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From: desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: screaming kids
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Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 13:51:33 EST
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> It certainly makes for a lousy mealtime, but i ALSO hate the toddlers
> who turn around in their booth and proceed to spend the remainder of
> the mealtime just staring at you and your party.  REALLY!  Aren't
> there any parents out there who know how RUDE this is?  Most parents
> seem to be blissfully unaware of their kids behavior.  (They're
> probably glad that junior is not screaming, kicking, slinging food,
> and annoying them!)  If I had done that when I was a kid, I never
> would have lived to see the age of 5.  Is discipline out of vogue
> these days according to the revered dr. spock or something?

I honestly don't see the harm of a little kid looking at you.  I assume
we're talking about 3- or 4-year-olds here, not 10-year-olds.  They're
just trying to learn something.  Children are naturally curious.  As
long as they're not breaking anyone or hurting you, why can't you let
them be?

	marie desjardins
	marie@harvard