Brats at Olympic Dressage

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Why bother taking kids to Olympic Dressage when they have ZERO interest and are going to be (WERE) bored after the TEST RIDER!!!:rolleyes:

Now I'm not taking about all children the ones sat infront of me were a similar age, beautifully behaved and absolutely delightful (despite having brat No1 kicking the back of their chairs through the whole 1st and most of the 2nd session).

I had the displeasure of sitting next to brat No1 as the 'RESPONSIBLE ADULTS' (ha fooking ha), with the brats had placed brat No2 between brat 1 and them.:(

Brat 1 irritated all around and was asked REPEATEDLY (as were the adults with) by those infront/behind and beside to Shhhhh and sit still (constantly kicking, dropping drink/camera/food, standing up letting the chair bang, whistling and generally being a PITA:eek:).

Thankfully they left just before the rain and gave us all some peace and quiet and the chance to totally enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity (one can only assume the rain then sent them running home).:D
 
I am allergic to brats. I actually have a medical band which allows me to justify my erratic behaviour when I am within earshot. Do you want one? I can send one first class?
 
I'm sure I heard some kid/ baby crying during one of the two tests I watched online - please don't let there be one next Thursday!
 
Oh God, that sounds just like my kids used to behave on planes, in theatres, basically anywhere they could show me up. They were a nightmare.
 
Oh yes there was a grizzler a block across from us, but at least the parents took it out as soon as they could (end of test so as not to be moving during a test).
 
God how did you manage :mad: I would want to kill :eek: and from your post said parents just let bratling get away with it :confused: So glad not me, might be behind bars now if I was there :D Hope it did not spoil your day too much x
 
tallyho! said:
I am allergic to brats. I actually have a medical band which allows me to justify my erratic behaviour when I am within earshot. Do you want one? I can send one first class?
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Oh please, lucky they left when they did as I was at the point of wondering if threatening to kick the brat back if it kicked me again was going a step too far ..........;)

IMD my polite request and that from the people in front had already fallen on deaf ears.
 
Urg, I was sitting near some like that at Olympia. They had no interest in the jumping (or Santa! How dare they!) so why their parents took them, I have no idea. (Apparently they were like that last year as well :S)
All I could hear throughout was "Mum, when can we go look around the shops? I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, I need the loo! When is someone going to fall off? I bet they'll knock that pole! Boring! Why is no one falling off? I'm hungry! Can I buy something from the shops..." etc etc..

It really ruined my day :( it was SO loud too, I bet the horses/riders could hear them. They were practically shouting.
 
When my kids were young I didn't care if they were bored. They would behave or wind with a carefully aimed smack. My youngest misbehaved once in a public place and his father whispered in his ear. He sat bolt upright and never moved or murmured until he was told he could. I think he was threatened with me!!!

Leather 'em!! That's what I say!!!
 
That is why I hate going to the cinema.Kids kicking the back of my seat sends me into an irrational rage.The last time we went we sat behind one with a mother who kept threatening to take the seat kicker out in an ineffectual way,but didn't actually follow through with her threat.

I've got 2 children under 9 and no way would they ever dream of behaving so badly and if they did,they'd be removed straight away and they know I'd do it too.

I'm sorry your day was marred.People should try a little consideration for others.
 
Not good enough. It shows no manners, no consideration but is a highlight to the me me me society many kids have grown up in.

Credit to all parents who have raised well behaved kids. If I have some that are less than considerate, they will stay home until they can learn to think of others.

I think on a plane, a long haul flight, it is acceptable. I cannot imagine anything worse for children. It's he'll for me, nevermind them so I have full sympathy. I have even helped a distressed mother take a break from her baby on a flight.

Kids in public places though is different. Tantrums in supermarkets makes me want to scream too!
 
Suelin said:
When my kids were young I didn't care if they were bored. They would behave or wind with a carefully aimed smack. My youngest misbehaved once in a public place and his father whispered in his ear. He sat bolt upright and never moved or murmured until he was told he could. I think he was threatened with me!!!

Leather 'em!! That's what I say!!![/QUOT

Sniggers :D:D:D
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tallyho! said:
Not good enough. It shows no manners, no consideration but is a highlight to the me me me society many kids have grown up in.

Credit to all parents who have raised well behaved kids. If I have some that are less than considerate, they will stay home until they can learn to think of others.

I think on a plane, a long haul flight, it is acceptable. I cannot imagine anything worse for children. It's he'll for me, nevermind them so I have full sympathy. I have even helped a distressed mother take a break from her baby on a flight.

Kids in public places though is different. Tantrums in supermarkets makes me want to scream too!
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I see so many poorly behaved kids at work (Co-Op). They stuff them with sweets to shut them up, it's terrible! There's about 5 parents that I recognise because of their poor parenting, their kids are going to be ruined. One of them even asked ME to discipline her child!
I agree with your point about flying. My brother has to be sedated to fly. He's in his late 30's.
 
