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" . . .They run around grocery stores upsetting fruit and pushing old people to the ground - or they ride around in those huge, foul, plastic “cars,” blocking aisles and skinning the knees of hard-working grocers...."

Its not the children-it's the parents. Parents today seem oblivious of the dangers they put their children in by allowing them to run wild.

Not long ago I was at the veterinarians office. The waiting room was packed with dogs, cats, adults and children. Right next to me was a couple who had this huge pit bull.

A toddler from across the room kept running up and stopping short of this pit. The child was just having fun, laughing giggling, swinging his arms. I asked the owner of the pit to be aware, to keep his dog in check. The ignoramus told me there was "no way" that dog could get away from him, and that he was "very friendly".

Then I called out to the child's' mother (who was across the room on her cell phone)and warned her to keep the child in check as well. She halfheartedly told the child "be careful, honey".

You all can imagine what I was imagining could happen. I finally got up and guided the child back to his mother. looked her square in the eye and said "If that dog were to attack this baby, YOU are to blame. She kept the child close thereafter.