Bad Parenting

What was the worst or weirdest thing you have ever seen a parent done to their child in public?

One thing that jumps out at me was that I was passing through a crowded hallway yesterday, a parent was changing his baby's diaper in the middle of it. Don't they have public washrooms for these kinds of things..? -_-

I've seen parents put children on a leash. :|

I've seen parents put children on a leash. :|

ExoticAnimal

I've watched a baby come out of the body... Trust me, there's no worse trauma that can be done to a kid beyond that. Why do you think they always come out crying and why we can't remember it? We blocked it all out (maaaaaaan).

I've seen the leash thing, too. I don't think it's too strange, or inhumane or anything, I mean it allows the kid a bit of freedom from the cart without the parent having to constantly hound him/her to stay close. A lot of the crying children who come through my work cry because their parent puts them in the cart after they misbehave or something.Scianix-Black

As far as bad parenting goes. I say two things spell disaster, and i mean DISASTER if you are ever going to be a parent.

1. Do not spoil and always give into your kids

2. Disciplining them within reason is not a bad thing, or a thing you should be ashamed of.

Like it or not, you are crafting a mind as a parent. You can be a PARENT, or you can let strangers shape your kids worldview. up to you really.

It literally is the phrase "you reap what you sow" and it's a pharse i've been told in many different ways growing up in the Arab World.

I've seen the leash thing, too. I don't think it's too strange, or inhumane or anything, I mean it allows the kid a bit of freedom from the cart without the parent having to constantly hound him/her to stay close. A lot of the crying children who come through my work cry because their parent puts them in the cart after they misbehave or something.Scianix-Black

So is this alright then? This actually happens a lot more than people would imagine it.

I've seen the leash thing, too. I don't think it's too strange, or inhumane or anything, I mean it allows the kid a bit of freedom from the cart without the parent having to constantly hound him/her to stay close. A lot of the crying children who come through my work cry because their parent puts them in the cart after they misbehave or something.Scianix-Black

[QUOTE="Scianix-Black"]I've seen the leash thing, too. I don't think it's too strange, or inhumane or anything, I mean it allows the kid a bit of freedom from the cart without the parent having to constantly hound him/her to stay close. A lot of the crying children who come through my work cry because their parent puts them in the cart after they misbehave or something.mrmusicman247

lol, great minds think alike again. :P

Well once when I was like 9 I went to the river with my dad, my sister and my brother. It was summer time so a lot of people went to the river. There was this other kid who was around my age that was with his dad, and there was a cliff right next to the river easy to climb. I was jumping from 2 meters then moved to jumping from 3 meters into the river. The kid's dad saw me doing that and ordered the kid to go climb the cliff which was around 10 meters above the water (I might have the measures wrong but it was pretty high) and he kept screaming that's my son as he climbed. The rest of the people sat there awaiting the kid to jump.

When he got all the way up there, the dad kept screaming Jump, Jump! and the kid panicked, that was one heck of a fall, there were no rocks nearby and the water was pretty deep,but still could be dangerous. Then as minutes passed the dad started screaming and insulting the kid, tellin him how...umm...let's say "unmanly" he was. He said all sorts of stuff, if he didn't jump he would be punished, you're a disgrace you suck, don't be a coward, i've seen girls with more b*** than you etc etc....to his own kid and the kid started crying. Some people there didn't feel good about that so they told him, why don't you jump? The guy said that he was going to show that (insertinsultshere) kid how it's done.

As the guy reached where the kid was, he panicked and refused to jump and the people all started insulting him just as he did with the kid earlier, the guy then grabbed the kid and yelled at him for forcing him to climb all the way up there and for him getting insulted. He So yeah that has been the worst thing that I've seen a parent do to a kid in public.

Personally, if it reaches the point that you need to have a friggin' harness or a leash to make sure your kid doesn't wander off, your parenting skills need some serious evaluation.

Personally, if it reaches the point that you need to have a friggin' harness or a leash to make sure your kid doesn't wander off, your parenting skills need some serious evaluation.

Hallenbeck77

Well once when I was like 9 I went to the river with my dad, my sister and my brother. It was summer time so a lot of people went to the river. There was this other kid who was around my age that was with his dad, and there was a cliff right next to the river easy to climb. I was jumping from 2 meters then moved to jumping from 3 meters into the river. The kid's dad saw me doing that and ordered the kid to go climb the cliff which was around 10 meters above the water (I might have the measures wrong but it was pretty high) and he kept screaming that's my son as he climbed. The rest of the people sat there awaiting the kid to jump.

When he got all the way up there, the dad kept screaming Jump, Jump! and the kid panicked, that was one heck of a fall, there were no rocks nearby and the water was pretty deep,but still could be dangerous. Then as minutes passed the dad started screaming and insulting the kid, tellin him how...umm...let's say "unmanly" he was. He said all sorts of stuff, if he didn't jump he would be punished, you're a disgrace you suck, don't be a coward, i've seen girls with more b*** than you etc etc....to his own kid and the kid started crying. Some people there didn't feel good about that so they told him, why don't you jump? The guy said that he was going to show that (insertinsultshere) kid how it's done.

As the guy reached where the kid was, he panicked and refused to jump and the people all started insulting him just as he did with the kid earlier, the guy then grabbed the kid and yelled at him for forcing him to climb all the way up there and for him getting insulted. He So yeah that has been the worst thing that I've seen a parent do to a kid in public.

Darthkaiser

Darthkaiser

[QUOTE="mrmusicman247"][QUOTE="Scianix-Black"]I've seen the leash thing, too. I don't think it's too strange, or inhumane or anything, I mean it allows the kid a bit of freedom from the cart without the parent having to constantly hound him/her to stay close. A lot of the crying children who come through my work cry because their parent puts them in the cart after they misbehave or something.SaudiFury

That's what I've seen. Why should the leash be necessary though? Lots of parents don't use it.

