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Today we have three children in the house, age 5,8,11. The pigs are upstairs in the guinea pig room, unfortunately the door doesn't have a lock, I have wrote on the door 'please don't open'. However I allowed them to see them providing I was there to supervise. Lola came out sniffing the air away, and lily stayed in her hidey looking ever so frightened :( these little kids make such a racket, and they keep running now around. One of them is determined to open the door, until I come up the stairs and give him a dirty look, he then runs off down the stairs. Furthermore, they keep coughing and sneezing (the children)! I can't believe we have to put up with this for three days :hb:
 
<3 Simon'n'Joe said:
I can't stand kids XD They're too noisy, clumsy and they pick their noses in public :vom: It's like they're programmed to do what you tell them NOT to!
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Yeah there are some lovely little kids about but the ones I know pick their noses and eat it, sneeze on food and go to the toilet without washing their hands.

Thankfully the three kids left at 4 and now the pigs are happily eating hay. I even put a note on the pig room door saying don't open, then the youngest child said to its mum 'it says don't open so I'm going to open it'.
 
Oh dear, I hate to say but the parents should be exercising a little more discipline and control over the children. My niece and nephew are 6 and 4 and I have had pigs since my niece was a baby so they have always seen them. However, they know to be quiet, not bang the hutch etc and they know that if they want to see the pigs they have to ask me, either me or my OH go with them and we get the pigs out not them. It's called teaching a child manners and respect but unfortunately it gets bypassed for some people and many of those people think it is just children "being children". I had to tell off my OH's godson for trying to open all the doors in the house and have a nosey in the bedrooms etc, his mum was stood with him and didn't say a thing!
 
Lady Kelly said:
Oh dear, I hate to say but the parents should be exercising a little more discipline and control over the children. My niece and nephew are 6 and 4 and I have had pigs since my niece was a baby so they have always seen them. However, they know to be quiet, not bang the hutch etc and they know that if they want to see the pigs they have to ask me, either me or my OH go with them and we get the pigs out not them. It's called teaching a child manners and respect but unfortunately it gets bypassed for some people and many of those people think it is just children "being children". I had to tell off my OH's godson for trying to open all the doors in the house and have a nosey in the bedrooms etc, his mum was stood with him and didn't say a thing!
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Ah they sound like little angels :D I do believe that the parents don't give these three children any disciplin, the mother is supposed to be a psychologist as well! They let the youngest child go around the house bashing doors and jumping up and down on our sofa, all they believe in is using the naughty step technique.
 
Unfortunately many parents no longer seem believe in discipline. I mustn't get started on my opinion of the naughty step. There are still some really pleasant children around who are a joy to spend time with, but sadly I always feel surprised when I meet them! Every generation criticises the ones that follow though and I am getting to sound more and more like my Mother:help:.
 
piggieminder said:
Unfortunately many parents no longer seem believe in discipline. I mustn't get started on my opinion of the naughty step. There are still some really pleasant children around who are a joy to spend time with, but sadly I always feel surprised when I meet them! Every generation criticises the ones that follow though and I am getting to sound more and more like my Mother:help:.
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I think that some parents are frightened to tell off their child these days. Yes that is true, times are changing XD
 
I'm not a fan of kids either lol, hence I only have one son who is 22 XD (Not his fault, I was quite ill when I had him and still not quite right now). What annoys me are parents that let their kids do whatever they want...
 
Kerrie74 said:
I'm not a fan of kids either lol, hence I only have one son who is 22 XD (Not his fault, I was quite ill when I had him and still not quite right now). What annoys me are parents that let their kids do whatever they want...
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Their screaming voice and stomping of the floor goes right through you doesn't it! XD
 
Its their behaviour in shops and cafes that gets to me. I feel like going up to the parents and thanking them for sharing their brats, if they were mine I'd be to embarrassed to take them out in public. I had three of my own so I know they can't always behave like angels but some parents really are afraid to deal with bad behaviour these days.
 
