Kids in restaurants... something to thing about
On 7/27/2015 7:19 PM, Roy wrote:
> On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 7:14:19 PM UTC-6, Sal Paradise wrote:
>> On 7/27/2015 6:54 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:14:47 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/27/2015 1:40 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:44:06 -0500, MaryL
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> My sister's niece has four very young children, and she and her
>>>>>> husband take them on a great many airplane trips. She said they get
>>>>>> some "dirty looks" from other passengers when they board the plane with
>>>>>> four youngsters, but they often get grateful comments when they exit.
>>>>>> Each parent sits with two children, and they take great care to keep the
>>>>>> children entertained and quiet.
>>>>>>
>>>>> The only time I've been on an airplane with a crying baby, the baby
>>>>> obviously had an ear problem that was the cause. I was seated
>>>>> directly across the aisle and barely heard the cries over all the
>>>>> airplane noise, so AFAIC anyone who complains about that sort of thing
>>>>> must *want* to be wound up about something... however small.
>>>>>
>>>> How does a baby obviously have an ear problem?
>>>
>>> I forget now because it was so long ago. Either I figured it out all
>>> by myself due to my personal experiences with infants as a parent or
>>> they told me. I've been in an airplane when the air pressure made it
>>> feel like there was a knife in my eardrum. An infant will feel that,
>>> not know why it's happening and crying will ensue. I'm sure you'd
>>> remember every vivid detail and tell it to rfc every chance you got,
>>> but it didn't bother me so I don't remember the details.
>>>>
>>>> Airplanes aside, it *is* obvious some people are oblivious to their
>>>> children. They let them scream or run around and expect everyone else
>>>> to put up with it. Why, I don't know.
>>>
>>> Funny how the grumps always find something to be grumpy about.
>>>>
>>>> When I was in my 20's I had a friend who had a 2 year old. She brought
>>>> her adorable child to my home one day. The "adorable child" started
>>>> pulling books out of my bookcase and tearing pages out of them. Her
>>>> mother blithely ignored her. I yelled at the girl. "STOP THAT!" My
>>>> friend had the nerve to get angry at me for yelling at her kid. She was
>>>> destroying my books. Would you have put up with that?
>>>>
>>> Is that the only child horror story you can trot out? It's getting
>>> long in the tooth.
>>>
>>>
>> Look back in those days "Lady Chatterly's Lover" was a prized commodity ;-)
>
> Yes, there many good things to emulate in that book.
>
Well O k then...
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