Posted on 08/15/2006 6:24:16 AM PDT by steve-b
For Cindy Nooney's 3-year-old twin boys, playing with the Thomas the Train set at their local bookstore in Southern California is a major thrill. Jack and Sam push Thomas, Arthur and friends down the track, they run around the table, jump up and down and, of course, they squeeeaal.
Nooney expects as much in the children's section of the store. But on a recent afternoon, she was surprised by an employee who confronted her, calling her darling Jack a tyrant.
"He was a little loud but this is a children's section," says Nooney. "They run a noisy, cavernous bookstore but they dont want kids to make any noise? It just seems ridiculous and leads me to believe that they don't want kids, they want silent kids."
The bookstore is not the only place that likes quiet, controlled children and isn't afraid to say so. Across the nation, there are signs of a low-burning uprising against children supposedly behaving badly in public.
Eateries from California to Massachusetts have posted signs on doors and menus saying "We love children, especially when they are tucked in chairs and well behaved" or "Kids must use indoor voices." In North Carolina an online petition was started last year to establish child-free restaurants the petition loosely compared dining with children to dining with cigarette smoke....
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1. You sit calmly so you don't reinforce bad behavior.
2. If you do swat their but then suzy busy body calls the police to report abuse. (it takes a safety nazi village)
Now, why'd you ping him? The title clearly prohibits him! ;)
Children running wild at a store like Walmart, etc., holds other dangers--several have been abducted in our area over the years. How hard can it be to snatch a wee one when the parents aren't paying the least bit of attention to anything but their shopping?
Neither will this low-brow beer-swilling Freeper. All four of my children behave in public, or understand that they really should have.
There's so many things that are right about it, it's hard to list them all.
They need Sir Topham Hatt to calm the children like he does to the engines.
"...supposedly"?? You know it, I know it, there are lots of overindulged brats out there that run their families. Also, there's too many people calling BOYS "young men" (and girls "young women/ladies"). They eventually will become such but FIRST they are boys and girls and need to behave or suffer the consequences.
Problem with this story was they chose an ambiguous example. Didn't sound to me like these kids were out of control. You provide a kid with a bunch of toys an you expect him to sit there and quitely admire them?
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Parents in the 60s and 70s knew that they were expected to keep their children under proper control, hence, no such signs were necessary.
My mother used the powerful "EYE" first. This could stop you dead in your tracks, even from a distance. My kids never were able to know my dear mom, but they understand the inherited power of the EYE and tremble.
Some "parents" get upset when I offer them the use of my belt.
Get a thrill just thinking about it don't ya?
Oh, baloney. My grand nieces and nephews don't scream in public, for the simple reason it's not accepted. If they try it, they get to stay home next time--or worse. Those who scream in public do it because they know they can get away with it.
"I mean c'mon.. She's from West Hollywood, shops at Whole Foods, is unmarried and calls parents "breeders"? "
Breeders indeed. I think everyone has an obligation to society to at least replace themself (breed) so that society can continiue. Homos contribute nothing to the continuation of society and look down on those that do.
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Pul-eeze. In traditional families children are to be seen and not heard. What all of us are starting to rage against is uncontrolled little brats whose parents think their kids are God's gift to the universe. It's the vestiges of Dr. Spock...God forbid you should interfere with you precious darlings emotional or social development by teaching them respect for the rights of others to be free from their outrageous tantrums or behavioral spectacles. Total lack of impulse control is a disease of a liberal culture. Self discipline and awareness for the needs of others is the "traditional value" that has been totally lost.
I think in your mind Sir Topham Hat = Sir Tranquilizer.
Amen to that. I'd say 95% of the world's problems is bad parenting.
No problem. I didn't realize that one sentence was a problem.
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