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Unsupervised children
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Always a concern. Will not hear from the parents till something happens to their child. Sad but true.
Wife and I have little tolerance for parents that ignore their children in public places ! Whether it is in a restaurant or cruise ship. The parents should understand that inconsiderate behavior reflects on them also. Teenagers running up and down the hallways and being obnoxious to the other guests should not be brushed aside. It is NOT our responsibility to being the adults of their family. That position should have already been filled by the parents. We understand that they may feel the need to get away from the daily pressures and vacation plans require them bringing children, but if the roles were reversed; would they tolerate being inconvenienced and disrespected? I don't expect so.
Yeah some of the kids can be and yes are a nuisance at times because of the parents are failing to accept their responsibilities for their offspring but the greater nuisances is those adults failing to drink responsibly and leaving a trail back their cabin.
You really went digging for this one ctav. Yep this one has come up on here many a time. It is a shame because most parents are responsible and do supervise their kids or at least make use of the ship programs when they take a break. It is the few irresponsible ones that ruin it for the many and paint all kids in a negative light.
On our last cruise we were on the tender coming back from Great Stirrup Cay to the ship and as we pulled along side the ship there was a toddler no more that 3 standing on a chair hanging over the rail of an 8th deck balcony just above the boarding area. As soon as we were off the tender we flagged down the security officer and reported this.
I have never been on a cruise this will be my first on June 23rd. But I have traveled quite a bit and my parents never let me walk alone I usually was with them or my older sister(she's 3 years older.) Trust me if I see kids running around free on this cruise I'll let the crew know. I just would hate to hear something happened to him/her and I saw them running around or that their parents are looking for them.
Interesting that the same topics were of concern 6 years ago (long before I joined) as crop up now.
The problem is parents who take a vacation WITH their children, use the time to take one FROM their children .
Yes, I completely agree with you.
