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| "But I suspect you're not after concrete details. You're a didactic know-it-all, hell bent on perpetuating some pecking order of parental inferiority. Good luck with that. You show promise." Good post, very Churchillian. :-) |
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 don’t 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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Yep. That's the right age. I saw fire shoot 3 feet from an outlet when some goober in my 8th grade class did that. (Yes, they did have electricity back then...)
Well, you see, the Outlets have always said that the wall belongs to them, and the Forks never really did want the wall until after WWII when the United Nations gave it to the Outlets. Something about a birthright issue, too. They will never be friends.
Yes! I love that show. That was funny, and yet it was so annoying to watch.
Funny story, and I'll bet we all have at least a couple - When I was just out of college, I worked at a fast food restaurant briefly. I remember one young boy about 6 standing on the shelf behind the booth seat over his dad's head threatening to pour the contents of the soup bowl on dad, who said nothing, while mom asked the boy WHY he wanted to pour the soup on daddy's head. Why didn't he? He had the attention of a huge captive audience! The manager came over and told the boy in no uncertain terms to get down immediately. He crawled under the table, mad, and mom handed him his meal to eat in his 'camp'. Later, the mom remarked how 'rude' the manager, a woman with 2 kids of her own, had been.
Unbelievable. (I don't doubt you, it's just unbelievable that grown people put up with that...)
Pretty good smackdown!
Good idea, but most of our clients are older, seasoned citizens, so it would not get much use. This was a rarity.
Are you serious? Do you honestly think the sound STAYS in the children's section? (So many book stores put the children's section next the sections I like to browse--history, home decor, etc.) I go into a book store looking for books, not a headache.
Montana and Meghayn . . . I love it!
Don't forget Dacoda and Chance.
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| "But I suspect you're not after concrete details. You're a didactic know-it-all, hell bent on perpetuating some pecking order of parental inferiority. Good luck with that. You show promise." Good post, very Churchillian. :-) |
Guess what.....I still got my voting rights....shhhhhh.
Wait, there were TWO of you and you couldn't stop it?
Well, I am kind of funny-looking...
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| Kids have accidents and spills, which they learn from. Good post and I agree. Personally I'd prefer flights that don't allow children and have Hooter's 'style' women passing around Arturo Fuente cigars that they moisten and light personally. However, since I'm too cheap for that flight so I get on the ones that allow children and take my chances that one is not sitting next to me. |
My youngest daughter did that on a plane once (on purpose), and I told her to stop and also made her immediately apologize to the person she kicked. Of course, she was 6 years old at the time, not a toddler. It was obvious to me the person was appreciative of the apology, and my daughter didn't do it again.
Most people understand this happens on occasion and know when parents are trying to keep it under control.
All these parents need is a couple of visits from Cesar Milan; really!!
Stewardess, I'll have the melon for lunch, in fact make it two!
Sorry, last name is Millan,
Montana and Meghayn. Dacoda and Chance. Jaden and Cédé (instead of "Sadie").
Someday, there will be concentration camps for people who give their children idiotic names.
PS to "creative" parents: No, I don't care how "original" your little darling's name is. With a few notable exceptions (Joy, Hermione, etc.) you are permitted to name your children after ancestors, saints, or parents -- nothing else.
You know what it was like growing up with a name like Tijeras? Well, do ya?
I'm scarred forever I tell ya....
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