[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I've often thought that adults are too respectful of bratty children. When allow children to go on and on like brats, we are really tolerating the parents and their either poor control or their concept that it is "civilized" to carry on in public.

When I was kid, adults would actually tell me to behave or pipe down if I was acting up. I think we need to get over that absurd boundary that we cannot correct an unruly child in public (within limits, of course, no screaming, certainly no touching, but if the child is screaming words, he/she can probably understand an adult saying, "please stop screaming.")

[polymuser]

As Rush has said many times, America has lost its common morality.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Yup, and tell them to stop in the form of a question. It's not "will you", but it's "you will".