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Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you just get up and go out to the lobby?

See, this is BS. Why do we allow kids to be disruptive as hell, just because they are kids? That’s so rude! Why, in a room of five quiet adults, should ONE ADULT have to get up and leave? Why does your child’s rowdiness trump the other adult’s peace? Nobody wants to listen to your loud child. Not in the grocery store, not in the quiet waiting area of a child’s activity, either. Take that outside.

+1000, but not at all surprising that this isn't a popular answer since we're in the land of kids ruling the roost

I’ve never seen a post that has made this so utterly apparent. I am feeling so proud of my own parenting and child after reading this.

You have one child and you are congratulating yourself on....being able to entertain and keep one child quiet places? LOL! One child is barely parenting.

What would your amazing parenting strategy be for keeping a newborn, 2 yo and 3 yo silent in a small waiting room for an hour. Please, tell us.

Not signing my child up for a class if it meant my other children would have to annoy a room of adults to do so.

NP and appalled at the selfishness and ignorance of the supposedly educated justifying having so many kids

Really? If you had more than one child, you would never sign them up for classes? Sure, Jan.

Nobody asked her to have so many kids so close together. No sympathy from me. I don’t ask for sympathy for my personal parenting problems.

Sounds like you're jealous of her fertility. Or the great sex life she and her Dh must enjoy to have conceived so many kids so close together.

NP and appalled at the ignorance and selfishness of having and justifying birthing so many kids by the supposedly educated crowd here.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you just get up and go out to the lobby?

See, this is BS. Why do we allow kids to be disruptive as hell, just because they are kids? That’s so rude! Why, in a room of five quiet adults, should ONE ADULT have to get up and leave? Why does your child’s rowdiness trump the other adult’s peace? Nobody wants to listen to your loud child. Not in the grocery store, not in the quiet waiting area of a child’s activity, either. Take that outside.

+1000, but not at all surprising that this isn't a popular answer since we're in the land of kids ruling the roost

+ 1000 these PPs are just being sanctimonious. If they were there in-person they would be so annoyed. Child shouldn’t be shouting so loud the dancers could hear it.

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Anonymous wrote:It's only rude if the noise was disturbing the class. Although the waiting room was quiet, there's no rule (said or unsaid) that it had to be quiet.

THIS.

It's a waiting room, not a library.

Similarly, there is no rule that everyone must remain silent on the metro.

True, but it sure is annoying as hell when someone yaps loudly on their phone while on the metro.

Anonymous wrote:It's only rude if the noise was disturbing the class. Although the waiting room was quiet, there's no rule (said or unsaid) that it had to be quiet.

THIS.

It's a waiting room, not a library.

Similarly, there is no rule that everyone must remain silent on the metro.

Anonymous wrote:It's a waiting room in a kiddie dance class studio. Not a library!

Plus 1

It's not a library---there is no expectation of quiet unless she was disrupting the class. Unclench yourself and lighten up. Give the mom a break and be kind to people.

This poor woman has three kids under the age of four and an older one. She was running late, the kids were cranky and wild because nap time had been cut short so they could get sister to dance class. If she had a newborn she was probably still dealing with crazy hormone issues, the distractions she'd carefully planned (as a seasoned parent) weren't working, and the waiting room moms were giving her the stink eye. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

I only have one kid, but I hope I'd have had a bit of compassion in the circumstances. Maybe even found some stickers in my purse or something for the middle kids.

Are you for real? Should she tie them to the radiator while she takes the older kid to dance?!

How old is the kid in dance? Why is it not drop off?

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you just get up and go out to the lobby?

See, this is BS. Why do we allow kids to be disruptive as hell, just because they are kids? That’s so rude! Why, in a room of five quiet adults, should ONE ADULT have to get up and leave? Why does your child’s rowdiness trump the other adult’s peace? Nobody wants to listen to your loud child. Not in the grocery store, not in the quiet waiting area of a child’s activity, either. Take that outside.

+1000, but not at all surprising that this isn't a popular answer since we're in the land of kids ruling the roost

I’ve never seen a post that has made this so utterly apparent. I am feeling so proud of my own parenting and child after reading this.

You have one child and you are congratulating yourself on....being able to entertain and keep one child quiet places? LOL! One child is barely parenting.

What would your amazing parenting strategy be for keeping a newborn, 2 yo and 3 yo silent in a small waiting room for an hour. Please, tell us.

Not signing my child up for a class if it meant my other children would have to annoy a room of adults to do so.

