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Research by the UK’s leading discount and voucher code website has revealed that 24% of parents are embarrassed by their children’s bad behaviour and a further 12% judge those with misbehaving kids. The supermarket proves to be the biggest issue with 42% of parents admitting to ‘dreading’ a visit there with their children.

A new study by the UK’s leading discount website, http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk has revealed that almost a quarter of parents in the UK are ‘embarrassed’ to take their children out in public due to their poor behaviour. A further 12% admit to judging other parents with badly behaved children in public.

According to the research by http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk 29% of the 1,183 respondents result to bribing their children before a public outing in the hope of keeping them under control.

Of the parents who are ashamed to take their children out in public, 42% admit to dreading the supermarket more so than any other trip, with 21% claiming that their biggest irritation is their children’s ‘demand for treats’.

According to results by http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, the top 5 places and experiences that parents ‘dread’, due to their child’s bad behaviour are;

1. Food Shopping – 42%
2. Long car journeys – 39%
3. Cinema – 31%
4. Restaurants – 19%
5. High Street shopping – 16%

The study by http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk found more than 1 in 3, 34%, of the respondents stated that they ‘avoid’ taking their children on long car journeys where possible, due to their bad behaviour. A further 11% have invested in expensive electrical products to keep their children ‘occupied’ during car journeys.

14% of the respondents admitted to having only gone to a restaurant a limited number of times with their children due to their bad behaviour.  An additional 22% refuse to take their kids to the cinema for fear of them ‘playing up’.

7% of the parents polled claimed to avoid outings with their children whenever possible to avoid feeling embarrassed.

Andy Cole, parenting expert athttp://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, said the following about the findings;

“Children can certainly misbehave when they aren’t being entertained, especially in situations such as long car journeys and during the weekly food shop. Parents shouldn’t avoid taking their children out completely however, as there are things that can be done to keep them occupied. Trips to the supermarket can be made more bearable by giving a child a shopping list and asking them to help locate certain items; it will keep them occupied and make them feel as if they are helping.”

He continued,

“If parents are in need of a romantic night out without the children, or a fun family outing, sites such as MyVoucherCodes.co.uk are great for finding money off vouchers that will certainly make a difference to the bank balance and hopefully help ease any stresses that may occur!”

LINK http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk

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For more information, please contact Charlotte Horsfall, 10 Yetis Public Relations Agency on 01452 348 211, charlotte@10yetis.co.uk

EDITORS NOTES

Mark Pearson, MD of MyVoucherCodes is a regular media contributor regarding online shopping and the credit crunch. At 29, his personal worth is more than £30 million. Mark was previously a trainee chef working for Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, London.

MyVoucherCodes has had sales exceeding £481m in the last year

Consumer savings on online shopping via MyVoucherCodes.co.uk up from £28m in 2008 to £52m in 2009.

MyVoucherCodes is the UK’s most popular discount site