Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hound.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!hound!ganns From: ganns@hound.UUCP (R.GANNS) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: re screaming kids Message-ID: <1055@hound.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 11:31:31 EST Article-I.D.: hound.1055 Posted: Mon Apr 8 11:31:31 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Apr-85 02:28:56 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 8 I have noticed the screaming kid phenomenon and many variations on that theme; apparently, many parents feel that the rest of society is under some sort of obligation to help them raise their children--such things as subsidized school lunches, cheaper rates on lots of things, etc.; I mean, anyone who doesn't just absolutely adore children must be some sort of scumbag, right? The response I have gotten to complaints runs like: " I have my rights, too, which I define to include letting my kids run amok".