I too cannot tolerate badly behaved children in public places, especially those that other people have paid to go to. Kicking chairs is one of my least favourite activites by these children, as you have not just the noise but the vibration as well :( As for the adults sitting together with the children to one side, that is the hight of rudeness, no wonder the children can't behave :eek:
 
Yesterday it was my son's birthday. He was 11. He wanted to go to the Harvester for his birthday dinner and when we got there it was a half hour wait for the table. My mother (80) my son and I sat and watched the football as GB were playing. A couple aged about 50/60 and their son aged about 25 decided to sit down in the same area. They pulled thier chairs up in front of us, directly in front of my son, and sat down. He was therefore not able to see the screen. They didn't even clock that they were being rude and thoughtless. My son didn't say a word, just asked me if I could move my chair to one side so that he could move his own chair so he could see the screen. He wasn't even surprised at the behaviour of the other people.

My son had held the door open for a family when we arrived at the restaurant. They didn't even bother to say thank you to him.

If adults behave in this way towards children, how do you expect children to behave?

I am sure you were cross with the behaviour. I would have been as well. But to those of you who say you are child hating and call them brats, shame on you. I know far more adults who are obnoxious and badly behaved than children. Treat children properly and perhaps they will learn from that. Treat them as brats or animals and that is what they wll become.

Children need to learn how to behave. The adults I came across last night ought to be aware of what is acceptable behaviour. Clearly they are not. Yet, as they are adults, they seem to get away with it.
 
I think Brat 1 & 2 were expecting to see eventing as kept asking when was the queens grand-daughter was riding and when was the jumping..............LMFAO you should have seen the death stares from the mother and friend when the ladies behind the brats helpfully informed them that they were at the wrong event, so would not be seeing Zara or any jumping.:D

This resulted in all around to loudly declare that we all wished they had gone to the eventing instead.;)
 
'Tis how they are brought up these days, sadly. I blame the parents.

I was at an event where the trade stands pulled down at 5 and the music festival bit carried on. I was trying to box up stock then take a fold up gazebo down single handed, perfectly do-able and done loads of times before, but these wretched kids kept running THROUGH my gazebo while I was trying to do so. Having told them politely about 4 or 5 times not to do this and that shortly it would get dangerous as I was taking the gazebo down, I finally bawled at the eldest ringleader and told her to clear off and why. I didn't swear, I was polite, just quite loud and a bit angry.

However this was the wrong thing to do. Mother parent came storming over f'ing and blinding how dare I tell her precious kid off. When I pointed out if was for kids own safety as she'd ignored my warnings, I got another barrage of abuse and told 'bet you don't have kids, you wouldn't like them to be shouted at like that'

Took great delight in explaining yes I did have a child of same age and if MY child came back whining that she'd been shouted at I'd be asking WHY and what had she done to upset the person doing the shouting, and then she'd have duly got told off for being a dangerous nuisance to others, and that I certainly would not be wasting my breath complaning where my child had been a danger to herself and others. I also told her I was quite sure had she been injured that she'd have been the first to be blamed for not supervising her own child properly.

It did work, didn't get any more trouble from the kids, they stayed well clear.
 
FMM said:
I am sure you were cross with the behavior.
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Yes I was, however I don't believe good behavior should go unrecognized, so also told the children in front who had also been affected by the brats behavior, how beautifully I thought they had behaved and that they were a credit to their parents.
 
tallyho! said:
I am allergic to brats. I actually have a medical band which allows me to justify my erratic behaviour when I am within earshot. Do you want one? I can send one first class?
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I want one of those :D

I hate badly behaved brats with a vengeance. There were plenty at the eventing dressage at the weekend who would have incurred my wrath if I had felt inclined to risk upsetting the horses :mad:

It's such a shame for the cracking kids you meet who are tarred with the same brush though.
 
R.A.H said:
I agree with FMM
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Nobody was impolite to said brats (despite much provocation), non of us should have even had to ask said brats to sit still and be quiet. Howevr the only time the mother showed any concern was when brat dropped the camera and was stretching her sunglasses.:rolleyes:

LOL you can't really expect strangers to correct someone elses bad/poor parenting on a day out surely??:confused:
 
Slightly different topic, but I had a similar experience with adults. I went to see a Monty Roberts demo, and two adults were sat behind me slagging him off the while time, I was about 14 at the time and was really excited as I had read his books and was to see what it was like in real life. They spent the next hour or so saying loudly how he was a nasty man and was bullying the horse into submission. Each is entitled to their own opinion, but these woman would have paid for their tickets. I just didn't understand. Although I was a well.behaved child, who wouldn't have said anything to two adults, you can probably imagine my thoughts. :p
Unfortunately it is not only children who aren't perfectly behaved.
(sorry it is a bit off topic)
 
I was thinking about kids in public today after reading an article about how Britain was very "anti-kid" and perhaps we are, but if we are I think the parents who allow their children to think they're the centre of the world and that everything is for their amusement and comfort are to blame.
 
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