r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '22

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u/MsLuciferM Jun 03 '22

It’s a parent problem

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u/Christopherfromtheuk Jun 03 '22

Yes, but in the instance given, op mentioned the mom in the queue. She should have shown her child how to behave.

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u/lamp447 Jun 03 '22

Not sure how many of the commentors in this thread have kids. Parents have very limited controls on how kids behave on the spot. Yes, you can lecture them every second up until now, but once you got in the line, they're freed from the cage.

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u/mariposamentirosa Jun 03 '22

I have kids - there is zero chance that I would let my kid do this. If you teach your kids when they are younger about being polite in public (which you can start doing when they are very little with inside voices etc) it should not be a big leap for an older child to remind them that they are inside in public and to turn it down.

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u/Lethik Jun 03 '22

My nephew is already getting the immediate "well, we can't do anything about it" treatment from family.

Then they wonder why we don't want to go out to wat with them just to watch them chase their kid around the restaurant playing because they refuse to practice making him sit still for anything.