Parents who don't watch thier kids! Vent!

TinyPinkBug

Grrr, we would go to more kids' places if other parents would just watch thier kids!  I admit that my kids are not always the most well behaved, but I am always close by correcting thier behavior! 

We went to Chuck E Cheese this weekend and it was pretty bad, one kid about 5 yrs old was running full speed across the place and ran right into Brianna without seeing her, she went flying and slammed into the floor.  No parent or adult in sight with this kid.  She got a buise on her arm and hip but is otherwise ok.  Another kid not much bigger than Brianna kept trying to take over the games Ty was playing and kept trying to take his tokens when he would set down his cup to play.  I don't think this little guy knew any better, but the parent wasn't around to correct and teach him either!  

Then yesterday we were at a bouncey house place and there was a group of boys playing a little too rough to be around little kids, Brianna got ran right over about 3 times in the first 10 minutes.  I alerted the staff and they asked the boys just to tone it down a notch and they did but it should have been their parents to notice they needed to be a bit more aware of the kids rather than the staff.  Then there was a little girl who sat at the bottom of a slide with a ball she was hoarding, yelling at anyone who came near her that she had the ball first and didn't have to move!  She was there for at least 15 minutes (still there when we left) and wouldn't let any of the kids down the slide.  My DH asked her to move twice so Bri could go down but the girl just pouted and yelled that she didn't have to!  Her dad was at the other end of the place completely oblivious of what she was doing, we knew it was her dad because before she planted at the bottom of the slide, she ran to tattle on other kids who were trying to get her to share the ball, the ball was for a basket ball hoop in one of the other bounce houses.  We ended up leaving with Ty's finger bleeding, we didn't see what happened because it was in a bounce house and we just stand on the outside, turns out he cut it on some kids teeth but we aren't sure of all the details because Ty misunderstands things.  We don't even go to Onondaga Lake parkway anymore because of kids not being watched by their parents!

Like I said, my kids aren't angels, like Tyler hit a boy and Brianna kept pushing big kids out of her way.  But I was right there to correct their behavior.  And I get that kids by the age of 4-5 should be able to play without mom and dad hovering (Ty needs us to be close because of his misunderstanding of social situations) but they should be watching to see that their kids is not only behaving, but safe out in public!  It makes me a feel a little less sorry for the parents of little kids whos kids get hurt when they aren't watching.  Like the three year old who went missing while outside riding her bike ALONE through their neighborhood!  A neighbor found her getting in his pool and killed her, totally sad and tragic. She was THREE!  Her parents should have been outside with her!

jewelsonu

I hate that too.  I would have let bri go down the slide and ram into her.  then she would have moved.  i'm sure that is mean to say.

that is really horrible about that little girl.  I don't know what age my kids will be able to play without us around.  all of our neighborhood kids play outside in the street but the parents are all in the driveways or working in the yard. I know we will be more cautious b/c we have a pond on the outside of our fence.

jnk062602

Wait, what happened to the 3 yr old?  She was found by the neighbor already in the pool and drowned by accident, or the guy actually killed her?  And yes, I can't imagine letting my kid ride her trike around without watching.  Even though we have sidewalks, what if a car backs out of the drive way or dd sees a rock in the road and goes to get it?

We haven't made it to chuck e cheese yet.  But I agree, a lot of parents really don't watch their kids well.  Or even if you are not right there, you should be close enough to see and hear if another parent is talking to your kid!

It's not as bad as the toy aisle, but you wouldn;t believe how many unsupervised kids I find on the blood pressure cuff machine that I have to call a manager to come help them find their parents.  The worst was a kid about 3 yr old that I found before lunch time and the managers were still trying to locate the kid's parents 30 minutes later.

olivia_eve

This is one of my pet peeves too.  It always happens to us on the playground- there's usually a kid who won't leave us alone or is running around like crazy, and usually his or her mom is sitting on a bench on the phone.  Every few minutes they'll look up and say, "So and so!  Be nice!" and go right back to the phone.

I also have daily heart attacks because of these three children down the street.  They look to be about 5, 3 and 2 and they're sometimes minimally supervised.  The other day they were riding bikes on the sidewalk in front of our house and they live 4 houses away from us and I couldn't see a parent watching them.  I literally sat on my front steps watching them because I was so scared they were going to dart out into the street or a car in a driveway was going to back into them until I finally spotted their mom. 

TinyPinkBug

jnk062602:

Wait, what happened to the 3 yr old?  She was found by the neighbor already in the pool and drowned by accident, or the guy actually killed her?  And yes, I can't imagine letting my kid ride her trike around without watching.  Even though we have sidewalks, what if a car backs out of the drive way or dd sees a rock in the road and goes to get it?

He found her on the ladder of his pool then took her inside and suffocated her.  Google "Breeann Rodriguez" if you want to find a news article.

MrsWhiteonWhiteSt

It's so frustrating! I agree!

Chuckie Cheese on a weekend!?! That's a suicide mission

TinyPinkBug

MrsWhiteonWhiteSt:

Chuckie Cheese on a weekend!?! That's a suicide mission

lol, very trued!  It was actually early Friday afternoon on a nice day.  So there weren't that many families there.