That's what I've seen. Why should the leash be necessary though? Lots of parents don't use it.

mrmusicman247

There are two times I can remember seeing bad parenting. The first time, I was in a fast food restaurant and there was this family (mother, father, a daughter, a son and a baby) and the daughter started crying. Not really wailing but you could tell she was upset about something (she looked like she was about 7 or 8 years old) and the parents just ignored her. The dad actually had a smile on his face. I know that doesn't seem like REALLY bad parenting but it kinda bugged me. I wouldn't just let my kid sit there and cry. The second time wasn't really bad parenting, but bad babysitting so to speak. I was in a mall and I saw this woman with a bunch of young kids sitting in the food court. The one girl was obviously thirsty so she asked the woman for some juice and the woman just snarled "shut up" to her. You'd have to have been there to really understand but this woman was an absolute b***ch.

mrmusicman247

But think of it this way. You got a 7 year old (me), a 6 year old, a 4 year old (my youngest brother) a 3 year old. Dad goes to work for long hours at the office, and you got to go to the grocery store and you don't have a maid to watch the kids(we lived in Saudi at the time).

what do you do sir?

You can take your chances with no leash at all of course, but if you got a child who misbehaves a lot and refuses to listen, but then if you lose the kid - everyone thinks your automatically a bad parent because you obviously did not care enough to keep watch on him.

Parents have their reasons to use it, good and lazy-bad ones as well. As far as i know from asking my mom she used it only until my brother got out of his constant misbehaving and running around.

Call it a crutch if you like, but it worked, and nobody got kidnapped in the end either.

Same time we didn't have a maid who raised us, but rather our mother did, so i'd give her some slack if she needed to use the leash for a while when she needed to go out. Better to 'look' bad then to actually be a bad parent.

my friend's mom brought my friend into a **** bar when he was like 8....lulz

not bad, but funny.

seriously gamespot, you censor ****?

[QUOTE="Scianix-Black"]I've seen the leash thing, too. I don't think it's too strange, or inhumane or anything, I mean it allows the kid a bit of freedom from the cart without the parent having to constantly hound him/her to stay close. A lot of the crying children who come through my work cry because their parent puts them in the cart after they misbehave or something.ExoticAnimal

So is this alright then? This actually happens a lot more than people would imagine it.

*picture*

Of course dragging a young toddler across the ground isn't good, butjust using it for unruly children to help them stay close, then I don't see the problem

Well once when I was like 9 I went to the river with my dad, my sister and my brother. It was summer time so a lot of people went to the river. There was this other kid who was around my age that was with his dad, and there was a cliff right next to the river easy to climb. I was jumping from 2 meters then moved to jumping from 3 meters into the river. The kid's dad saw me doing that and ordered the kid to go climb the cliff which was around 10 meters above the water (I might have the measures wrong but it was pretty high) and he kept screaming that's my son as he climbed. The rest of the people sat there awaiting the kid to jump.

When he got all the way up there, the dad kept screaming Jump, Jump! and the kid panicked, that was one heck of a fall, there were no rocks nearby and the water was pretty deep,but still could be dangerous. Then as minutes passed the dad started screaming and insulting the kid, tellin him how...umm...let's say "unmanly" he was. He said all sorts of stuff, if he didn't jump he would be punished, you're a disgrace you suck, don't be a coward, i've seen girls with more b*** than you etc etc....to his own kid and the kid started crying. Some people there didn't feel good about that so they told him, why don't you jump? The guy said that he was going to show that (insertinsultshere) kid how it's done.

As the guy reached where the kid was, he panicked and refused to jump and the people all started insulting him just as he did with the kid earlier, the guy then grabbed the kid and yelled at him for forcing him to climb all the way up there and for him getting insulted. He So yeah that has been the worst thing that I've seen a parent do to a kid in public.

Darthkaiser

At least his dad didnt try to scare him saying he was going to push you off a cliff while you were at the grand canyon, and then proceed to push you towards the edge of it. -.- my dad was a dick, i was 7.

Charlie Brooker's "How TV Ruined Your Life," Episode 3. Skip to 16:50 and keep watching.

I can see the use of the leash. It allows the kid some freedom and the parent some control over said kid. Now, if a parent has to drag the kid due to the kid now listening, then there is a problem.

As a young kid, we lived on a major highway in upstate New York close to Plattsburgh AFB. My parents were renting the house and could not put up a fence. I would not have been able to play outside without said chest harness and being tied to the porch where my Ma could see me, I would have been out in the road where semi trucks were running up and down the highway at 55MPH+ or elsewhere. This was especially useful when she was fixing dinner and didn't want me under foot. Even to this day, I still find the middle of the road the place to be.:lol:

Personally, to me, the bad parents are the ones who put their kid in the basket portion of the shopping cart where food is put, especially if the kid is old enough to walk. Chicken, pork and beef juices have run all over the place not to mention that the bottom of the kids shoes have stuff all over them and they put their food in with their kid.

ive seen quite a few instances of bad parenting, one of the ones that really...well it makes me pretty mad is when parents decide to bring in their child/baby to a fancier restaraunt, you see people dressed up and such there chatting and then out of nowhere there is a baby crying, it changes the atmosphere of the whole restaraunt and makes everyone have to talk a little louder making everything less formal, it diminishes the whole experience of going to a fancy restaraunt and i really wish i could just walk up to all of those parents who think its a good idea to bring a baby to a place like that and tell them that theres this really great invention that someone came up with, its called a babysitter :|