/rant on

Along the same lines...

Why do people take exhausted children who so desperately need a nap out shopping, then get angry when the child is unable to behave?

Why do idiots let their babies and toddlers stand up in high chairs at restaurants?

Why do usually the same aforementioned idiots let their children run around restaurants and stores with no restraint? In stores there is something called a shopping cart or "buggy" as it's known in the Southeastern US. They have seating for small children for a reason.

Why do morons let their children ride unrestrained by seatbelts in the car? Talk about the HEIGHT of stupidity. Don't these idiots realize that if the car collides with another car that anything loose inside will continue to go forward at the original speed of... say 55 mph or whatever the car was moving at?

I always hear the excuses... "my child won't sit, won't be buckled, is too hyper, etc. etc. ad nauseum." Well, for those spineless individuals I always have an answer. My youngest (now 18, graduated today from HS in the top 15% of his class) has high-functioning autism. If ever there was a hyper child it was him. If he misbehaved in a public place we took him outside or to the car until he calmed down. He always rode strapped into a car seat from birth. Period. He learned to behave in public places due to discipline on our part. Not spanking. Discipline (there is a difference).

/rant off

Kate: Mine are 18 and 21. Somehow they do survive us. :)

Linda

Brynna

With your arms around the future, and your back up against the past
You're already falling
It's calling you on to face the music.

The Moody Blues

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