I laughed as I sat here and read that, but 100% completely agree with you! Everytime I walk by that aisle in Walmart, its filled with kids mostly under the age of 10, with not a parent in sight. I don't get it?! I have 3 children, 7 and younger, and they always want to go play the game demos; I cock my eyebrow at them with the look of "are you crazy"? I tell them that we have a ps2 at home..play that! The main thing that concerns me is if one of these kids were to get snatched up by someone, and mom and dad never know until they go back for them. Heck, all the kidnapper would have to do is tell the kid they will buy a game for them. Parents need to pay more attention to their kids and keep them with them while their shopping and if their little spoiled rotten pain in the butt brats, then find a babysitter to watch them. Cause another thing that I cant stand to see (hear) is a kid over the age of 3 pitching a royal fit and screaming to top of their lungs in the middle of a store, restaurant, etc. I promise parents, we wont call DFACS on you if you bust their butt right there! Or take 'em to a bathroom or something, just dont let them sit there and scream.
Thank you for posting the above blog, cause it also gave me a chance to let that off my chest. As you said above..some people...

Why on earth do I hear horror stories of Wal-Mart shopping? It's a white noise experience in (for lack of a better word) "shopping". I can't imagine why anyone would go there on a regular basis. If you want to see the lowest in human behavior, go to your local Wal-Mart and expect to see everything that annoys you.

"Kudos to him for walking away and depriving Wal-Mart of a video game sale. I wish Hunter would've handled that situation with as much grace as the girl did so that we could've walked away as well."

You could have walked away. Parents are allowed to "just say no" to their kids. Wal Mart isn't the only place that sells video games, so you had the option of taking your business elsewhere rather than endure the ferral brats of Wal Mart.

I think there is a simple solution to this issue...

Everyone who has been in a Wal Mart has seen those TV monitors that are in every department. I believe they should be doubled in number, so that wherever you are in the store, you can see one. Then, because it is the *Electronics* department, there all those video cameras on display...

Point all of the cameras on this section of the store, and feed that video signal into all those TV monitors. Every parent in the entire store, as well as every employee, every manager, and everyone else can see these ill-reared little hooligans showing their worst.

If these parents (who most likely should never have been allowed to multiply in the first place) knew that everyone could see their little demons, they might be shamed into doing something about it.

It is worth a try.

not only point the cameras at the unruly kids, but put a microphone in the face of the most unruly one.
"Hi, there. What's your name?"
"Billy."
"How old are you?"
"five."
"Billy, who's your mama?"
"Sarah Wilson."
"Is your mom in the store with you today?"
"Yep."
"She's not here, where is she?"
"Getting some potato chips and toilet paper."
"And she just dropped you off here to run wild?"
"Yep."

Public humiliation used to be a good deterrent - remember the stockade in the center of town? Unfortunately, Wal-mart would never embarass its customers for fear that they would not return. Then again, most of the parents would probably not be embarassed by this. That's the shame.

Bravo for the author of this article!!

I have kids and they are not to "do as they please" in ANY section of Walmart stores. I agree that I have seen more brats in my day, but as you said, there are no parents around. Sometimes I do speak my mind and offend some people (but on rare occasions only and with a clear viewpoint).

I would think that if they placed a Sheriff office in that building for a reason, there would be a cop around. Nope, none of those either. WOW! Well, if there is no video or camera that would do the trick, then why expect a parent to react? They can get away with child neglect cause nobody reports it to a supervisor or manager, no cops around, and low and behold, the brats can even vandelize items and walk away.

I have even seen a woman open a bottle of soda before paying for it and my daughter who was only 7 asked me why this lady did that. She asked me if that was stealing. I told her that it is stealing something if you didn't pay for it. The lady heard me (cause I told my child that it is wrong to do things like that as you never know if you have enough money on hand or if you would end up short changed. You have all been there, where you are in line thinking you have the right amount of money and find that the tax on the items seem to short change you) and immediately paid for the item. Gee, did I give her a conscience??
I agree that you should have walked away from the electronic section with boy in tow and come at another time or make some kind of complaint to the manager of the store.

I understand that it was a Birthday gift, but family values are a lesson that kids keep forever. Would you really want your kid to learn that it is ok to "act like a demon child" when there are no parents around, or would you want your kid to act like a parent is there even when there isn't? One day this will be the difference between who grows up and gets more rewards and satisfaction and who's kid will end up in jail for something stupid.

Kudos to everyone here who understands how to keep their children in check!!! I have a fifteen year old son who practically grew up shopping at Wal-Mart....but NEVER alone! Always with an adult who knew how to keep him under control. Hell, he was raised right to start with. I never had those kinds of problems.

He had the perfect solution. Charge each and every parent who leaves their child/children ANYWHERE without supervision with criminal abandonment, cruelty to children, neglect, and anything else the law and Wal-Mart can come up with.

I say and so does mt son that enough is enough!! We don't even go into the electronics department of any Wal-Mart we shop in. It is almost like taking your like in your hands to do so!

The real outrage should not be directed at Wal-mart, but rather the parents of these "brats" who leave them unattended while they go off and do their shopping. If the children were all under 10, they should have been with their parents or another adult or older sibling.

What you want to bet that if one of these kids were kidnapped by some pervert.. the parents would want to sue Wal-Mart? My outrage for Wal-Mart is reserved for the fact that they thousands of American jobs to China, not this.

WOW! My husband and I sat her reading this agreeing with every word!!! KUDOS!!! I also agree with the putting back a bag of open chips, which was obviously their fault it was open. I do put things back where they do not belong at times, being a mother of a three year old and one year old it is just easier to just lay it where you are at other walking all the way back across the store, but I would have paid for that bag of chips. My husband and I have paid for something that was accidentally broken by us and was no longer able to be sold; we just told the cashier of the incident and insisted on paying for it being it was our fault.

The simplest sollution would be to STOP the demos.
If someone is interested in buying a video game or controls, give them a demonstration.

That is what this world has come to today. Parents just don't care.

I think taking the demos out is not far to the ones who actually want to see if they want to buy it. I think wal-mart needs to watch that area more closely and press charges on these parents .

yes ma'am, as a teenager i agree with what your syaing, i hate those kids who yell and scream and do all that are just plain teeth-grinding. And why dont people have any concern for another the employees should take control when the parents didn't.