Why Does Parenting Have to Be So Hard? Credit — Various via Storyful

Why Does Parenting Have to Be So Hard? Credit — Various via Storyful

A IRATE mum has demanded an apology after staff at a pub told her to control her kids or leave.

Emma Alldridge was dining at the Ragley Boat Stop near Derby in England with partner Craig Preece and her two kids when her kids started singing nursery rhymes, The Sun reports.

But the pub’s owner said the kids, aged five and two, caused such a disturbance that staff had to apologise to other customers after they left.

Emma, 23, said that other guests at the pub showered her with abuse when her kids sat on the carpet singing.

But when she complained, she was told to control her kids or leave.

She told the Derby Telegraph: “I have never felt so sad and upset in any establishment ever.

“We were sitting on the carpet singing nursery rhymes to occupy them when another family turned round and said ‘if you cant control your f***ing children, you should take them to Wacky Warehouse’ or something.

“I couldn’t believe it so I complained to the management, but they told us to control our children or we would have to leave the pub.

“They stated they had checked their CCTV and said our kids had been running riot, which was rubbish.

“The whole episode has totally put my whole family off going out. We come here for special occasions. I certainly will not be going here again.”

Pippa Weaver, owner of King Henry’s Taverns, who runs the pub, said: “Ms Alldridge was upset that we wouldn’t give her a refund, although she stated that there was nothing wrong with the food.

“In her second email to me she stated that her children did not leave their seats for 45 minutes. CCTV shows that this is not the case.

“She left of her own accord, unhappy that she didn’t have a refund.”

This article was originally published by The Sun and is republished with permission