Reply #61: Not all of them [View All]

[comrade snarky]

Just the ones whose parents don't feel the need to discipline their kids and think others shouldn't be bothered by the piercing screams from little precious. Screams not because of pressure imbalance in the plane but just because the kid wants to scream.

Really, it's the parents who should be forced to fly cargo.

I was in a grocery store about a week ago and a mother and her (about) 7 year old were in line in front of me. She and the woman at checkout were discussing the cold her son has. He then began rubbing his face on the point of sale keypad. Coughing, putting his lips on the keys, doing everything but lick them. The number pad everyone uses. Mommy saw him of course and said nothing. That's when I spoke up, first to the child asking him not to do that when he has a cold because that's how they spread.

The I told mommy "Nice parenting there". I guess that was wrong too? I mean it impinged on his expressive potential after all.


Not bothering to control your child is bad parenting. It's a fact at 2, 7 or 13.


:edited for typo