Ava_Banana
Fishaholic
OK....I am sorry, but I feel I have to comment on this thread.....I have read all of the previous posts, most of them made me very sad and some of them made me quite angry.
I have children, I won't deny it. I take them to fish shops they love it. What I see being posted here is just the sort of cliquey "I know how to keep fish, so how dare you want to give it a go" type of attitude that really makes me sad.
I want to spend time with my children, taking them to the fish shop and educating them in the correct way to behave gives me and them great pleasure. Yes, of course they will be excited by what they see, but this is the opportunity for them to learn.
I do not condone bad behaviour of any sort, but really think that some of these posts are verging on the ridiculous.
Whatever happened to politeness. Someone posted "when you tell them to tell their kids to stop tapping on the glass"......err.....politeness would suggest that you ask....asking and educating are good things.......just telling....not so helpful for the future breed of fishkeepers.
And to those that posted about enjoying letting children down and (even if you were joking) to those that just wanted the children "gone" or to stop breathing...........nice attitude........NOT.
I liked to think that this was the Friendliest Fish Forum around.....I have had a re-think tonight certainly.
Yes, parents should control their children, yes LFS employees should help, encourage and educate people, but none of these things are easy all of the time.
Remember your words please in the future when you have children of your own, hopefully you will have matured enough by that time to realise what you have been posting here.
If you haven't.....many years from now you may well find yourself as that unhelpful miserable LFS employee with nothing better to do than show off your knowledge in a supercilious way rather than educating and helping and find yourself being posted about on a forum like this!
I have children, I won't deny it. I take them to fish shops they love it. What I see being posted here is just the sort of cliquey "I know how to keep fish, so how dare you want to give it a go" type of attitude that really makes me sad.
I want to spend time with my children, taking them to the fish shop and educating them in the correct way to behave gives me and them great pleasure. Yes, of course they will be excited by what they see, but this is the opportunity for them to learn.
I do not condone bad behaviour of any sort, but really think that some of these posts are verging on the ridiculous.
Whatever happened to politeness. Someone posted "when you tell them to tell their kids to stop tapping on the glass"......err.....politeness would suggest that you ask....asking and educating are good things.......just telling....not so helpful for the future breed of fishkeepers.
And to those that posted about enjoying letting children down and (even if you were joking) to those that just wanted the children "gone" or to stop breathing...........nice attitude........NOT.
I liked to think that this was the Friendliest Fish Forum around.....I have had a re-think tonight certainly.
Yes, parents should control their children, yes LFS employees should help, encourage and educate people, but none of these things are easy all of the time.
Remember your words please in the future when you have children of your own, hopefully you will have matured enough by that time to realise what you have been posting here.
If you haven't.....many years from now you may well find yourself as that unhelpful miserable LFS employee with nothing better to do than show off your knowledge in a supercilious way rather than educating and helping and find yourself being posted about on a forum like this!