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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)That you would take the time (and it must have taken quite some time) to write this ultra-long screed against children and their parents. It really is just beyond me. This doesn't seem to be about a particular incident (we've all had that one incident on the plane with the screaming toddler, and the parent who doesn't seem to be able to do anything about it) but about everything that could possibly pop into your head for thinking children are evil little brats and their parents besotted, indulgent idiots. The anger (and overblown hyperbole about children and parents, stereotyping them in the crudest terms) in this post is truly ... well ... revealing.
And this is a supposedly liberal board? How can anyone claiming to be a liberal harbor such attitudes towards a goodly portion of the population, and the future citizens of this nation? These bratty children are someday going to be the doctors, lawyers, legislators, and caretakers who make the society you live in functional.
If you really hate kids so much (which you appear to do, and that is your right), then please, just don't associate with people who have them. But you don't own the stores or restaurants: it's a free country. You can hate your encounters with these little future "sociopaths," but you'll just have to live with it.
I suppose you were the perfectly behaved little angel as a small child, and that your parents never felt proud about your accomplishments. Remember: you were a child once, too. But I hope that someone with attitudes like yours never hated you so much.
You know what makes me upset? Stories like this:
Leonard Cobb was reportedly playing a game in the living room during a family celebration when shots were fired into the home from outside, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. ...
NBC also reports that the shots were fired from across the street, making it unclear whether the home was the shooter's target.
Leonard was in critical condition at University of Chicago Comer Childrens Hospital Sunday afternoon, the Sun-Times reports.
He was totally innocent, King told the Tribune. He was just trying to have some fun.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/25/gary-boy-7-shot-in-the-he_n_1169636.html?ref=chicago
I wish there were a prize for the Grinchiest post-Christmas post ever. I'd give you the medal!