Parents who let their kids use screens in public without headphones

[Anonymous]

Seriously, what is your thought process? That the other adults in the waiting room are delighted to sit through your child’s episode of Paw Patrol? That we want to hear audio for Frozen again?

I don’t give a crap if your kid uses screens. But put some damn headphones on them.

(And it’s slways little kids. School age kids either wear headphones or play games with the sound off).

[Anonymous]

True. It IS annoying, especially when they are in my place of employment. There are plenty of inexpensive kid-size on-ear headphones available for reasonable cost, I don't really know why they haven't caught on.

[Anonymous]

There is no thought process. They're so use to the noise in the background that they don't realize it's a nuisance. Even my sister has let her DD use her phone with the sound on in our place of worship. Sure other people are chatting during the sermon but that doesn't excuse you!

[Anonymous]

I hate this too!! I see/hear it all the time and it drives me crazy.

[Anonymous]

YESSSS.
I have been known to ask them to turn it down. Nicely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, what is your thought process? That the other adults in the waiting room are delighted to sit through your child’s episode of Paw Patrol? That we want to hear audio for Frozen again?

I don’t give a crap if your kid uses screens. But put some damn headphones on them.

(And it’s slways little kids. School age kids either wear headphones or play games with the sound off).

That's because the little ones whine if they can't hear paw patrol. Parent failed to bring headphones, or larla doesn't like to wear them. And parent doesn't want to hear the whining.

[Anonymous]

It’s called lazy parenting.

[Anonymous]

I'm getting my MS and another student brought her five year old and let her watch a cartoon for the duration of our class. Which only meets once a month and is otherwise online, and the professor is difficult to reach. No one said anything.

[Anonymous]

Well, I do let my kids use screens in public without headphones. But volume must be off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I do let my kids use screens in public without headphones. But volume must be off.

Posted mid-reply - the remainder is that I feel like if the headphones on (with volume), they’d be oblivious to the world.

[Anonymous]

It's not just little kids anymore. I now see adults constantly on their devices in public with no headphones. In one recent week, had this happen on airplane, at a restaurant and even at my local nail salon.

[Anonymous]

The parent must be the woman in the locker room at my gym who always puts her music on speaker so everyone can hear it over the noise of the shower.

[Anonymous]

I do this and I don’t care. It’s not that big of a deal.

[Anonymous]

The worst is when the kid who's 8 is watching inappropriate shows in the table next to us, and my 3 year old is watching and it's so loud he and I can't ignore it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do this and I don’t care. It’s not that big of a deal.

Yes, it is. If you are in place of business, the clients and employees need to be able to hear each other without shouting over your kids' videos and games. It is rude AF in a restaurant, office, store, etc. Do what you want outdoors or on the bus, but cut it off when you come inside.