You know what really grinds my gears?

[Eamonnca1]

I blame their parents

[No wides]

I blame their parents

The very parents you are visiting. 

[No wides]

Did you not get that hug yet? Hug anyone, it doesn't have to be some woolie leftie liberal or a gay fella! All you gotta do is lift those knuckles off the ground, open your arms and embrace....easy! You'll feel a lot better

So, like the Irishman in the US of A you think it is OK to treat children with contempt, good man - hopefully all you continue to hug is your ego.

[Orior]

I grew up in an era when children were to be seen and not heard. Any answering back to parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles would have been met with a sharp rebuttal and some kind of punishment.

What it taught me was respect for my elders, which was no bad thing at all.

[Eamonnca1]

Yup. In my day you had to turn the TV off and come to the table for your dinner. You ate what was put in front of you and you had to be respectful. When adults were talking you kept quiet.

Nowadays kids have a screen with them wherever they go and they feel entitled to be entertained every waking second. They feel entitled to be the centre of all attention constantly and they don't have to pick their toys up when they're done with them.

[seafoid]

Kids still have to eat at a table and be polite.

[armaghniac]

What it taught me was respect for my elders, which was no bad thing at all.

Especially as you are in the elder category!

[Eamonnca1]

I ran a 10k race on Thanksgiving and there was a fella running along pushing a pram. The child in the pram had a tablet computer with her. Like running through the streets on such a beautiful morning wasn't entertained enough, she had to have a screen in front of her face the whole time. And don't get me started on the minivans with their DVD entertainment system in the back seat. In my day you made conversation or read a comic or a book or found some way to amuse yourself. We did tally marks to count different makes or models of cars, I'd count different brands of petrol station along the way. Anything to pass a bit of time and make it a bit more interesting.

[ziggysego]

You are a guest in the family home. Guess what? There's a family there.

[Eamonnca1]

There was a family there in my day too.

[Milltown Row2]

Kids change with every generation! You've just got to be adaptable, down time with tablets is a must but ya can't complain about kids using them after buying them and also being on them yourself for an age, monkey sees monkey does!!!

If they show no respect then they learn that from their parents!

[ONeill]

I ran a 10k race on Thanksgiving and there was a fella running along pushing a pram. The child in the pram had a tablet computer with her. Like running through the streets on such a beautiful morning wasn't entertained enough, she had to have a screen in front of her face the whole time. And don't get me started on the minivans with their DVD entertainment system in the back seat. In my day you made conversation or read a comic or a book or found some way to amuse yourself. We did tally marks to count different makes or models of cars, I'd count different brands of petrol station along the way. Anything to pass a bit of time and make it a bit more interesting.

I can't believe a child in a rickety pram can't appreciate the beauty of the countryside for 6 miles.

[Eamonnca1]

Bloody parents

[StGallsGAA]

I ran a 10k race on Thanksgiving and there was a fella running along pushing a pram. The child in the pram had a tablet computer with her. Like running through the streets on such a beautiful morning wasn't entertained enough, she had to have a screen in front of her face the whole time. And don't get me started on the minivans with their DVD entertainment system in the back seat. In my day you made conversation or read a comic or a book or found some way to amuse yourself. We did tally marks to count different makes or models of cars, I'd count different brands of petrol station along the way. Anything to pass a bit of time and make it a bit more interesting.

I can't believe a child in a rickety pram can't appreciate the beauty of the countryside for 6 miles.

That's perambulator aged kids these days for you ! 

[lurganblue]

Standing in the queue for the hole in the wall.  Bastid in front walks away but fails to tell you that there is no money left in the thing.  You suspect this is the case as they dont take money themselves but of course you have to try yourself as they could have just been checking their balance.