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My husband and I haven't been blessed with children yet, but someday when we do have kids...let me just say that they will absolutely not embarrass us in front of company, whether the company comes to us or we go to them. We both agree to raise our kids to behave well whether they are at home or somewhere else because standards are standards; they don't go out the window just because the scenery changed. That makes me very upset when I see kids behaving badly when they're at someone else's house. I'm glad you and your husband correct the kids before things get out of control. That's the way misbehavior should be handled, in my opinion. Some of my family and friends who have kids let them do whatever they want or when they start to act out, they allow the kids to do so instead of correcting it right then and there. I don't think kids are a complete reflection of the parents, but the learning begins once the child is born, not once they reach their "terrible two's"! I can appreciate you and your husband's standards for how childish behavior should be handled. You provide a very good example!

I don't have kids yet but I have plenty of niece and nephew. If they are not behaving in other people's home. I will make it a point to warn them or talk to them in private. I even give deadly stares to them. And they will stop doing nasty things. I think it is not acceptable to let your kids wreck someone's house. I will be angry too if my friends kids ruin my home. They can play but having a havoc is a big no no.

yes I would and I do. grand daughter has a little friend that comes over and they together looks like a tornado hit the bedroom. make them clean up the other day one of them spilt or spit chocolate in my bathroom sink I called them on it and made them clean it up. Not good for kids to get away with things like this. I dont blame Cloony for banning them wouldnt want any one to trashmy house!

I do not allow anyone with kids into my home. Seriously, we meet somewhere else if they have kids. I am not interested in child-proofing my home. About 50 years ago people in the US corrected anybody else's children if they were misbehaving, but now that is not politically correct.

I can't stand Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie because of Brad breaking up with Jennifer Aniston for another woman - Angelina Jolie. What a slap in the face that was for Jennifer Aniston! So what goes around, comes around! They got a slap in their face just as they deserved! Besides, being parents that they are, they need to ACT like parents and teach their kids right from wrong or they're going to continue thinking that it's ok to act like that. Shame on those two! Hooray for George Clooney!

I'd expect my kids to behave themselves at someone else's home, and if I wasn't there to keep an eye on them myself I would have no objection at all if the owner of the house asked them to behave. I'd expect other parents to have the same respect for my home. If they don't want to correct their kids and have a problem with my doing so then they can leave, along with their kids. Of course, different home owners have different standards of behaviour which are acceptable to them. But there is basic respect, which is what I'm talking about and I think we all deserve from visitors.

From my point of view, it is not my job to discipline other people children. And it would actually be against the law for me to try to do so. When children mis-behave, the culprits are the parents. So I would tell the parents to fix it or get out. I recently acquired a 6 week old kitten with a peanut for a brain, and in the space of three weeks, I have already made a lot of progress by teaching him right from wrong by simply saying "NO" in a firm voice when he mis-behave. My fairy is, if you can train a kitten, you can train a child. But parents think it is cute to watch children being free of discovering the world. They are pure and innocent and mean no harm. But all the same, if you have no rules, you have anarchy. So they let their children run wild until the age of five, and suddenly when they start school, there are rules. And since every human live their life by what they have learned during those first 5 years, you end up with uncontrollable teenagers. If Brad Pit and Angelina Jolie did let their kids destroy George Clooney's house, it mean only one thing. They have no respect for George Clooney and their friendship was nothing more than a fake Hollywood friendship. Angelina enjoy collecting kids as a hobby. But she obviously delegate the responsability of bringing them up to nannies. It would be hard to visualise Angelina Jolie at home everyday, devoting her life to look after kids. Her idea of kids is to rescue them by adopting them, and throw her money around to get others to look after them. Angelina Jolie probably thought that she could pay George Clooney for the damages and forget about it. But it is not about money. It is about respect and it is about the hassle and the inconvenience to repair everything. Parents like Angelina are irresponsible and don't have a clue about what parenthood is all about.

It amazed me to read that George Clooney won't permit Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to visit his house again due to the mess their kids made. I have got a disabled three year old son and 20 month old daughter. When I take them to a friends house I try to make sure they don't brake anything. I watch them to make sure everything stays safe. My daughter kept picking up glass items so I put them up high where she wouldn't be able to reach them. She spent a little time playing with the toys inside the basket. If my kids got very difficult I would cut the visit short and go home early. Last summer we visited relatives in Canada and my daughter kept saying "non" all the time. I think they found it a bit irritating.

