Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: CleopatrasAsp on July 25, 2012, 19:58:30 PM
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Is it me? Am I being Victor Meldrewish? Am I the only one to find the the little 'darlings' over indulged and a right pain in the fundament? They're whiney, noisy and could do with a good slap round the legs, or for the politically correct at least 3 hours on the naughty step!!!! The lot on our site are driving me nuts....here we are nearly 10.00pm and they're all squealing so much I cannot hear myself think. Entreaties to their parents fall on deaf ears. I cannot wait for the end of summer when they and their parents depart to from whence they came!!!!!
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I don't believe it!
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I'm afraid I'm with you on this one. At the mom we have 2 families here, each with a 2 year old. My friends have one of these families as next door neighbours & earlier this year, thought they done well, when the family with a warbling son that made excruciating noises with a guitar, moved out. The other day, after a screaming match that seemed to go on all night, they were wishing that the warbling was back!
The other family are down from Ankara for the summer, their little darling has the endearing habit of making a high pitched screaming sound whenever something doesn't suit. I was on my balcony the other night & couldn't help but see that whilst sonny boy was chucking his toys (literally), Granny was cuddling him, until she was wacked over the head with a ride on tractor. Not sure what happened after that, as the live in maid drew the curtains.
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Oh dear Liz....suggest you leave for a few weeks as we arrive soon with friends and kids in tow!
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...and the Redding family ride on tractor!
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Believe me, the Redding clan are aa quiet as the proverbial church mice by comparison with these two little Damiens!
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Not now Liz....you have set us a challenge!
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Keith, at least they discretely park their tractor outside the neighbouring site!
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Steve, believe it when I say that you couldn't compete
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home from home for me
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Yeah Puma maybe so but this is about noisy kids
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We have got a famıly of 4 brıts ın the next vılla. 2 adults 2 teenagers who all squeal ın the pool lıke they have never seen a pool before and play loud musıc from they're computer and shout to each other. At least they are quıet at nıght. The turkısh chıldren on holıday round here are too tıred ın the heat to be noısy they sleep all afternoon and are up wıth the famıly eatıng and chattıng ın the evenıng.
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Liz is that not classical Turkish music your referring to?
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You mean the warbling Doug, NO it could never be described as music!
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The Turkish sons are especially pandered to.I once watched a 12 year old lad being fed his dinner by his mother as he wouldnt get off his computer!He couldnt eat it quıck enough as she was shovelling in spoonfuls and not giving him time to swallow!I've also seen the same mothers follow their children round restaurants with spoonfuls of food when their children wouldnt sit at the dinner table!Seems to answer a few posing questions about why son Turkish men are the way they are. ???
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We had Turkish neighbours with a child. We could tell when 'Baba' was out because the daughter (aged 9 years) would scream and shout at her mother. When 'baba' was home she would just sob and he would cuddle her and give in to her. She was allowed to sit on his knee and drive his car up and down the road.Mother was only allowed to sit in the back seat of the car.
I had to have words with 'Baba' after every time I went to the pool, the mother sent her down to play with her young cousin at the pool, thinking I would be babysitter!
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Is it me? Am I being Victor Meldrewish? Am I the only one to find the the little 'darlings' over indulged and a right pain in the fundament? They're whiney, noisy and could do with a good slap round the legs, or for the politically correct at least 3 hours on the naughty step!!!! The lot on our site are driving me nuts....here we are nearly 10.00pm and they're all squealing so much I cannot hear myself think. Entreaties to their parents fall on deaf ears. I cannot wait for the end of summer when they and their parents depart to from whence they came!!!!!
