative is buggies and small children in the car park, pretty dangerous. A lot of the "unfair perks" that people give out about parents getting are just basic common sense that makes life easier for everyone.

Hate when women with no kids take last kiddie space when your behind them waiting for said place. Usually business type in heels she can't walk far in.

_Redzer_

Another thing I hate is when women plough through crowds on the street with their buggies. A few months back I was walking out of a shopping centre and a woman behind me cut out in front of me and had I not moved back quickly enough I'd have gotten my foot run over.

I hate those self-entitled tossers who think they can do whatever they like just because they have kids.

Another is when you're driving anywhere and happen to go by a school. Jesus. Women with only two kids driving people carriers the size of jets pulling up on the side of the road, blocking traffic, or just taking off right in front of you. It's crazy.

Snake

whitelight wrote: »

Hate when women with no kids take last kiddie space when your behind them waiting for said place. Usually business type in heels she can't walk far in.

It's even as bad when they park there and think it's fine because they have children but said children are at home. I see people with the disabled badges on their cars getting out on their own and as I walk past the car noticing the badge but no disabled person in said car.

Afroshack

GrayFox208 wrote: »

It's even as bad when they park there and think it's fine because they have children but said children are at home. I see people with the disabled badges on their cars getting out on their own and as I walk past the car noticing the badge but no disabled person in said car.

Some disabilities aren't as obvious though - although not having a child in a mother and child space is pretty clear

_Redzer_

Afroshack wrote: »

Some disabilities aren't as obvious though - although not having a child in a mother and child space is pretty clear

What if it's a windowless van?

Afroshack

_Redzer_ wrote: »

What if it's a windowless van?

Peer up the exhaust pipe?

MammaZita

Afroshack wrote: »

As a frequent flier, THANK YOU

Even though I'm sure your kids are bloody lovely

Lol you're welcome!

Seriously though we spent enough time in our younger pre-children days dreading being put beside young children / babies that I respect other travellers feel likewise.

In fact we've avoided flying for a few years since before our 3rd was born, favouring the much more comfortable and child friendly ferry. However they're a bit older now so we've decided to fly to NY during the Easter holidays next year so hoping our (expensive) allocated seating means we minimise disruption to other passengers.

MJ23

The ones that act like they're the only people ever to have kids.
The ones who show you photos of their kids.

FunLover18

MJ23 wrote: »

The ones that act like they're the only people ever to have kids.
The ones who show you photos of their kids.

EyeSight

GrayFox208 wrote: »

The space is wider to allow the parents to safely remove young children from car seats and put them into buggies etc. It's not special treatment is about safety. Jesus some of the things said here it's not hard to realise half of these comments are from people who don't have children.

Makes you wonder how we all survived in the non wide spaces a little further away :rolleyes: