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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2721955" data-attributes="member: 14159">Exactly.There is a real problem in society, of parents who let their kids do whatever they want, and are utterly afraid of saying "No" to them, ever.  Like the parents in those articles who were utterly indignant that somebody would tell them to not have their children running around, screaming and crying, climbing over things and rolling around all the time, in a little coffeehouse.  Too many times I've gone into a restaraunt and there was a screaming, crying child there, throwing a tantrum, with the parents just sitting there ignoring him (or worse, giving him whatever he wants, he wants dessert, his parents say no, he cries and throws a fit, then gets a dessert).  Not trying to silence him, not removing him from the room, just ignoring the little brat who is filling the entire dining room with loud screams for minutes.  Or you will go into a store where kids are rolling around in the aisles, playing tag or running around.  The problem is kids that act like every place they go is a playground, screaming, running around, climbing on everything, and their parents never try and stop them or discipline them.  If you're taking offense to polite signs asking that children use inside voices and behave, ask yourself if your children how they are acting and how other people would feel about that.  Do you really think your kids are best off never being told "no" and acting however they want?When I go to a resturaunt, I always request a table away from any disorderly children.  I know that kids are kids, and they've got to run and play, and they'll act up, so don't take infants to nice resturaunts and movie theaters (sorry, you've got kids now, get a babysitter or wait a few years), and if they act up, remove them from the area if they remain disorderly and discipline them if neccesary.  I don't get upset until I see that the parents aren't doing anything to deal with the situation other than ignore it (or worse, encourage them).Kids who find out that they can act however they want in public, especially those who find that their whining and crying can get them somewhere, grow up into people with no sense of decorum who are used to using whining and griping as ways of getting what they want.</blockquote>

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