Fidgety people

Was sleeping on my way home after work today and half way into the journey, a woman got on with a girl around 2 yrs old, and a boy around 6 years old.

They comfortably occupied the two seats to my left, as I was in my favourite seat in the bus.

I can never understand some parents, how they can bring their children out but not control the little brats. I've seen repeatedly children screaming in the public, and dash around like some wild animals or bawl nonstop.

But of course I am not in favour of bashing kids in public. I always tell myself next time when I had kids, if they are going to be a public nuisance I will not box them there and then, but probably told him/her "you either keep quiet, or that is one caning when we reach home."

Wanxin once commented that this way would not work, because by the time we reached home I would have forgive the child. So I felt quite foolish that I even think about this method.

Until I saw my cousin teaching nicholas. The way my cousin, and her husband, take care and teach nic has always make me feel that is really the correct way.

The two of them really bu shou ruan when they need to beat nic when he is being too inobedient. They will cane, beat, scold, etc etc etc. But when nic is good and nice, they are super mushy, cuddling together and all.

Once, when nic and the rest came over, he was being naughty again as he always is, and sis (how I call my cousin by) verbally warned him a few times, but he continue to be a nuisance.

She just lowered her voice, and said "Nic, you go on to do that, go home you will know."

Nicholas immediately dropped whatever he was doing, and sat down meekly.

I know for sure that previously such incidence must had occured before and nic refused to heed warnings and was giving a thorough scolding/caning when he got home. That is why this time round it is so effective.

So I began to think, it may not be a matter of how children on a whole are naughty and forgetful of how they had been naughty, nor a matter of how parents get over the anger or shame of their child acting a brat in public. More rather, it is how, being parents, they must know they have responsibilities to take care and control their child, and not let their child behave like an unruly animal.

Back to the topic, the mother just let the two children scream, and fidget and climb around the bus. It would be highly amusing to watch if the two children didnt manage to kick me everytime they thought of a new stunt.

And I thought I was just being unforgiving because they woke me up from my slumber, and I proceed to stare at the bunch out of a corner of my eye in disgust.

Finally the two children spared me and went to harass another sleeping passenger. A male student from SAJC was peacefully sleeping, unaware to the animals.

That is, until they went to sit beside him and kicked him until he woke up. He began to stare at the bunch with hatred in his eyes and the mother quickly scoop the children back to their original seats (beside me) and the began to kick me all over again.

Another bewildering thing this mother did was to place the little girl seated with the pole between her legs, like ask the child to giap and hug the pole like that.

Which is stupid, because the little girl successfully knock her forehead into the pole a few times, and began to wail. I shouldnt be saying this of a child, but still, luckily she is wearing thick pampers, or she is going to be scarred le wor. Haha.