No you're not alone - I seem to be a "squealing T kids" magnet. It doesn't matter where I position myself (latest venue on an entirely empty space on Iztuzu Beach) Mr and Mrs come and plonk themselves next to me wiv the "canims". Quiet meals are a nightmare in cafes and resturants, as the same happens. Empty tables all around but guess who sits in the table next to me? Apart from the obsessive "Anne, anne anne" which goes unanswered until the 20th time of saying, it is the high pitched nasal sound that has me wondering at what age it disappears? Toddlers seem to communicate and obtain attention up to the age of 3 years old by an unearthly screech and/or scream which is on a par with, I imagine, a dog whistle before they speak properly! I find myself a martyr to the little darlings, as I live in a block of apartments that I otherwise call the "Creche" (still looking for a detached house in the middle of a field). A friend asked me recently when mentioning the "squealers" if my child, when a toddler, didn't scream or screech. Yes I replied but she only every did it twice! I leave the solution to you to work out. As to your dilemma, I find a Walkman useful, but the headphones pinch your ears after a while. On occasion I give bad looks, which the parents seize on as a temporary measure to quieten the "lovies", but I've now resigned myself to the fact that if the noise becomes a nuisance, I get up and move away. Sadly it's to do with my age, I think, or more likely "Turkish kids Rule" until they become adults, which incidentally I find, become nice balanced people, as they in turn raise their children in the same way ;o)
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I am only a "kid magnet" on flights - I ALWAYS seem to have a child in the seat behind me, annoying the hell out of me :( Parents don't seem to notice (or care) either, till I eventually can take no more and turn round...
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Blimey, surely you cant tar all Turkish kids with the same brush?!
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No they are not ALL the same as I have saıd we have lovely Turkısh chıldren round here eıther on holıday or resıdent and they all show respect to us and theır famıly. Sometımes they wınge but ıt ıs hot and stıcky and they do not have a pool to cool off ın. I have seen screamıng ,temper tantrum kıds brıts and turkısh and some beıng fed by they're parents while on they're Nıntendo's. In the UK though they seem to label screamıng kıds wıth an ıllness but some are just naughty.
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Blimey, surely you cant tar all Turkish kids with the same brush?!
where did anyone during this discussion say "all Turkish kids are noisy"
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From what I have observed, child discipline is often viewed as a community endeavour. For instance my husband (who is Turkish) would happily stop a child running around in a restaurant and tell them to slow down etc - the only response he has ever got is thanks from the Turkish parents.
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I have no problem with them monopolising the community pool all day and every day....but as a resident on our small site, I expect a wee bit of consideration too, that's all I'm saying, and to be able to relax on my own balcony at 10.00pm, without a hoard of squabbling kids congregating underneath it to play hide n seek, is hardly being unreasonable.
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I have no problem with them monopolising the community pool all day and every day....but as a resident on our small site, I expect a wee bit of consideration too, that's all I'm saying, and to be able to relax on my own balcony at 10.00pm, without a hoard of squabbling kids congregating underneath it to play hide n seek, is hardly being unreasonable.
Totally agree with you. Our Turkish neighbour downstairs used to like playing the 'big man' with the neighbouring apartments. He invited all the local kids in to our pool (9-10 kids daily.), and in the evenings he would invite the adults and kids around to sit at dining tables (other owners, taken from their terraces) and drink tea, coffee and beer and swim until the early hours.
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Highlander, why do you have to be so anal all the time?
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One of the things that impressed us when we first came to Turkey some 20 years ago was how quiet most of the children were and how happy they seemed with very little,how well they behaved and how respectful they were of other people.
Things have changed over the years,possibly with the major influence being easier access to European/Western television and cultural habits!
But in general we still find as a people they are preferable to many of those we meet when we venture back into the UK.
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At least the kids here dont hang around the local off license or other shops, using abusive language and getting drunk stupid before they hit 16.
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What I notice when in the UK is that there is more likelihood of kids chucking vile tantrums in supermarkets. It is a rare thing here (note I didn't say it never happens). Our Turkish neighbours grandson seems to think he can chuck a purple fit whenever something happens that doesn't suit him. I think his Mum has no control over him. However, his Nan puts him in his place and tells him to go off and do weeding amongst the crops, LOL.
I do think children in Turkey are more likely to be cruel to animals. I suppose they are not being told kindness to animals by their parents. But, I am not saying I feel this is general, just more likely. Times are changing though (I wish it would change faster than it is). In short, I feel kids here ARE lovely, with some exceptions. And I am glad I have good neighbours because it must be a nightmare to have badly behaved kids living round you and parents who condone it. But that applies in the UK too.....
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Someone has now seen fit to buy "sonny boy" a tricycle, no probs, except that it has a nice wooowooow siren attached >:( Wonder if it'll fit where the sun don't shine???
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And now I have added my "kid" to annoy you Liz!
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I ain't arguing with him Lynne, he's way too big ;) So far he's behaved himself ;D