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Unsupervised children
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I have noticed that on Princess (as compared to Carnival), the kids are not a problem. I don't know if that is due to the crew or the different demographics of the passenger base, but it does greatly increase my enjoyment of the cruise.
I felt like Princess staff did decent job of quietly and gently redirectly children out of hot tubs and adult only areas. Disney, on the other hand, was non-existant in their approach. I knew to steer clear of the kids pool, but they seemed to be allowed in the adult areas too, even in the bars. Disapppointing.
From my local news. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-3TgKlPGA I think the parents should pay what insurance does not cover. I like how the mother is just sitting and not paying attention to the kids.
I find it very easy to believe. Modern parents are either too afraid or too self-absorbed to teach their kids proper behavior. I see it all the time in our local restaurants. Kids playing in the aisles, tripping the waiters, bumping into customers, etc. The parents just sit at the table with their noses buried in their eye-phones.
The problem I seem to encounter is that even though parents are watching their kids, they are still letting them do what they want. Watching your toddlers go in out of the adult only pool is not my idea of watching them. Or taking your kid who is in diapers to swim in the pool--that's just crazy! We once sat next to a table at dinner that allowed their children to throw food at each other. That was just crazy!
Just can't put a like to this! I cannot imagine a food fight that parents wouldn't stop. Not saying it didn't happen, just that my imagination is not good enough to envision it; and I have a very good imagination.
The problem I seem to encounter is that even though parents are watching their kids, they are still letting them do what they want. Watching your toddlers go in out of the adult only pool is not my idea of watching them. Or taking your kid who is in diapers to swim in the pool--that's just crazy! We once sat next to a table at dinner that allowed their children to throw food at each other. That was just crazy!
Once those kids engaged in a food fight, I would be asking to moved to a table far enough away from them.
The problem I seem to encounter is that even though parents are watching their kids, they are still letting them do what they want. Watching your toddlers go in out of the adult only pool is not my idea of watching them. Or taking your kid who is in diapers to swim in the pool--that's just crazy! We once sat next to a table at dinner that allowed their children to throw food at each other. That was just crazy!
See this shows a generation gap. My parents were about 40 when I was born. Dad was old school "you want to cry, I'll give you a reason to cry" and "children are to be seen but not heard" Back in the day, Mom and dad went out to dinner every weekend, us 4 kids got a baby sitter and Chung King out of a can or chili for dinner that night. Mom and dad went on cruises, us 4 kids were at home with grad parents. We did a few family vacations to San Diego, the red woods, the lake cabin in Green Valley and Laguna Beach ( back in the late 60 when it was more a hippy art colony with great beach then a yuppie spot it is now.
DANNNNNGGG!!!!!
That sounds so familiar!!!
If I ran around like a mad woman my parents would not let me do that for 1 and 2 I would have been grounded for the entire trip. But my sister and I knew better, yes, we misbehaved like kids do but my parents did a thing called 'parenting' it's a new thing. But my parents were in their 30's when they had us so they weren't young parents.
See this shows a generation gap. My parents were about 40 when I was born. Dad was old school "you want to cry, I'll give you a reason to cry" and "children are to be seen but not heard" Back in the day, Mom and dad went out to dinner every weekend, us 4 kids got a baby sitter and Chung King out of a can or chili for dinner that night. Mom and dad went on cruises, us 4 kids were at home with grad parents. We did a few family vacations to San Diego, the red woods, the lake cabin in Green Valley and Laguna Beach ( back in the late 60 when it was more a hippy art colony with great beach then a yuppie spot it is now.
If I ran around like a mad woman my parents would not let me do that for 1 and 2 I would have been grounded for the entire trip. But my sister and I knew better, yes, we misbehaved like kids do but my parents did a thing called 'parenting' it's a new thing. But my parents were in their 30's when they had us so they weren't young parents.