What kind of parents piss you off?

certifiedcrepe

I was reading the "Kids playing outside - how late is generally considered reasonable" thread and it got me thinking about one of my neighbours.

A neighbour of mine has a 4 year old son. He is allowed out at all hours, just last night I was driving home after midnight and he was riding his bike up and down the road, it was near impossible to see him. His parents were nowhere to be seen. I'm not one to get involved but if anything happened him it would've been on my conscience so I knocked on his house and his mother answered and said "oh he'll be fine thanks he knows not to go near any cars on the road" and then went on to tell me I'll make a great mother because I'm so observant. Really?!

The same boy is always riding his bike on the main road outside the estate. About a month back two cars crashed on the main road as one was swerving to try and not hit the boy, as he cycled out to the middle of the road and stopped for a moment to tie his shoes. Thankfully no one was hurt. Many people have complained but the parents don't seem to give a ****.

So AH, what kind of parents piss you off?

wazky

The type with children.

Penny Tration

The ones that post constant photos of their offspring on Facebook, swiftly followed by other parents who post ****e like 'omg shez gorjus huni x x x' under them.

stefan idiot jones

The oblivious ones who let their mewling rats turn round in their seats and watch me eat in a restaurant.

Fcuk off child, and pick up your bad eating habits off someone else.

Owryan

I have friends who freak out if their children even leave a toy out of place. Their house is like a mansion and the kids have all the toys in the world but can't play with them.

My ex used to have a friend who gave her daughter dozal every night to get the child to sleep. From 7 pm the poor kid was drugged so mammy could watch her soaps n have her wine. If that didn't work the poor child b bf were sent for a drive. Ffs sedating the child every frakking night !!

and other disasters

The ones who criticise each other's parenting, in front of the kids. 'Don't give him those...what did I say about giving him those...can you do anything right?....stop giving in to him...'. Especially when the kids are old enough to understand.

Falthyron

The kind of parents who use their children as trophies to bring meaning to their own lives. You may think your child is wonderful, gorgeous, amazing, special, unique, and whatever else, but nobody else truly thinks that about your child.

_Redzer_

The ones that bring their kids with them to the pub at 10 at night and give you dirty looks because your conversation is so inappropriate for the kids.

Swear to god some mother actually thought it was alright to do

_Redzer_

Falthyron wrote: »

The kind of parents who use their children as trophies to bring meaning to their own lives. You may think your child is wonderful, gorgeous, amazing, special, unique, and whatever else, but nobody else truly thinks that about your child.

See that's all horseshít and all, but as long as it's not plastered 5 inches thick on Facebook where it's in my face, I don't really care or pay attention to them.

The Princess Bride

Parents who give their children awful names like Fuinneog,Lettuce or Natasha....
Cruelty beyond belief.

Pumpkinseeds

I'm going to need a lot of popcorn for this

auldgranny

Mine

Macavity.

The ones who think their kids are great when really they're the same as any other child - boring, smelly and stupid. Nobody cares about what your child did or said. Your child is a baby who looks like any other baby so showing a picture of it is pointless. I literally do not want to see your child unless he has some weird hybrid disfigurement. Eg. Shark/person.

Galwayguy35

_Redzer_ wrote: »

The ones that bring their kids with them to the pub at 10 at night and give you dirty looks because your conversation is so inappropriate for the kids.

Swear to god some mother actually thought it was alright to do

How is that even allowed by the pub owner seeing a kids have to be out of the place by 9pm?

certifiedcrepe

certifiedcrepe wrote: »

I was reading the "Kids playing outside - how late is generally considered reasonable" thread and it got me thinking about one of my neighbours.

A neighbour of mine has a 4 year old son. He is allowed out at all hours, just last night I was driving home after midnight and he was riding his bike up and down the road, it was near impossible to see him. His parents were nowhere to be seen. I'm not one to get involved but if anything happened him it would've been on my conscience so I knocked on his house and his mother answered and said "oh he'll be fine thanks he knows not to go near any cars on the road" and then went on to tell me I'll make a great mother because I'm so observant. Really?!

She did well having you knock kindly on the door. Id have called the police, over and over if I had to, till they got there. A four year old out after midnight , alone in the dark??
She should have gotten a kitten, instead of pregnant.

Cantona's Collars

certifiedcrepe wrote: »

I was reading the "Kids playing outside - how late is generally considered reasonable" thread and it got me thinking about one of my neighbours.

