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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]quakerboy
(13,920 posts)I agree with you when it comes to ill behaved children who's parents are not acting as responsible parents while taking them into public. I wouldn't let my puppy off a leash inside someone else's home. If a family member I had brought were to get drunk and lose the ability to interact appropriately at a party, I would do my best to help moderate the outcome and to get them home so they could sleep it off. Why is a kid any different?
That said, I have a fairly liberal view of appropriate behavior. Kids genuinely having fun and not harming anyone, observing adult behavior quietly, etc, I have no problem with. Even if it gets a little loud or occasionally interrupts an adult conversation.
Then again there are plenty of adults (and not just those who are without children) who act like genuine asses in public. Im sure that some would even count me in that group based on certain instances. I knew a guy who liked to go to Olive Garden for a meal, and blow huge, hear it across the restaurant farts and belches that sounded like he was going to blow chunks. Not kidding on any part of that sentence. That's as bad as a screaming kid, although it was less continual than some.
But the overall summary of this thread, in its totality, would be "people suck, they should be locked in closets so they don't offend me".
The whole thing follows a very predictable "comment, offense, reactive comment, offense, hyperbolic comment, offense, repeat several hundred times" format. Apparently parents are easily offended by any criticism of children or parents, and people who have chosen not to be parents are easily offended by the (mis)behavior of children. Who would have guessed?