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Its their behaviour in shops and cafes that gets to me. I feel like going up to the parents and thanking them for sharing their brats, if they were mine I'd be to embarrassed to take them out in public. I had three of my own so I know they can't always behave like angels but some parents really are afraid to deal with bad behaviour these days.
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Yeah some sort of telling off has to be shown, children can't be left to go around destroying things in shops! But then of course there is the other side of the situation when you see parents telling off children/ shoving them when they haven't really done much wrong :/
 
Oh and my two cousins have 2 kids each and they're all little terrors but one. They don't discipline theirs either (one of my cousins husbands is a hippy idiot who doesn't believe in giving your kids rules as it stunts their development *punches self in the face*) so yea I totally know what that's like. I hate them coming over and they visited my piggies for the first time recently (can't be avoided as they're in the hall) and I told them if they weren't good and quiet around the piggies they had to sit in the garden in the rain, that worked lol. I would have made them sit out in the rain too.
 
My lads have grown up with piggies and bunnies so have always known how to behave -well almost... I remember one of them once climbing into the house rabbits indoor cage and her seeing him off so severely that he never ventured in again and treated her with the respect she deserved. As a result of being brought up with pets and discipline they have always kept their friends under control, too. Even now their mates come round and ask me if it's ok to see the piggies -it's funny to see six foot lads kneeling down and talking quietly to my piggies.

I'm sorry that your piggies have been terrorised by visitors. Mine have rather enjoyed the extra attention this holiday.
 
VickiA said:
My lads have grown up with piggies and bunnies so have always known how to behave -well almost... I remember one of them once climbing into the house rabbits indoor cage and her seeing him off so severely that he never ventured in again and treated her with the respect she deserved. As a result of being brought up with pets and discipline they have always kept their friends under control, too. Even now their mates come round and ask me if it's ok to see the piggies -it's funny to see six foot lads kneeling down and talking quietly to my piggies.

I'm sorry that your piggies have been terrorised by visitors. Mine have rather enjoyed the extra attention this holiday.
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Oo that's is very nice to hear that even your lads friends are respectful too- I can see you have taught your boys well!

I don't think they ate much hay at all whilst the visitors were here, thankfully as soon as they left the door they rushed out their hideys :))
 
Yes, I'm glad to see there will be a new generation of small animal lovers! Education is the key, my friend had a girl piggy and her brother had a boy piggy. Her brother decided the boar wanted to see the sow one day and put them in a cage together. One thing lead to another and they ended up with 11 guinea pigs! He didn't do that again haha.

@Chief Guinea Pig feel free XD I find you gotta be imaginative when it comes to kids, they're more scared of ghosts than they are about being grounded haha!
 
Aww bless! I think the key is to bring children up to respect animals unfortunately most dont do this and see animals as toys. I'm very lucky ive bought my kids up around animals and theyve always shown so much respect to them and so they should. I do believe kids need tellung though and id have no problem in tellung any bodies child off (unless they had learning difficulties) if I thought they wete stressing my pets out! Oh well at least the children have gone home now so your piggies can be happy again xx
 
Thankfully the children have left, yesterday we noticed a dent on our bathroom cabinet, looks like one of the kids has been bashing it and they kept dropping the toilet seat too. Not too mention the parents don't bother stopping them when they clamber all over/jump up and down on our sofa!
 
Sounds tiring! I have three kids of my own, but I find other people's children tiring, especially when the parents let them run roughshod over everything! I think that kids who aren't regularly exposed to animals sometimes don't know how to behave around them. It's behavior that has to be taught. My kids are very good with the pigs, but they have been raised with them for years (for most of their lives, in the case of my youngest- we got our first pigs when she was two, so she has no memory of not having small animals.) Before the pigs we had hedgehogs, who were more than up to the challenge of fending off toddlers! Plus it's stressful for the animals to suddenly have a houseful of kids when they aren't accustomed... my pigs are very used to kid-related noise at this point and honestly love the kids (who are usually good for a treat or a pat for a cute piggie!) but if it wasn't their norm, I'm sure it would be very stressful!
 
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