At the pool, do you discipline other people's kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you see a kid misbehaving in the pool and mommy and/or daddy are too busy reading/gossiping/texting to control their own kid, do you say something? (And by misbehaving I mean squirting 2 year-olds in the face with those dumb, foam water guns, splashing toddlers, dunking your kid, etc.)

If so, what do you say and have you ever gotten a response from the kid's parent(s)?

Squirting at a pool is onet hing, dunking another. I have chastised a child for dunking his 3yo sister (i knew neither) ebcause it's a safety issue and I'm not going to watch a kid drown for fear of upsetting someone's sensibilities. With squirting water- chill out, it's a pool. Teach your kid to stand up for himself if he doesn't like being squirted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

self-righteous uptight parents of young toddlers are extremely annoying. Older kids have different energy levels and disrespecting their personhood in the way that above psycho-mom prides herself for doing is worse than the annoying behavior.

Translation
Inability to behave = different energy level

Discipline = disrespecting personhood

LOL - my kids are very well-behaved and I don't bring inappropriate toys to the pool like waterguns. That said, children are not monkeys, and when you are not able to get them to do what you want, grabbing their toys and throwing them over a fence or yelling at them turns you into the two-year-old. If the water gun really bothers you and you really can't get them to stop, then you need to work on your parenting skills.

I've been able to speak to older kids misbehaving in a way that got their attention and got them to leave me and my kids alone. I don't worry about what they are doing unless it is directly affecting me and my kids. I don't waste enough energy on it to feel the need to come to DCUM and tell everyone about how BAD those OLDER kids are and how I am such a badass for meting out discipline that their parents don't have the balls to mete out. Seriously - you got your applause, but I am sending you raspberries!

I don't remember saying anything about how bad these older kids were, or being a badass, or their parents' balls.

I think you have an axe to grind here.

This. Me thinks that the above poster (not the mom who threw the toy) has not properly parented her children at the pool and they got yelled at so now she is bitching about it and attacking people here.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to tell the lifeguard he is "disrespecting the personhood" of the next kid I see him blow a whistle at. Fucking dying here. Thanks for that one PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Twice now, I have, when kids were tormenting either my child or other very small kids with squirt guns or cannons. On one occasion I took a squirt gun and threw it over the baby pool fence. On another occasion I hollered STOP IT RIGHT NOW. The kid looked at me in a daze and then ran to his mother on the other side of the pool park. He then came back about ten minutes later and apologized to me. I assume after he told his mother what happened she took my side.

Hilarious! You are a child!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you see a kid misbehaving in the pool and mommy and/or daddy are too busy reading/gossiping/texting to control their own kid, do you say something? (And by misbehaving I mean squirting 2 year-olds in the face with those dumb, foam water guns, splashing toddlers, dunking your kid, etc.)

If so, what do you say and have you ever gotten a response from the kid's parent(s)?

Squirting at a pool is onet hing, dunking another. I have chastised a child for dunking his 3yo sister (i knew neither) ebcause it's a safety issue and I'm not going to watch a kid drown for fear of upsetting someone's sensibilities. With squirting water- chill out, it's a pool. Teach your kid to stand up for himself if he doesn't like being squirted.

I have a couple of special needs kids whose challenges aren't readily apparent. We are teaching them to stand up for themselves but it's not as simple as it seems to have been for you. Until my kids are able to do it for themselves, I'll do it for them. There are a lot more kids like mine than you think and even if they aren't I'm happy to model for them. I don't really care what you think of me or my kids but you can bet I'm not going to tolerate your brat squirting my kids or making their time at the pool unpleasant.

[Anonymous]

I'm with insane psycho mom. Good for you!!!

If their parents raised them correctly, they would not squirt people in the face and if they did and lost their "toys" they would understand it was just desserts.

Please come to my pool any time and deal with the rowdies who come in during adult swim and wreak havoc. And yes I have an older child and no she doesn't have different energy that causes her to harass other kids.

And no, we shouldn't expect to be squirted in the face at the pool.

Oh, and also -- adults don't have to tip-toe around a child's "personhood -- it' the children who need to learn to do the tiptoeing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:self-righteous uptight parents of young toddlers are extremely annoying. Older kids have different energy levels and disrespecting their personhood in the way that above psycho-mom prides herself for doing is worse than the annoying behavior.

This is hilarious. Where do you come up with this shit?

Btw, it's clear you have issues about disciplining your kids (or telling them how it's inappropriate for them to be in a baby pool at their age or even how to behave in a pool (I bet you tell them to use the pool as a toilet and have no problem if they are squirting/shooting random people, including young defenseless toddlers). That doesn't make us uptight parents. Just annoyed you aren't doing your job and we have to do it for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:self-righteous uptight parents of young toddlers are extremely annoying. Older kids have different energy levels and disrespecting their personhood in the way that above psycho-mom prides herself for doing is worse than the annoying behavior.

This is hilarious. Where do you come up with this shit?

Btw, it's clear you have issues about disciplining your kids (or telling them how it's inappropriate for them to be in a baby pool at their age or even how to behave in a pool (I bet you tell them to use the pool as a toilet and have no problem if they are squirting/shooting random people, including young defenseless toddlers). That doesn't make us uptight parents. Just annoyed you aren't doing your job and we have to do it for you.

Also, their "different energy levels" are why they should not be allowed in the baby pool. Point blank. The baby pool is not for anyone over like, 6. They can handle 10 minutes sitting in a chair during swim break. Sorry if that disrespects their personhood.

[Anonymous]

Just because so
Robe disagrees with throwing a child's toy over a fence doesn't mean they somehow have trouble disciplining their own kids. Logic fail.

[Anonymous]

Agree that there are few things as annoying - and hilarious - as a self-righteous toddler mom. They think they know everything. Wait until they see what parenting has in store for them in the years ahead!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just because so
Robe disagrees with throwing a child's toy over a fence doesn't mean they somehow have trouble disciplining their own kids. Logic fail.

Yes, those who oppose toy-hurling likely have a more effective, less childish way of disciplining than the sterling example set by psycho mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree that there are few things as annoying - and hilarious - as a self-righteous toddler mom. They think they know everything. Wait until they see what parenting has in store for them in the years ahead!

Also nothing more annoying than a BTDT mom who thinks every mom of a kid younger than hers is a huge twat who has nooooooooooooooooo idea what lies ahead of her!

[Anonymous]

Special needs kids need to have even more guidance. Don't use as an excuse for bad behavior, esp at a pool. I've had a run I with such a mom who told me to have more tolerance of her 8 year old with special needs who kept pouring buckets of water over my 4 month old's head in the baby pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Special needs kids need to have even more guidance. Don't use as an excuse for bad behavior, esp at a pool. I've had a run I with such a mom who told me to have more tolerance of her 8 year old with special needs who kept pouring buckets of water over my 4 month old's head in the baby pool.

Special needs are not cured by "guidance."

[Anonymous]

OP here, LOVE psycho mom! Good for you.

And, no, because my kid is in the baby pool I do not think they should "expect" to be squirted in the face with a water gun from a 3 inch range. That is disrespectul and annoying. Your kids must be awesome.