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Pascha
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Pascha asked in Pregnancy & ParentingParenting · 9 years ago

Is it okay to tell a parent their child is rude?

Or will that only result in a rude response from the parent these days?

I notice increasingly that when some children are rude their parents are okay with that. For example, today I was carrying something heavy on a narrow path and a girl about 8 years old came running at me from the opposite direction. There was no room to step aside, so I had to step back about 3 or 4 feet to let her pass. The father watched this and only told the girl she should have said "excuse me." "Excuse me" when the kid forced me off the path? That's about the same as saying get out of my way or I'll run right into you. I said nothing but thought that the father was a real jerk.

What would you have done?

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  • 9 years ago
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    I wouldn't have moved.....a good learning experience for her, when she bounced off me. :o)

    I am not sure why people are afraid to give directions to someone else's child. You could have warned her to slow down, or asked her to let you through first.

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  • 9 years ago

    I'm not a parent but coming from a teenager's point of view, I would've just left it alone. I mean why cause the trouble of having an argument with someone when you could be doing something else. You should just raise your children like the opposite of that. Tell your children this story one day and how it affected you so they would know better than to just force someone to move out of the way. :)

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    The father was letting the daughter know she SHOULD HAVE said excuse me. Little kids don't know any better. Hopefully the parents teach them right and wrong. But if they are being extremely rude like saying rude things or harming you then yes tell the parent they're rude.

  • 5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    he prob doesn't want to seemtoo harsh but he should have saidmore. kids can be kids. they dont know what is rude and what isn't im not saying they are cluelesas or stupid but they aren't really thinking about it. when kids are younger and selfish they aren't thinking of others. they don't klnow they are doing that but never thell a parent how to parent. it's wrong from their perspective. evern if they need to be told it chances are they wont be happy with you! so dont and play it safe.

  • Selar
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Yeah well the apple NEVER falls too far from the tree. Have rude parents, must have rude children. It is rude unto itself to tell someone else they are rude or their kids are rude. Being around kids everyday, I see some of the rudest, piggish, brats. I absolutley cannot believe it.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    hell yes kids or no kids they should have manners and its their parents job to teach them. if someones kid is rude to me i politely tell them depending on their age. shes eight she knows right from wrong and should have manners by now. in your case dont wrry abut it. cus he father tld her the right thing to do next time.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Say something if you don't care or aren't afraid of what the parent will do and/or say back.

    Source(s): Common sense.
  • Grin
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    At least he corrected her. Maybe not the best thing he could have done, but he intervened somewhat.

  • 9 years ago

    yes

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