"Denise~*" > wrote in message
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> >>I'm very happy that my "monkey" is typically entertainment for everbody
> >>during my shopping experiences with him. Just today I got a compliment
> >>from an older lady about how cute he was & how much she was enjoying
> >>him. Whats even funnier, is he gets more silly & giddy when he hasn't
> >>had a nap & he didn't today until the drive home at 4:30pm.
> >>I would go nuts if I had children like the ones I have seen in other
> >>families at stores & bless my lucky stars that as of yet, at 2.5 years
> >>of age he hasn't had a tantrum in a public place. (knock on wood)
> >
> > I feel the same way about may cats, but I wouldn't inflict them on the
> > general public in a store.
> >
> > Wayne
>
> Well... that's just a silly statement.
>
> How do you expect children to learn how to learn & act in social
situations?

Well, I don't think much learning takes place when little Couten and Paige
are body surfing down the cereal isle while mom in on the cell phone
blocking the dairy case halfway across the store. Therein lies the problem.
No teaching or learning takes place. At best, the parents contribute to the
chaos by sporadically screaming "If you don't stop that I'm going to smack
the hell out of you."