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Dear Parents
Feb 15, 2007 | 2:48 AM
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While shopping at a few stores yesterday, I realized that some parents may need to be reminded of a few things when their kids go to a store........


1. Keep an eye on him/her/them.

2. Workers in the store are not babysitters.

3. Shelves, stack outs and registers are not jungle gyms.

4. There is no running on floors known to be slick dry, let alone wet.

5. Pet Stores: Are not petting zoos.

6. Do not allow children to remove EVERY item from the shelf and then proceed to allow them to put the items ALL over the store making putting items back a jigsaw puzzle from hell for employees.

7. Carts are not items meant to be bashed into other carts, customers or store items.

8. There will be no hitting of each other, parents or other customers with rulers, posters or any other long tubular object.

9. No screaming, shouting or yelling. Inside voices only please!

10. Do not get angry at an employee for telling your child to walk when caught running in the store....they are trying to keep them from getting hurt.

11. Do not allow children to zoom around the store on roller shoes, it is VERY dangerous!

12. The store is not a substitute for exercise on a snow day.

13. People moving large items are not to be teased by kids dodging in and out of their ways.

14. Allowing your child to run free slamming into people is just plain rude. 

15. If an employee tells a child 'please do not climb on that' it is not an open invitation for the parent to complain to the manager about restricting your child's freedom. 

16. If your child/children cannot behave in a store, do not bring them. Customers and employees have better things to do than watch out for misbehaved kids.

As you can see, I had quite the adventure going to Giant Eagle, Petsmart, and Target yesterday once the weather broke  and EVERY school in the area was closed. . As a store customer and former retail worker, misbehaved kids make the day/job of everyone in the store even more difficult!


Just a little FYI and something to be aware of! I understand not all parents are like this...but the majority that were out yesterday were totally unaware of what their kids were doing..........Perhaps it is just isolated to my location where there seems to be a large number of unaware parents.....but again...just an FYI.

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butterflykisses427 read my blog view my photos
Feb 15, 2007 | 5:43 AM

Wow all those sound like common sense. If I acted like that in the store when I was a kid I would have been in BIG trouble.

The sad part is most parents think their kids can do no wrong. I work in child care and one of the biggest thing I had came across was when I had a child misbehave and I talked to their parents and they would believe their child over me. It was a wonderful thing when parents believe me over their child.

I read someone's blog who said they thought it was because we accept homosexuality is the reason kids misbehave. Which is crazy. If you notice through history how we discipline our kids is the reason. I was born in 82. I bet if I talked to someone who was born in 62 or 52 there would be a big difference in discipline style. Though my mom my mom disciplined me I bet someone 20 or 30 years older had a different discipline style
m-tru read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 5:46 AM

Obviously you have no children and would prefer not to be bothered by them...but if you were a retail worker around the public then I now know why you aren't anymore. Yes kids are very demanding...especially in a store but yet the law basically restrains a parent from smacking a hand for wiping a shelf off and now a days if someone see's you look at your kid the wrong way they call children services.America has made America this way because discipline is so restricted. Now they are trying to pass a law that prohibits you from spanking your child...so imagine how hard it is for the parents to raise their children!! Also remember that if the child is not yours you have no right to discipline or yell at them.Have your own...if it is truly a problem the child is causing then the manager should take action...not an aggitated employee.Remember after all...money spent on children accounts for 60% of sales. So on your comment of keep them home...that's just rude and would cost many people there jobs. Kids are our future. Learn to have patience and maybe get a babysitting job to realize what parents go thru everyday!!
m-tru read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 5:48 AM

butterfly kisses I was raised the same way with discipline...but it is almost illegal anymore. You did what you should have and talked to the parents...unfortunately there are some out there that just don't care...we will see them on the news one day for blowing a school up because they had no structure in there life.
FlyingChanges11 read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 5:49 AM

If I acted the way these kids were acting yesterday (and other days) my parents would have beaten my butt...but I was spanked maybe 5 times growing up and each time it was a severe violation of rules and after several warnings. I knew better and there were certainly repercussions for acting bad.....unlike now where it's okay to act like a rotten little monkey in a store. I was only born 2 years after you and trust me, there was discipline in our house! I remember being grounded for 2 weeks straight for fighting with my older brother over something stupid like the nintendo or something.

OH PLEASE...accepting homosexuality is not the problem! Parents who believe their little spawns of satan are the most fantastic things on the planet and don't need to be disciplined because they'll grow out of it is the problem!
FlyingChanges11 read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 5:53 AM

M-TRU: THANK GOD I don't have kids and I can't wait for the day I can be sterilized. I have no issues with kids so long as they are well behaved. There is NO EXCUSE for children to act like monsters. Parents need to take responsibilty for their children by teaching them right from wrong. As in it's wrong to run through a store like a demon. An employee has the right to 'nicely' ask a kid to get off an object or to stop running because it will be the store's fault for not being proactive when the little snot breaks his butt on the floor from falling.

