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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No headphones, no tablet for DD, no exceptions. People can't escape on a plane or a train, and who on Earth wants to watch 10 episodes of Doc McStuffins? (Besides my kid, obviously.)[/quote]

If your child also wants to watch it, isn’t it better if the other child is watching without headphones?[/quote]

What I meant was that no other random person wants to watch DD's shows.

For two kids? Buy a splitter for $5. Plug in both sets of headphones. Problem solved. DH and I do this on long plane trips to watch movies together.[/quote]

I guess I let my kids play, color, sing songs, sleep, tell stories.  I really don’t think I am obligated to put my kids in front of screens with headphones on and keep them in complete silence when we are in public.  [/quote]

Actually she’s on the mark. She recognizes kids are people and [b]there is no obligation to be silent in public. [/b]

Do you always miss the mark so badly?  You literally have no idea what this thread is about.  Just take your holier than thou self and start walking.[/quote][/quote]

There is a difference between obligation and common courtesy.  I am not obliged to shower regularly but I do because I don't want to stink up my office.  I'm not obliged to watch my language when I'm speaking in public but I do because I know that some people are offended by f-bombs.  I'm not obliged to step to the right on escalators but I do because I know that some people are in a bigger hurry than I am and I don't want to be in their way.  I'm not obliged to tell my kid to stop yelling in a restaurant but I do because I don't want to ruin other people's dinner.

It's about living in a society and be respectful to the people around you.[/quote]

My head is spinning at the thought that you actually have to explain this concept to people. I mistakenly believed most people were brought up to understand common courtesy. The level of selfishness on full display here is astounding. Were some of you raised by wolves?[/quote]

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