My frustration is that every where you go these days there are screaming, tantruming kids. I certainly don't condone what this man did AT ALL but I'm thrilled that this is become less acceptable, especially since it now seems parents find it age appropriate to have their 7, 8 and 9 year old acting like monsters in the the public space. Frankly if you people managed your kids better we wouldn't have these issues. And spare me that "what if the kid is SPEEECIALLL NEEEEEDS" bullshit. The latest report said something like 1 in 55 kids is autistic, which is such a huge number it's like saying all kids are autistic, which means yours isn't actually special, s/he's just like every other poorly behaved kid out there.

My biggest problem with kids crying in public is the way parents respond to them. I hate being at the playground and seeing a toddler get frustrated or upset, start crying, and then be left there while their parent calls to them to stop crying. I've seen parents tell their little kids they're going to leave, tell them to shut up, threaten them with time outs, and try to shame them by pointing to other kids who aren't crying. Pick them up and comfort them!

I'm not talking about tantrums in stores, just regular frustration where the kid could be redirected after a little bit of attention and reassurance. How hard is it to go over, give them a hug, acknowledge their frustration with whatever didn't go the way they wanted it to, and help them get interested in something else? Very, apparently.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An American passenger threw water on a Brazilian baby's face a few years ago in the airplane.

Seems like you guys have low tolerance for whiny kids in public places...

How do you know the guy was American?

Also years of posting on DCUM show that most people (even parents) hate kids.

See posts about "don't bring your kids to resteraunts," or "how to keep your kids quiet on planes" where people attack parents for kids crying. That would never happen in my country.

What country, and can I move there? I hated worrying every time we went out in public that people were going to find my family a nuisance to society. I think we are past that phase now (pre-school age kids), but it still makes me sad for others who are going through it now.

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Anonymous wrote:I was in line at TJMaxx the other day when a baby started shrieking, and the woman in line in front of me went crazy! "I can't stand that noise!" this woman screamed, looking at me, the only other person in line. The mom picked up the kid, was holding her and trying to comfort her, but the kid, who wanted some sort of toy, kept screaming. I left the line, not because of the kid (I'm used to the sounds of children) but because I thought the woman in front of me was nuts, and I didn't know what she was going to do. I didn't want to witness an altercation, even a verbal one, between this crazy lady and the poor mom who was trying to buy some stuff at TJMaxx and deal with her tired, shrieking kid. If the mom had been ignoring the kid, I would have reason to be annoyed too, but the mom was doing her best. Kids make noise, and the best efforts of parents can't always stop it.

In the library, the mom ought to have taken her kids out, but you can't always tell when your child will stop crying. She might have left, and of course the kids would stop crying.

I can't stand it when babies cry in church, though. Please! Can't parents take them out!! Especially during the sermon!! I think that's downright un-Christian!

This is downright un-Christian. Oh wait. It's actually very Christian.

I think this why so many people stop going to church. In American, if a baby cries in church its a bad thing. So crazy! They are babies!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An American passenger threw water on a Brazilian baby's face a few years ago in the airplane.

Seems like you guys have low tolerance for whiny kids in public places...

How do you know the guy was American?

Also years of posting on DCUM show that most people (even parents) hate kids.

See posts about "don't bring your kids to resteraunts," or "how to keep your kids quiet on planes" where people attack parents for kids crying. That would never happen in my country.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in line at TJMaxx the other day when a baby started shrieking, and the woman in line in front of me went crazy! "I can't stand that noise!" this woman screamed, looking at me, the only other person in line. The mom picked up the kid, was holding her and trying to comfort her, but the kid, who wanted some sort of toy, kept screaming. I left the line, not because of the kid (I'm used to the sounds of children) but because I thought the woman in front of me was nuts, and I didn't know what she was going to do. I didn't want to witness an altercation, even a verbal one, between this crazy lady and the poor mom who was trying to buy some stuff at TJMaxx and deal with her tired, shrieking kid. If the mom had been ignoring the kid, I would have reason to be annoyed too, but the mom was doing her best. Kids make noise, and the best efforts of parents can't always stop it.

In the library, the mom ought to have taken her kids out, but you can't always tell when your child will stop crying. She might have left, and of course the kids would stop crying.

I can't stand it when babies cry in church, though. Please! Can't parents take them out!! Especially during the sermon!! I think that's downright un-Christian!

This is downright un-Christian. Oh wait. It's actually very Christian.

What are you blabbing about? Baby Jesus was perfect and never cried during services.

Anonymous wrote:But Takoma Park has great walkability - I'd live there with my baby despite the assaults and other crime.

This part of Takoma Park is rather different than the one most people extol for its walkability and sense of community.

Anonymous wrote:I was in line at TJMaxx the other day when a baby started shrieking, and the woman in line in front of me went crazy! "I can't stand that noise!" this woman screamed, looking at me, the only other person in line. The mom picked up the kid, was holding her and trying to comfort her, but the kid, who wanted some sort of toy, kept screaming. I left the line, not because of the kid (I'm used to the sounds of children) but because I thought the woman in front of me was nuts, and I didn't know what she was going to do. I didn't want to witness an altercation, even a verbal one, between this crazy lady and the poor mom who was trying to buy some stuff at TJMaxx and deal with her tired, shrieking kid. If the mom had been ignoring the kid, I would have reason to be annoyed too, but the mom was doing her best. Kids make noise, and the best efforts of parents can't always stop it.

In the library, the mom ought to have taken her kids out, but you can't always tell when your child will stop crying. She might have left, and of course the kids would stop crying.

I can't stand it when babies cry in church, though. Please! Can't parents take them out!! Especially during the sermon!! I think that's downright un-Christian!

This is downright un-Christian. Oh wait. It's actually very Christian.

I was in line at TJMaxx the other day when a baby started shrieking, and the woman in line in front of me went crazy! "I can't stand that noise!" this woman screamed, looking at me, the only other person in line. The mom picked up the kid, was holding her and trying to comfort her, but the kid, who wanted some sort of toy, kept screaming. I left the line, not because of the kid (I'm used to the sounds of children) but because I thought the woman in front of me was nuts, and I didn't know what she was going to do. I didn't want to witness an altercation, even a verbal one, between this crazy lady and the poor mom who was trying to buy some stuff at TJMaxx and deal with her tired, shrieking kid. If the mom had been ignoring the kid, I would have reason to be annoyed too, but the mom was doing her best. Kids make noise, and the best efforts of parents can't always stop it.

In the library, the mom ought to have taken her kids out, but you can't always tell when your child will stop crying. She might have left, and of course the kids would stop crying.

I can't stand it when babies cry in church, though. Please! Can't parents take them out!! Especially during the sermon!! I think that's downright un-Christian!

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Anonymous wrote:http://www.koaa.com/news/brazilian-woman-throws-baby-over-wall/

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/16/mom-killed-two-children-two-others-and-herself-after-taping-herself-smoking/

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http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-12-19/news/ct-met-emington-shootings-1220-20111220_1_shooting-deaths-funeral-services-shot

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http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-20053520.html

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http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-25/justice/indiana.mother.children_1_woman-shot-indiana-woman-three-children?_s=PM:CRIME

http://www.koaa.com/news/brazilian-woman-throws-baby-over-wall/