Parents need to be responsible...bottom line. My parents NEVER let us behave like that in a store! NEVER!
FlyingChanges11 read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 5:58 AM

OH and M-TRU: I don't work in retail anymore because I have a very good job now....and the kids/parents had nothing to do with it. I liked my job on most days....I was NEVER rude to kids or their parents while on duty...I have more brains than that!
0ROARK read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 7:17 AM

I do have children. The list that FlyingChanges posted should be read by every parent who thinks their little darlings are above behaving. No I will not hesitate to snap at someone elses child in a store for being a snot! Here's one to add to the list small children take naps in the afternoon and should be in bed before 9pm not crying and whining at a store! Spare me!
FlyingChanges11 read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 7:32 AM

That's a good one, Roark!
girlscout read my blog view my photos
Feb 15, 2007 | 8:37 AM

AMEN!!! Some kids are brats and their parents just don't see it - hence the problem.
0ROARK read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 9:14 AM

To be fair anyones kid can go into brat orbit at any given moment! BUT!!! It is the parents responsibility to curb/stop this behavior in public. If my kids went into brat mode we immediately left the store. I never felt it was my "God given right" to inflict my children on others!
FlyingChanges11 read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 9:45 AM

I never felt it was my "God given right" to inflict my children on others!


THANKS for thinking of other people!
udderlyalady read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 12:19 PM

all most all power to discipline has been taken away from parents in public so we are left with unruly kids with harried parents who can not do anything about it. I am a parent and child care provider and have been in retail. parents need to stop being afraid of the law and their kids and discipline them responsibly, and I for one include a swat on the padded behind with that! that is what is wrong with most kids today, they are not allowed to be paddled, not abused, just given a swat. If you read the biographies about most successful business men and women they will tell you they were disciplined in that way and grew up to be great people, not abusers, or criminals.
use common sense, that is the problem, seems like today common sense has gone out the window.
oberlinmamaof2
Feb 15, 2007 | 1:58 PM

Give me a break! Do you all think kids can be well behaved all the time, no they can't!Don't go in public if you have this much to say about other people/children!May be you are all the ones with the issues!You can be a "responsible " parent and still have your children act up sometimes.
betrob read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 3:39 PM

I agree with FlyingChange11...If your kid is a brat(misbehaving, not listening, running around, whining, crying, screaming, etc.), they don't belong in public inflicting their tantrums upon everyone else. TAKE THEM HOME WHERE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO ACCEPT THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!! This type of behavior in public is unacceptable in my book. You chose to have children, now deal with the fact that you cannot always have it your way (shop or eat out whenever you wish). Children should be taught to behave at home and it WILL naturally flow over to their behavior in public. If they misbehave in public, you take them home and discipline them. It won't take very long for them to get the message! Children take a lot of time and they need consistency in discipline! And yes, I have real-life experience with this one....
GrtGzu read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 3:40 PM

To FlyingChanges:

Thank you for a most timely message....I'm printing this out to give to my manager when I get to work tomorrow morning...

I work at a garden center, and I have to tell you that I'm simply amazed at how oblivious many parents are as to what their children are doing while they shop at our store, especially when they're in another area far away from their kids....Allow me to share what I have seen some kids doing:

- They climb on top of the many bags of soil and other largely bagged products that are stacked on wooden pallets and jump around on them like they're trampolines...Once these bags are BROKEN, they can't be sold at full price..Some of these bags can be rather slippery due to the packaging, which can make these kids slip and fall on a very hard CONCRETE floor as well...If they are seriously injured, who do you think will be sought after for compensation for medical care?

- I caught 2 kids SPITTING on some gazing globes over in our houseplant section while I was doing the watering....Their parents were over on the OTHER side of this section completely unaware of their kids whereabouts, much less what they were doing....So instead of confronting the kids, I immediately went to my manager and let him know what was going on....Customers do NOT want to see globs of SPIT on product (if I were a customer I know I wouldn't either)....By the time he got over there, the kids had moved on to other "sights". Parents were still somewhere in "La-la-land".

- We had statuary fountains in which we pour chlorine bleach into the water to keep it free fro
FlyingChanges11 read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 6:44 PM

Give me a break! Do you all think kids can be well behaved all the time, no they can't!Don't go in public if you have this much to say about other people/children!May be you are all the ones with the issues!You can be a "responsible " parent and still have your children act up sometimes.



I'm not saying they have to be perfect ALL the time...but don't just stand there and ignore them breaking stuff and being totally out of control. If they are being that bad, you do need to leave to handle the situation better...or better yet, a trip to the bathroom never hurt anyone.
FlyingChanges11 read my blog
Feb 15, 2007 | 6:46 PM

Oh, and why should I not be allowed in public, oberlin? I should be punished for learning how to behave in public and not act like a little spawn of satan?! Control your kids!
gamer173 read my blog view my photos
Mar 3, 2007 | 12:55 PM

spoken like a true non-parent. everyone can do a better job when they dont have to. Please do not procreate.
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I am a college graduate from Cleveland State with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Law and Theory. I plan on attending Law School in the next year at the University of Akron. I plan to specialize in Policy Law.

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