children should be seen and definately not heard... ever

Im on my holiday and Im ranting. Therefore one could deduce I am not essentially having a fabulous time.

Well no, now you mention it, I am not.

I love children, I do, I think some kids are the most fabulous creatures in the world, my niece and nephew obviously being my favourites! I enjoy teaching small tiny humans because quite frankly you will never get the same answer from a child that you would get from an adult, and the childs answer will not only not be the answer you were expecting, it will also be the answer that stuns you into silence whilst you try and think of a way out of it without answering.

But au contrare, there be a problemo. Since the NSPCC basically outlawed corporal punishment when it come to your children, the worlds noise level just went up a few hundred thousand decibels.

screaming...
shrieking...
crying...
whining...
tantrums...
hitting things...
throwing things...
swearing...
cussing...
yelling...
hissing... etc, etc.

children of the world.... S>T>F>U!


I have issues with migraines already without having to sit through a 2 hour session whilst im eating my dinner of you screaming your sodding lungs out because you are just throwing a brat spat. Even today, a child was screaming so loudly and at such a high pitch I genuinely thought it was someone blowing a whistle! And the family thought it was hilarious. Yeh, maybe for the first 2 times he did it, not after the 25 minute long session in which I am pretty certain he didn't breathe.

PARENTS!!! SHUT YOUR CHILDREN UP!



'shhhhh' and 'be quiet' obviously aren't working. try 'shut it or else no icecream/tv/moshi monsters/etc.'

What happened to parental control? My parents wouldn't have dreamed of letting me perform like that, not in a million years. I would of had 2 warnings, a quiet final warning telling me the punishment of the evening and then said punishment if I continued- usually sending to bed early/ no horseriding or swimming/visits to my nan or if I was being a seriously determined brat, a swift smack to the back of my legs.


Everyone over 20 remembers those, worse than having your arse smacked, the stinging and the redness and not being able to sit down properly... makes my legs twitch just to think of it.

Anyway back on track, a child under - lets say- 9 doesn't need a voice at the table, in the restaurant, DEFINATELY not in the cinema.
I don't mind screaming in the supermarket - God knows I would bloody scream as I hate shopping that much - because I can yell 'SHUT UP' from 2 rows away and the parents never know who it was! (Muwahahahaha)

But seriously, what happened to the age old mantra of 'Children should be seen and not heard'.... because me and the voices are going to starts a retro-flashback!