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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]liberalhistorian
(20,814 posts)in her bonnet against children and those of us who dare to be parents for a long time and never misses an opportunity to make that be known.
She has the right to decide for herself not to have children, and the right to live her life free from criticism or judgment over such a decision. She does NOT have the right to go about demanding that children be kept under lock and key and to constantly criticize other parents when, never having been a parent, she doesn't understand the first thing about it.
Speaking of restaurants-when my son was younger, he and my parents and I were in a FAMILY restaurant once. He'd been coloring with the "entertainment packets" they give children in such restaurants and was laughing at something he'd colored. A couple people at the table across from us got mad and said "can't you keep him quiet?" He wasn't screaming. He wasn't crying. He wasn't banging on the table or making a huge mess or throwing food around or running amok around the restaurant. He was LAUGHING. And this was a FAMILY restaurant, not an upscale, romantic ambience establishment. We politely told them where to put it and what to do with it. Politely, of course, unlike them.