How would you shut up a screaming child in Walmart?

This IS some random kid, and NOT mine, right? Okay, good. First, whatever horrifically overpriced chunk of plastic that he's throwing the flaming godawful fit for would be prised out of the ridiculously oversealed packaging and handed to him as quickly as my knife could cut through the box. Next, I would hand the parents the now-shredded packaging with he following comments: "I believe this particular item is $39.96. Next time you need help shutting your kid up, just ask anyone within screaming distance. The ENTIRE store can hear what sh!tty parents you are. However, if your reason for continuing to let your h3llish brat scream bloody murder in a very public place is because you have some injury that afflicts your arms and prevents you from spanking your brat yourself, I will be more than happy to do it for you. Child, would you like a perfect stranger to spank you til you can't sit down? Then SHUT UP NOW. Your behavior is completely unacceptable. See how MY son sits quietly and pleasantly in the cart? He gets a spanking when he acts out the way you are doing. Have a pleasant afternoon!" And saunter calmly away, carryig on with my business as if nothing has happened.

they sell motorcycle helmets with face shields put one one the brat then only he or she has to listen to the screaming. headphones put on front and back covering the mouth and held on by the back of the head, hand him loads of chocolate then have the parents try taking it away while your walking out of the store. find the first free puppy you can and give it to the kid and let the parents deal with housebreaking it. but i think the duct tape thing is really funny and the best answer.

I have four children so I have encoutered this problem more than once. There is not a whole lot you can do. I usually get a bag of suckers and give them each one. This usually quites them down for the rest of the shopping trip. I try not to have to take the kids shopping with me though so I do not have to deal with this sort of problem. Because it is very stressful and every one knows that stress is not good for you.

Use the store's paging system or PA as it is commonly called. Announce the representatives of the CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES AGENCY have arrived and will be dealing with the screaming and obviously abused child in the store shortly. This will cause the child's parents to flee the store immediately and take the annoying child with them. (If they don't abandon the child hoping the CPS will take custody!)

That depends. Is it their child or my child? If it's their child, I ignore it and do my shopping. Then I leave and get into my peacefully quiet car. If it's my child I do my shopping, then I leave and the people in the store breath a sigh of relief. I drive away knowing my kid will fall asleep before we're even home. Problem solved. In all honesty my kids never threw tantrums in the stores. The kids that do are usually in the toy or candy aisle when they do it. Don't start buying them the crap in the first place and they won't expect it.

HA. Doesn't this always seem to be the case at Wal-Mart? Never Target, the grocery store, etc - ALWAYS Wal-Mart. It's like they have a sign up front saying "Please bring your annoying and screaming kids here". It's ridiculous. Ok. In all ridiculousness.. I would say I would probably use some kind of toy or something to distract them. Sometimes toys make kids happy - because they're bored or impatient. So give 'em a Barbie or a remote control car (hopefully the batteries would be included). Otherwise, if they need a diaper change..Well, Wal-Mart would have the diapers, but I certainly wouldn't be changing them. Otherwise.. Wal-Mart sells both formula and milk in case they were hungry. HAHA. These aren't very creative ideas, but I'm not a very creative person, so it makes sense.

Making faces at them usually works wonders! They are usually looking for attention and are used to their parents ignoring them. The parents seem as if they have the child as an afterthought, a ball and chain they drag around. So make a face, put your thumbs in your ears and wiggle your fingers, make the kid laugh. It works almost every time. And THEN the parents pay attention! Go figure...

Basically, you take the brat by the hand and lead him outside then close the door behind you as you return. Or, you can call security and let it be their problem, or, you can go up to the parents and say quite plainly that you cannot stand the noise, please do something about it.

I would either ignore it or try to talk to the child... of course I'd make sure the child's parents were right beside me... I'd probably say "what your name little guy" or "what's the matter"... I wouldn't do anything to hurt the child which is what this discussion makes it seem like your implying. CHILD ABUSE IS WRONG! Anyone abuses a child, I'd have my say about it!

humm i would try to make them laugh or something. but i know if it was my kid i would tell them dont make me take you out to the car.

