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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]Taitertots
(7,745 posts)Last edited Tue Dec 27, 2011, 03:50 PM - Edit history (1)
I don't see the OP as lumping spoiled and normal children. The devil is in the details.
With regards to answering the phone. There is a significant difference between having a child answer the phone, and leaving said child to have a 5 min conversation while the parents sit on their asses; too lazy to get up to get the phone.
With regard to noise on planes and in grocery stores. No one expects total silence. All we want is a reasonable effort from parents to avoid creating a disturbance. Autisic or not, parents should be making an effort to take the people around them into consideration. There are parents who don't do this.
I'd be willing to bet that far more people would have consideration for the challenges created by autistic children if we didn't have to deal with far worse problems from non-autistic children. I think it has to be mutual, with both parents and non-parents acting with respect and consideration to the feelings of each other.