10-29-2022, 11:48 PM
testcase wrote:
"Re: Halloween ettiquite: Am I becoming a grumpy person?"
You may or may not be a grumpy person BUT, there are MANY entitled kids with little if any proper supervision and upbringing and that certainly is NOT your fault. For very young children, such behavior might get a pass as they're still learning. From about eight years of age and up, they should have received at least basic instructions as to how the act when they are out, regardless of the event (with appropriate corrective action when necessary). You were attending a planned event. it was the parents' responsibility to properly prepare their offspring and obviously, many failed.
Yeah, typically younger kids, say 2nd grade or below, is where I expect non parented behaviors to happen. The kids that raised my eyebrows were 3rd grade and older and not special needs kids. It was a community event where I know the families. That's probably what added to the disappointment because I am acquaintances of the parents that I perceived to be responsible people.