Vox Humana wrote:
> 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."

Or worse yet, scream "Coulten, don't do that! Coulten, don't do that!"
50 million times. My favorite thing to do is walk by an ill-behaved
child in the grocery store and frown disapprovingly at them. Usually
shuts them up and/or scares the shit out of them.
-L.
"That Mean Lady"