Was I out of line at the grocery store with a shrieking toddler?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You sound crazy OP to yell at a toddler.

She didn't yell. And what she said is perfectly acceptable.

She indicated that she yelled:
1. OP used exclamation points
2. Toddler heard OP over her shreiks
3. OP's loud voice caused toddler to cry

You are making shit up. Stop. She never said she yelled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You sound crazy OP to yell at a toddler.

She didn't yell. And what she said is perfectly acceptable.

She indicated that she yelled:
1. OP used exclamation points
2. Toddler heard OP over her shreiks
3. OP's loud voice caused toddler to cry

3. Toddler being corrected for the first time in her life on behavior caused her to cry.

FTFY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You sound crazy OP to yell at a toddler.

She didn't yell. And what she said is perfectly acceptable.

She indicated that she yelled:
1. OP used exclamation points
2. Toddler heard OP over her shreiks
3. OP's loud voice caused toddler to cry

3. Toddler being corrected for the first time in her life on behavior caused her to cry.

FTFY

Exactly. Good for OP.

[Anonymous]

I get it but if mom was actively encouraging the kid, you know mom's not following social norms already. In general, engaging with crazy isn't a good idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get it but if mom was actively encouraging the kid, you know mom's not following social norms already. In general, engaging with crazy isn't a good idea.

LOL +1
She was probably headed over to the hot bar to feed her kid free premium chicken nuggets...

[Anonymous]

Kids cry all the time about everything. I'd much rather listen to crying than shrieking, so problem was solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While in theory you were not wrong, I would not interfere with a child whose parent is present and not harming the child.

Present like has a pulse? If mom doesn't do her job sometimes other people have to. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Good for you! You were the hero of the store.

Some parents think everything their kids do is adorable, including shrieking, yelling, hitting, running around and knocking things over at the store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for you! You were the hero of the store.

Some parents think everything their kids do is adorable, including shrieking, yelling, hitting, running around and knocking things over at the store.

Right. A little bit of public shaming is good for those people.

[Anonymous]

That type of shrieking can make a person lose their hearing if it's close by. I avoid it at all costs. There's no reason for that unless they are wounded or being kidnapped.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you a parent? D you feel like you’re out of your depth, interacting with a toddler? Just wondering why this is affecting you so deeply and making you have second thoughts about the interaction. Are you more disconcerted about the child’s bursting into tears or the mom telling you you’re rude?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You sound crazy OP to yell at a toddler.

She didn't yell. And what she said is perfectly acceptable.

She indicated that she yelled:
1. OP used exclamation points
2. Toddler heard OP over her shreiks
3. OP's loud voice caused toddler to cry

3. Toddler being corrected for the first time in her life on behavior caused her to cry.

FTFY

+1

Case in point: The toddler stopped shrieking after realizing the effect it had on others. What OP did is how you teach kids how their actions affect other people.

[Anonymous]

+1 for Team OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for you! You were the hero of the store.

Some parents think everything their kids do is adorable, including shrieking, yelling, hitting, running around and knocking things over at the store.

Right. A little bit of public shaming is good for those people.

Yes! This is why parenting is so lonely and hard these days. It’s everyone’s job to raise the next generation. American individualism is wrong on this one.

[Anonymous]

So many of you cry that “it takes a village!”, but you don’t like it when the village steps in.

You only think it takes a village when it comes to babysitting your kids lol. This is what a village does, it steps in to correct kids when they are out of line.