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I remember when my Niece was younger and she was naughty and pushed my sister a little to far and she threatened to smack my Niece and she returned with phone in hand and said 'you lay one finger on me and I'm calling Childline!!' What the hell!! What has happened to the world when a child can threaten their parents with calling Childline/Social services when they are naughty and need to be punished!! I adore my sister, when she came to the same school high school as me (She is 3 yrs younger than me) if anyone started bullying me (I was badly bullied at school) my sister and her group of mates would go and give the person bullying me a good hiding! Even now we're Adults if anyone gives me a problem or upsets me she is on the phone to them giving them merry hell!! And yes she has always been a tuff parent any trouble from her kids they are grounded or loss the use of their laptop or handheld game for a fortnight. Even her dog is superbly behaved, she is amazing and I love her dearly.

Kids running around, or tearing around on roller blades or bicycles in Supermarkets and shopping centers!
I don't know how many times I've almost been knocked over by kids running, or rolling around and the mothers don't give a stuff what they're up to!
I was once in the bank and couldn't get to the teller when she called because a little boy was parked there on his little bicycle!
NO, not on!

I have to admit I have to agree with you Joel! It's so annoying when someone's child is running rampant and the parents have no control over them or just can't be bothered to watch them! Not only is it dangerous to that child but also dangerous to other people. That child if on scooter or bike could injure someone, if they are old or unsteady they could be injured badly! And I bet the parents wouldn't care a bit, but also the child could be hurt or even killed if near a road. If someone is willing to have a child it's their responsibility to care of that little human!!

You just reminded me of the time I almost got knocked down on the footpath by a kid on a bike, he was barreling toward me and yelled out, 'Get out of the way, I'm too scared to ride on the road!'
And a few years back, a Doctor was knocked over and killed by a kid on a bike as he stepped out of his front gate!
It's actually law here in Australia that kids aged 11 and under are allowed to ride on the footpath for THEIR safety, but it doesn't help innocent pedestrians!
It's okay for Postmen and Paper Delivery people, they're adults and they have a job to do (I used to do it myself) but kids these days have no sense and don't think of other people!
Something else that should be banned is people jogging with headsets on!
They run around in their own little world and don't watch where they are going!
I once saw a young woman almost get killed by a Garbage truck because she was 'plugged in' and ran straight in front of the truck without looking, if not for the drivers quick reflexes, she would have been wedged in his grill!

I agree with that totally Joel! People who run with earphones on in parks or on paths should have a sign on them with "lookout idiot in own world heading your way!!" Reports are saying the amount of accidents involving people wearing headphones is on the rise, 5% of the reports are for people being killed by people wearing headphones or hands-free headsets being distracted! In 2011 there where 117 accidents caused by pedestrians wearing headphones or hands-free headsets!!

There was actually a movie I once saw years ago, that had a "child catcher". I can't remember the name, but I seem to recall it was set in late 19th /early 20th century London? Was definitely England though. The children were put in a horse drawn wagon with bars (like the old prison wagon). As children, my parents didn't permit any of us to get out of line in public. We'd get "put back in line" straight away! The worst is sitting in a booth in a restaurant with some brat leaning or trying to crawl over the seat. My Dad had a quick remedy for that...make like you are yawning/stretching your arms and "accidentally" let your elbow find its way home. And when parents let their brats run amuck in Church...

I've always found that is only 'White Aussie' kids that play up in public, children of so called minorities are always well behaved, because it is a cultural thing and a matter of pride, the parents would be embarrassed and ashamed if their children misbehaved in public!
White Aussies have the idea that it's wrong to discipline children because it's 'bad for their psyche!'
Then they wonder why their kids grow up to be juvenile delinquents who mug other kids for their Nikes!?

@ Joelyb65.... My sister was one who didn't discipline her son because it was, as you put it "bad for their psyche". And as a result, he came within a hairs breadth of being sent to prison. At age 17 the Judge gave him a choice, Military or Prison. He chose the Military and made something of himself and disavowed his mother from that point on.

I was raised to have respect for other people, but being a quiet, shy kid, it was something that was automatic in me anyway!
My younger sister, who was the favorite, was raised differently and had much more freedom than I did, and as a result, she's a total Slag and she has raised her 2 daughters to be rude and disrespectful to adults! If I had spoken rudely to any adult, let alone an Uncle, the way those 2 little trolls speak to me, I would've gotten a belt around the ear!
But my parents think my sister is a wonderful mother and think her 2 little sprogs are total angels and won't hear a word against them!
I hate to think what their kids will be like!?

They aren't yours, so keep your doors locked around the holidays! That's when "relatives" generally show up...with their hand out. Been there before! Cheers!!!

My Parents disciplined me and when I was at Junior School was when they used the slipper and ruler as discipline for the last time! I never got it because I was a good girl! :blush: But my sister on the other hand was naughty all the time!! As for being at home, well yes we got punished there as well, if we where naughty we got smacked or hit with a slipper and we knew about it! And it didn't do me any harm! My Sister still does smack her kids if they are really bad but if they are just naughty they get grounded or sent to room and have their phones, laptops and pads removed for a few days or week. I believe it's done them some good as they are nice polite kids.

I saw something in the news yesterday that gave me something else that should be banned, 'Babies at concerts!'
Apparently a young couple were 'forced' to pay $100 for a ticket for their baby so they could take it to a concert!
Who in their right mind takes a baby to a concert?
It would scream and cry and ruin it for everyone else and the parents would probably cop abuse for it!
I've been to 3 concerts, and I can tell you now, that if there had been a screaming baby, I would NOT have been impressed!
That is just plain selfish, ignorant and disrespectful to the other concert goers, and let's face it, it would cost less than $100 to hire a babysitter for the night!?