Really? If you had more than one child, you would never sign them up for classes? Sure, Jan.

Nobody asked her to have so many kids so close together. No sympathy from me. I don’t ask for sympathy for my personal parenting problems.

The enormous stick up your ass?

Are you serious, OP? It was a child’s dance class, not a night out at a fancy restaurant. You are completely unreasonable. Please unclench.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you just get up and go out to the lobby?

See, this is BS. Why do we allow kids to be disruptive as hell, just because they are kids? That’s so rude! Why, in a room of five quiet adults, should ONE ADULT have to get up and leave? Why does your child’s rowdiness trump the other adult’s peace? Nobody wants to listen to your loud child. Not in the grocery store, not in the quiet waiting area of a child’s activity, either. Take that outside.

+1000, but not at all surprising that this isn't a popular answer since we're in the land of kids ruling the roost

I’ve never seen a post that has made this so utterly apparent. I am feeling so proud of my own parenting and child after reading this.

You have one child and you are congratulating yourself on....being able to entertain and keep one child quiet places? LOL! One child is barely parenting.

What would your amazing parenting strategy be for keeping a newborn, 2 yo and 3 yo silent in a small waiting room for an hour. Please, tell us.

Not signing my child up for a class if it meant my other children would have to annoy a room of adults to do so.

Really? If you had more than one child, you would never sign them up for classes? Sure, Jan.

Nobody asked her to have so many kids so close together. No sympathy from me. I don’t ask for sympathy for my personal parenting problems.

Sounds like you're jealous of her fertility. Or the great sex life she and her Dh must enjoy to have conceived so many kids so close together.

Sometimes I get annoyed by other mothers talking loudly and obnioxoisly about their upcoming trip to Disney and all the planning involved while in small dance class waiting rooms. I don't care and don't want to hear about how you need to sign up 6 months in advance to have a lunch at Cinderella's castle or some other detail the masses need to know before the pilgrimage to Disney.

But it doesn't bother me THAT much. I can read a book peacefully in car full of kids on a long road trip- surely I can tune out your stupid Disney talk and 2 yr olds kicking their brother. Unless you are not a parent or over 60 kid noise shouldn't be a big deal- at a children's activity. Even if they are behaving in a manner your angels never would.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you just get up and go out to the lobby?

See, this is BS. Why do we allow kids to be disruptive as hell, just because they are kids? That’s so rude! Why, in a room of five quiet adults, should ONE ADULT have to get up and leave? Why does your child’s rowdiness trump the other adult’s peace? Nobody wants to listen to your loud child. Not in the grocery store, not in the quiet waiting area of a child’s activity, either. Take that outside.

+1000, but not at all surprising that this isn't a popular answer since we're in the land of kids ruling the roost

I would, and have, taken my kids out of a situation like this or given another consequence (if my kid in the activity would've been freaked if we went outside) for loud or rude behavior. That said, I wouldn't judge another parent who didn't. Parenting a bunch of small kids is hard. I think most of us are trying to teach them how to behave in public spaces, but those are lessons that have to be repeatedly re-learned. Even adults have to re-learn things sometimes. You don't have to believe kids rule the roost or think everyone else a sub-par parent to think OP should relax and be gracious.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you just get up and go out to the lobby?

See, this is BS. Why do we allow kids to be disruptive as hell, just because they are kids? That’s so rude! Why, in a room of five quiet adults, should ONE ADULT have to get up and leave? Why does your child’s rowdiness trump the other adult’s peace? Nobody wants to listen to your loud child. Not in the grocery store, not in the quiet waiting area of a child’s activity, either. Take that outside.

+1000, but not at all surprising that this isn't a popular answer since we're in the land of kids ruling the roost

I’ve never seen a post that has made this so utterly apparent. I am feeling so proud of my own parenting and child after reading this.

You have one child and you are congratulating yourself on....being able to entertain and keep one child quiet places? LOL! One child is barely parenting.

What would your amazing parenting strategy be for keeping a newborn, 2 yo and 3 yo silent in a small waiting room for an hour. Please, tell us.

Not signing my child up for a class if it meant my other children would have to annoy a room of adults to do so.

Really? If you had more than one child, you would never sign them up for classes? Sure, Jan.

Nobody asked her to have so many kids so close together. No sympathy from me. I don’t ask for sympathy for my personal parenting problems.

I would give you sympathy, pp. What are your personal parenting problems?