1) shove an ice-cream into the child's mouth. 2) pick up a toy and start distracting the child. 3) take a soft-drink can and offer it to him (open it too). 4) offer him a ride in the trolley (or doesn't Walmart have those?). 5) go up to him, give him a harsh scolding. if the parents were not doing anything before this, I am sure they will spring to action almost immediately.

Uath, darling, no one has taken your meaning. SO I, who apparently has the amazing ability to read only what I WANT TO from any post on any website, will show how creative one can be when attempting to silence a spasmodically screaming urchin in walmart (in addition to the other fabulous ideas I've already shared with you!) To fill the orifice of the vocal stylist: Socks, Scarves, Mittens, TAMPONS or maxi pads (depending on the kids size), Pimento loaf (if you have a super walmart, it's in the deli section), PEANUT BUTTER- opened and scooped and orally delivered, in a loving fashion- digitally, Ice Cream (same presentation as afore mentioned PB), depends, Potting soil, and pillows. Lemons, Limes & hot peppers, all at the same time, ('least the kid would remember WHY he was crying (heh!) ) but the best would be a (single) BENEDRYL.... ok , that was over the top, BUT.... There is also a hell ride on the store jazzy chair A time out IN a running kenmore display A chainsaw exhibition "Sizing" a dog crate with said child might have some effect Okay, now everyone can attack me and say I'm a super horrible person, even though this was all said AS A JOKE. Hugs Uath!

When its not your child there is not much you CAN do. As an employee (not of walmart, but of another retail store) I can't even complain about it out loud where the parents might hear me. Sometimes I'll go to the kid and say in a silly voice, "Oh, now it cant be THAT bad, can it?" It either shocks them into a few seconds of blessed silence, or make its worse.

Haha... I might feed him with ten footlongs and thirty jumbo hotdogs in one sitting! Just for him to stop in making some noises. But seriously, I won't let my son or daughter misbehave like that or reach the point that I couldn't control their bad behavior anymore. Proper guidance and nurture I guess will help to lessen the possibility for a child to be an ultra brat kid. Well, I hope that would work..yay! thank goodness I'm still single.

Go to another Walmart.

Well first thing first, you don't know if the parents are trying to calm their child down or not. We don't know the situation so it's not ours to judge. Another thing is, it's not our job to calm the child down or to step in. I'm sure these parents realize their child is screaming & are trying their best to hurry & get out the store, so I wouldn't even both try to step in, I'm not the parent.

I'm sure WalMart would have lots of duct tape available. Seriously though, I am not a parent or guardian, so it is the guardian's responsibility and not mine. And if I am annoyed by a child having a tantrum, it is my own responsibility to control myself to behave civilly. I learned a meditation technique some time ago, where you focus on the space an object occupies, not the object itself. A variation of that is focusing on the silence that is behind the sound. It takes a bit of practice, but eventually I am not annoyed at sounds as much as I used to.

Well, what I would do is to simply ignore it. I wouldn't even try to get him to stop, just let it be. I mean, it's not like I have to spend the rest of my life listening to this kid, so once I'm outta the store I can forget about it. Causes less problems if I try to confront him. And the other thing I could do is to politely ask his parents to get him to calm down. Though I won't let this take up too much of my life, so I will just have a brief conversation if necessary to get the parents to shut the kid up.

Yes, I'm all for using the stores PA system too - 'Could the people with the screaming child please take appropriate action, as if I slap your brat myself I may be arrested....' Failing that, I always find those greeter people at the doors quite scary, maybe I could send one of them after them! Seriously though, I would do nothing, except finish my shopping muttering under my breath!

I would say mind your own business. It's not your kid so what does it matter to you. I'm sure those parents know what works for their kid. Does it really hurt you to see a screaming kid? Or is it that it is just annoying you? Well too bad. If it bothers you then maybe you should leave the store. It happens. They are kids and if you are not adult enough to handle it then maybe you should grow up. The world is full of people who are going to annoy you. What are you going to do? Spank everyone who annoys you? Just grow up man and don't worry about what other people do. My kids behave and if they do start throwing a fit they know that we will leave the store and they will be dealt with when we get home. But that's what works for me. Some kids will stop crying if their parents ignore them. And those parents have every right to do that.