A neighbour of mine has a 4 year old son. He is allowed out at all hours, just last night I was driving home after midnight and he was riding his bike up and down the road, it was near impossible to see him. His parents were nowhere to be seen. I'm not one to get involved but if anything happened him it would've been on my conscience so I knocked on his house and his mother answered and said "oh he'll be fine thanks he knows not to go near any cars on the road" and then went on to tell me I'll make a great mother because I'm so observant. Really?!

The same boy is always riding his bike on the main road outside the estate. About a month back two cars crashed on the main road as one was swerving to try and not hit the boy, as he cycled out to the middle of the road and stopped for a moment to tie his shoes. Thankfully no one was hurt. Many people have complained but the parents don't seem to give a ****.

So AH, what kind of parents piss you off?

As I posted in the other thread,it's the ones who keep the kids in gilded cages and don't let them be children.Childhood is meant to be fun.It's not Victorian times.

fussyonion

I despise parents who tell their kids "You better pass your exams" and being angry when they don't.

I cannot understand this mentality. When I was doing my Junior Cert, my parents told me "Just do your best, that's all you can do".

How can a parent put that much pressure on their kids to pass an exam?
How do you think that child feels if they fail?

I think it's shameful to do that to children who do their best but it's clearly not good enough.

I also don't like parents who swear or turn a blind eye to their child swearing.

Owryan

The Princess Bride wrote: »

Parents who give their children awful names like Fuinneog,Lettuce or Natasha....
Cruelty beyond belief.

Child in my kids class called Yaris, yes after the car.

Worked with a woman who had a daughter called divinity.

Temptamperu

Jake1 wrote: »

She should have gotten a kitten, instead of pregnant.

Are you kidding! have you seen the paperwork for getting a cat is ridiculous, its way easier to squeeze out another waste of space human.

_Redzer_

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

How is that even allowed by the pub owner seeing a kids have to be out of the place by 9pm?

No idea, guess she was fairly regular and nobody said anything.


The fact that she got annoyed at us and what a typical pack of lads would talk about while getting plastered was what was so out of place. As if you have the right of way in thinking we'd censor ourselves when you come into a pub well after 9 and park your kids up beside us.

Those poor kids got an awfully graphic idea about the birds and the bees that night, tho!

Mickey H

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'm going to need a lot of popcorn for this

Will you make me some? My microwave's fcuked.

Angry_Mammarys

The 'surely my child would never misbehave!' ones... They have kids that are awful little swines, yet its everyone elses childrens fault when swinekids do something bold:mad:

quadrifoglio verde

There's two types that piss me off. Those that don't give a **** about their kids and let them run wild and then those that wrap them up in cotton wool.

The ones who don't bother trying to shut their kid up when it's screaming its head off on a bus/train/plane.
If the child is sick or something, that's unfortunate but at least try and console it. If it's just acting like a brat, then make them behave. But don't just sit there and do nothing and expect everyone else to sit there and endure your kid's wailing. :mad:

Cienciano

Macavity. wrote: »

The ones who think their kids are great when really they're the same as any other child - boring, smelly and stupid. Nobody cares about what your child did or said. Your child is a baby who looks like any other baby so showing a picture of it is pointless. I literally do not want to see your child unless he has some weird hybrid disfigurement. Eg. Shark/person.

What terrible parents. They shouldn't tell their kids they are great, they should let them know that they're boring, smelly and stupid like everyone else.

nlgbbbblth

Hipster parents talking about their creative offspring and subtly lambasting "boring" career choices [solicitor / accountant / banker].

Why belittle others to make a point?

auldgranny

The Princess Bride wrote: »

Parents who give their children awful names like Fuinneog,Lettuce or Natasha....
Cruelty beyond belief.

Natasha.......seriously

major bill

Parents that bitch and moan about other kids yet their own kid is a little bollox

Parents that negotiate with their kids to behave instead of telling them to be behave

Parents that let their kids run wild in a pub whilst having no considerations for other punters,

Galwayguy35

The ones that come to another persons house and let their kids go into the rooms and take things out of the presses and say nothing.

Saw it happen in the home place years ago when the kid started banging a saucepan off the ground while the parents said nothing, they weren't long getting him to stop though when the mother told them they could buy a new one if he broke it.

demanufactured

The type who have the heating in their house on full blast all year round.."because the kids will be cold"...and then wonder why ther kids are sick all the time

osarusan

Parents whose motivation for helping the child learn and be good at stuff is just to be 'better' than the other kids/parents.

Japan is horrible for this, especially if there are a group of kids who all have well-off parents. Maybe every country is horrible for it.

Parents who are inconsistent - one day little Johnny is great for helping his little sister on the seesaw, the next day he gets scolded for doing exactly the same thing.