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[faithellen]

Manners? Whoulda thunk it?

I admire this guy, and not because I'm anti-child -- *everyone* should behave themselves in public, and we learn it as children. There are places we can be loud and boisterous, and places where we speak in more moderate tones and sit calmly. Children have to learn that, and parents have to teach it. This guy is just promoting that process.

::waiting for the onslaught::

Comments

[o2bacelt.livejournal.com]

His business, he can put up what sign he likes. Would I give the man my money? Hell no. All kids, even really good ones, have their moments. When my child has those moments, she is removed from the situation, period. That being said, I don't need someone telling me that it needs to be done, I can manage that one all by myself, thank you very much.

The waitress who announced that we have a screamer to the entire restaurant... RUDE! Period. Give the mom a minute to try and make said infant comfortable, it's not like the kid was laying on the floor throwing a tantrum, it was an infant. Even I have issues with toddlers laying on the floors of place or running around crazy and I have a toddler. My daughter isn't allowed out of someone's lap or the high chair unless accompanied by an adult. Uncomfortable infants get a break, even before I had kids they got a break.

To each his own.

[pyratelady.livejournal.com]

That sign isn't for you, then. I say that with respect, because you're the kind of parent that I like -- the kind who keeps her kids in line and keeps them from ruining the environment for everyone else.

[faithellen]

I agree with you completely about the waitress. I think he's trying to combat the issue of chronically irritating kids -- the ones the parents ignore or tacitly encourage.

I try really hard not to be irritated by kids being kids -- when their parents are being parents and are actively dealing with them. I'm not a kid person, so this has always been an issue for me. My heart goes out to parents who are handling kids in the middle of a meltdown, and they have to navigate their way out of the situation while trying to restore peace. It's the ones who turn a blind eye that make me insane.

[autumncat.livejournal.com]

I try really hard not to be irritated by kids being kids -- when their parents are being parents and are actively dealing with them.

This is the bottom line, really. If the parents just ignore the behvaior and go back to reading their newspapers - or do nothing to try to get the kid to stop...then that's the problem.

[thatwasjen]

All kids, even really good ones, have their moments. When my child has those moments, she is removed from the situation, period. That being said, I don't need someone telling me that it needs to be done, I can manage that one all by myself, thank you very much.

I'm guessing that you also don't need to be told to wear shoes and a shirt when you go into a store, restaurant, or wherever. And yet, those signs are visible on many businesses' doors, because there are people who can't figure out the basic requirements of going about their business in a world with other people in it.

You've got it exactly right: When a child has one of "those moments," the child should be removed from the situation. And the definition of one of "those moments" will change based on whether you're in a library, a playground, or someplace in between. But too many people seem incapable of figuring out those distinctions.