Crackdown on screaming children by Dee Why Grand shopping centre

[azureline**]

NOISY children have been banned from a Sydney shopping centre in a move that one parenting expert says reflects society's growing intolerance.

The Dee Why Grand on Sydney's northern beaches, which claims to cater for young families, has introduced its new policy following complaints about out-of-control children.

The notice from centre management reads: "Stop. Parents please be considerate of other customers using the food court. Screaming children will not be tolerated in the centre."

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/crackdown-on-screaming-children-by-dee-why-grand-shopping...

I wonder how far this will be taken? or is it not going to be enforced and the sign is just an attempt at placating shoppers?

[cat_mioux]

The subject is about uncontrolled child behaviour  WHICH INCLUDES running around tables, up and down corridors, out in front of  people AND UNCONTROLLED SCREAMING whilst BEING IGNORED by THEIR PARENTS.

OMG now I'm doing it myself. AAARGGH.

Amen!

Children need to be supervised. And that involves not ignoring their screaming and running amok and ruining the situation for other people.

If my kids screamed and ran amok in a public place (very rare because I taught them how to be well behaved) I would remove them from the scene. Lesson learned.

My kids have grown up to be well adjusted adults with great manners. They certainly know how to have fun but they do so without disrespecting others.

Some kids have the attitude of "oh a public place, lets go nuts" and the parents seem oblivious.

[daydream**believer]

Our Westfield has a playground for little kids. It is set up next to a small cafe on the ground floor

It is far away from the food court, which is on the top floor.

Its is perfect because anyone who goes to the cafe next to the play area knows there will be kids playing there, that there will be kid noises, and accepts that.

[pct001wine]

This'll fix 'em :

A sign asking children not to scream was put up before Christmas but, after more complaints, the strongly worded sign went up last week.

Putting up a sign does not a policy make.

If you are the sort of parent/care-giver that allows your child/care-receiver(*) to run amok, then sure as eggs a lousy sign ain't going to make you sit up and take notice. 

[pct001wine]

care-receiver, the obvious name for a person under the guidance of a care-giver 😛

[the_hawk*]

This'll fix 'em :

A sign asking children not to scream was put up before Christmas but, after more complaints, the strongly worded sign went up last week.

Putting up a sign does not a policy make.

If you are the sort of parent/care-giver that allows your child/care-receiver(*) to run amok, then sure as eggs a lousy sign ain't going to make you sit up and take notice. 

no it wont but I imagine when security come up and suggest they leave if they cant control their kids I am sure they will get it then

[daydream**believer]

OMG imagine the backlash for thae centre if they ask a woman with kids to leave.

Think back to the lady breastfeeding at a pool.

I dont think the center will want that kind of publicity.

[*queen.kong*]

Slightly off-topic but we were at a buffet restaurant recently where there were two children brothers by the looks of it (and not toddlers they were both aged at least 7 years old and older) and they were CRYING and MOANING and WHINING and WHINGING at their parents who really made no attempt to placate or quiet them down.

That really disrupted our meal out as well as for the other diners who were throwing daggers with their eyes at these two brats, whilst the parents looked sheepish.

Now...do you think we should have put up with that carry-on?  The staff did or said NOTHING to the parents which was appalling.

We did not pay over $100 for our meal  that night to listen to these little ferals throwing tanties.

[*pepe]

maybe you should have taken DDB with you and she could have sorted them out with a well timed swear word or two

[daydream**believer]

kong- no. You should of said something to the staff and then they should have said something. 

But, in saying that, you were at a restaurant, not at a shopping center food court

[*queen.kong*]

kong- no. You should of said something to the staff and then they should have said something. 

But, in saying that, you were at a restaurant, not at a shopping center food court

It really dosent matter where a person is eating, if there are kids behaving badly, then why should anybody have to put up with that?

I dont think you can help it if its a baby or toddler, there can be heaps of reasons why they are crying teething, need changing, hungry - that's understandable.

But if its an older child, then their feral behaviour should not have to be tolerated by any person in the foodcourt .