Parents Who Don't Discipline Their Children Drive Me Nuts

[anygunanywhere]

Sunday, Mrs. Anygun and I were in church. I had my KelTec P3AT in my DeSantis ankle holster. A woman and her son (5 or 6 yo) sat next to me. The child promptly broke out his coloring book and proceeded to lay on the floor and squirm around like he was at home on the den floor. Before I could react he was kicking and rubbing my left leg where my pistol was.

I pulled my leg out of his way and made sure my pistol wasn't exposed.

Mrs. Anygun sensed my predicament and quietly asked me if I wanted to change places. I said no and moved over a tad.

Soon the little PITA consumed my personal space. After about ten minutes of putting up with this intrusion I asked the mother if she would PLEASE keep her child under control. She moved him over to her other side away from me.

It seems that I attract these types in church. I have often had to express my displeasure towards ill behaved kids and their brain dead parents.

I do believe I will use a pocket holster from now on. No telling when I will be faced with unruly munchkins again. I really don't know what would have happened if he had seen my pistol and blurted out the dreaded "He has a gun!"

Anygun

[HighVelocity]

You need to work on your "evil eye" stare. That gets the little buggers headed in the opposite direction every time.
Depending on how sensitive they are they might start crying but I can live with that.

[cyphur]

I dislike unruly kids as well - thankfully my little sweethearts are usually decently behaved(especially for being just about 18 months old). It seems these days parents are too caught up in their own lives to care about their kids or their behavior/life. Hence why rehab centers and juvie and whatnot are so full.....

Good to hear you weren't compromised anygun, that could have been messy with a child.

[wrt45]

Before I could react he was kicking and rubbing my left leg where my pistol was.

Anygun

It might give an added twist to the term "ankle-biters."

[GrillKing]

You need to work on your "evil eye" stare.

Agree with the stare.... but use it on the parents. A 5 or 6 year old is only doing what the parents allow.

[Venus Pax]

Behavior is the first thing I work on each school year. If parents allow inappropriate behavior, however, they will do it when they're with them.
I do not like dealing with inappropriate behaviors.
Whenever I hear someone say, "These kids today!" I correct them and say, "No. It's these parents today."

[bauerdj]

What age group are you dealing with?

Dave B.

[Greybeard]

Last weekend we exhibited under the "Arts and Crafts" vendors tent at a local balloon festival. Many of the vendors there had jewlrey and other types of high-dolllar artsy-fartsy stuff and some were naturally quite protective of their wares - especially when families came by with kids.

By noon on Saturday the temp. was already almost 100 degrees and traffic had slowed to a crawl so I left to find some AC for a few hours, leaving four of my "Burglar Blaster" Personal Deposit Boxes (which at least High Velocity and Cosmo 9 here have seen or purchased) closed but unlocked on the table with the alarms turned off.

Upon returning around 5:00, the vendor in the booth next door told me that a family had came by and this bratty litlle 9-year old had started messing with 'em ... The alarms have a feature that if someone moves the switch from "off" to "instant" or "delay" setting, they've got about 7 seconds to punch in the proper 3-digit code before the 120 decibel LOUDMOUTH starts doing its thing ... Vendor in booth next to me said the Dad was standing there screaming at the kid saying, "Now you've done it! Now you've done it!"

He said they were contemplating having to take the box and go throw it in the lake when he got inside and located paperwork with the selectable security code. Three Five Seven. (Almost that loud, only continuous.) Sorry I missed it.

[Braden]

I don't particularly enjoy being around unruly children either, but keep in mind that an unruly child is most always only doing what their parents will let them get away with. Don't blame the kids.

In my opinion, a 5 or 6 year old is old enough to sit in the pew and participate in the worship instead of laying on the floor coloring, but I digress.

Bad parenting = Bad kids

[nitrogen]

I don't particularly enjoy being around unruly children either, but keep in mind that an unruly child is most always only doing what their parents will let them get away with. Don't blame the kids.

In my opinion, a 5 or 6 year old is old enough to sit in the pew and participate in the worship instead of laying on the floor coloring, but I digress.

Bad parenting = Bad kids

Great point.

Reminds me of a time I was in a parking lot.
I was looking for a spot, when suddenly 2 little children darted out from behind a large parked truck. I slam on my brakes (i'm going about 5mph, but it was still a harsh, sudden stop that squealed the tires a bit) when the mom of the 2 kids, pops out, on her cellphone. She glares at me, yelling, "YOU'VE GOT TO BE MORE CAREFUL WHEN THERE'S KIDS AROUND! BE PATIENT!!!"

Uh.
Okay.

When I was that age, if I ever darted out into a parking lot without my mother, i'd have gotten a sound beating for being so stupid, but hey, it takes a village to raise a child I guess.

Or something.

[Lodge2004]

Good one about kids - In the early 80's, when I was on active duty at Fort Sill, we got a tasking to fly the military band to an Indian reservation in eastern Oklahoma for a weekend event. Our unit's instructor pilot rode along in the jump seat to conduct a Pilot-in-Commnad evaluation on me.

At some point during the day, one of the kids milling around our aircraft pulled the cabin door ejection handle and then pushed it back in when nothing happened.

During takeoff, as we passed through about 120 knots, my cabin door decided it was time to eject (it was an old aircraft). Only the bottom clamp released, so the door began flying like a wing. Needless to say, it made for an interesting landing in a grass field, a memorable trip for 30+ band members and a passing grade for me on the evaluation.

[bauerdj]

And how much damage to the aircraft?

Dave B.

[isa268]

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http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=beat


EDITED TO ADD, LINK NOT TEN YEAR OLD DAUTHER RULE COMPLIANT!

[nitrogen]

you guys should read this:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=beat

This link is very funny, but be warned, it's not "10 year old daughter" compliant.

[isa268]

i edited my original post to add that the linked website is not ten year old daughter safe.