How do you deal with spoiled children?

The mother is creating a monster. It will only keep getting worse the older she gets.

I can tell you what kind of teenager she will become. She will be a spoiled rotten teen who expects to get whatever she wants, right when she wants, and will pitch a fit when her teachers expect her to behave according to the rules and get her work done right and on time. And when she gets called out for her behavior, or gets bad grades, Mom will be first in line to blame the teachers because her precious little angel is perfect and couldn't possibly be the problem.

Wow. I have a 7 year old son - and he wouldn't get away with that. There would be no ice cream for that kind of behavior period. Only if he had good behavior the entire time and showed patience, then he would get that ice cream AFTER I was done with the bank. Now where's MY ice cream?

when i was a kid i would have got spanked but things are so different now

That was the wrong thing to do. She should have made the child wait. Or, even decide not to buy her ice cream at all since she raised such a fuss.

The mother is allowing the child to be in control and not the other way around. Instead of being the authoritative figure, the mother is acting like a wimp. She should not have rewarded the child with the Ice cream under that circumstance. The child may now believe that it's a good thing to seek to dominate other folks to have her own way.

Today's parents have no patience. They would rather give in than go through the ordeal of having to deal with their children.

Children usually behave like that when they´re not taken care of. A child needs special type of attention and he/she can learn to behave accordingly; however, it´s the task of parents to teach them good manners. They were not born knowing everything

My answer : Spoiled rotten to the core. My happy butt would have been given a stern "quit that crap" look and then a verbal tongue lashing. If I still didn't stop I'd be left to my own devices (within the bank). Of course it was a different time then, and the same probably wouldn't be acceptable today.

Well in my humble opinion, the mom is stupid.

That spoiled child will become a spoiled adult. And heaven help the mate of that adult.

That is unfortunate if the mother gave in and bought the ice cream

That's because of her parents who seem to always fulfil her desires. If I were her mom, I would tell her, no ice cream for her if she kept on behaving like that.

If the child is spoiled at home , he or she will behave the same way in public - and the parents should know that.

i ignore the brats and thank god i never had any.

aa selfish spoiled adult whom will put other people off hjer amd she will be so lonely

I would have stayed in line and told her "no ice cream for you" and taken her home and grounded her for a specific amount of time.

I don't have kids, never wanted to be a mom and the way some of these kids are raised today is horrible.

Donald Trump's press secretary? The proper response: "Do you want ice cream?" "(sniffle) Yes." "Is your favorite flavor vanilla?" "Yes." You you like sparklies on top?" "No. Chocolate chips." "Wafer cone?" "Yes." (Using distraction technique here.) "Hey, we've moved up. If you can hold this (random item) and help me with this transaction, we can get ice cream right after." "OK."

The behaviour and personality of a child is a reflection of his /her upbringing, behaviour of his parents and environment around him /her. By the way we should not be judgmental.