I would be keeping an eye on my son's behavior at other places than home because as a parent it is my responsibility to correct my child if he is doing anything wrong. If the other kids do it I would point their parents attention on it to take a proper action against .

i have always been the same with my kids. at home and at friends. these days, id think it would be even more important to teach them to take care of things when people can not just go out and buy a replacement to something that gets ruined(not that George couldnt, but it was probably the principle with him)yes, i tell them to. its probably why i didnt get on well with sons ex that had the little boy. she thought i should not say anything to him. and its my house to!

I used to allow my daughter and her little friends to trash my house until they got older enough to understand what picking up the toys meant. Now I give my daughter the freedom to play with whatever she likes as long as she tidies up when she’s finished. As far as visiting someone, I’d like to think that we have taught her to behave appropriately so she definitely is not allowed all the freedom she likes in other people’s homes...

George clooney has worked hard to achieve what he has. He takes pride in what belongs to him. His guests in his home should show courtesy and respect. that goes for children too. I don't know that I would go so far as to ban someone from my home, but respect and pride should go both ways.

This is what happens when children have excellent pride that they do not care who they were harming. It is like when it is dark they turn on the light by shouting and playing around without regard for their safety. One of my cousins had a head impact because when she was a child she ran around the house laughing and she was taken to the hospital with her head bleeding profusely. Until now she lacked control and have trouble following what her parents told her.

My daughter knows that she is to behave at others houses. Even when we go to grandmas if she makes a mess in the playroom she knows to clean it. As a parent your are responsible for your children. My daughter cleans her room and any messes that she makes at home as well, she is three. Now I do have the problem with daddy teaching her some games that should not be played in side, but only at our house. She now tells me its ok daddy will fix it because that he what he has told her. So far they have not broken anything but I know it is coming. If a child was at my house and breaking my things or my daughter things and the parents did nothing I would step in. This is my house and my stuff and we take care of our things and we do not buy them for others to break. I knew some kids when I was younger and we would call them the toy breakers and after their first visit to our house I can remember telling my mom I did not want them back. I can still remember that they broke my doll stroller and didn't care at all. I was very uspset. These were kids that would break their own toys all the time. There was was not a very pleasant woman either. I have never had to leave anywhere yet because of my daughter it came close a few times. It is sad that parents let their children do what they want it is not doing any good for the children or anyone else.

I probably would speak up if kids were not behaving in my home. My kids were not allowed to misbehave in homes or stores. When I did daycare, I had the same expectations of the children I cared for. I think it is quite appropriate that your children know that the rules are stricter for other homes than for yours.

I was way too shy to wreak havoc! I stayed right where my mom was at all times unless I was at my Uncle's house , then I followed my cousin around. I don't have kids and I don't have patience with them. So No kids come to my place. If there are kids around, I am the one to leave.

now, I don't have kids, but if kids are visiting and the parents don't stop them from misbehaving, I will stop them... Mostly because my house is cat safe, but not kid safe and I don't want any body getting hurt because they aren't behaving safely at my place.

I don't like to let my children wreak havoc when they are at someone else's home. However, this does lead to a funny thing that happened recently. My children are not allowed to run in the house. We had gone down to visit a friend of mine and she had her children there at the time. They started running around a circle and I kept telling Paul to stop because it was something that he is not supposed to be doing. Well, my friend told me to just let him be as he would sleep well that night. I finally gave in to my friend.

Yes, it is the duty and responsibility of the parents to instill dicipline among their children. But I think banning children from someone's is too much and a somewhat irresponsible act. Children must be spare from any form of trauma. They should be protected from any form of discrimination and exploitation. Children are children, innocent, fragile and vulnerable. Just asking, if your children is subjected to this kind of humiliation, being banned from any house because they acted like children, how would you feel? I think Clooney's reaction is too much. He could have been better if he just play it cool and made a joke out of it rather than put his anger in these innocent children! It's the duty of the adults to talk it over, and spare the innocent kids!