Comments on: Why Are Some Parents Morons?

By: Wychwood guy

Wychwood guy — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:38:48 +0000

I have two kids, and I try at all times to teach them to be respectful of others. The people in the TL article are caricature, intended to elicit passionate debate – looks like they succeeded. There is no one way of raising kids properly. If a parent wants to dress her kid in ACDC shirts, then so be it. Want to go to dinner with the kids? Probably not a great idea if the overall mood of the place indicates a more subdued or intimate environment – but hey, people make mistakes. If I was there, and my kids threw a tantrum, I’d try to correct them in a patient and loving manner. If it takes a few minutes to settle them down, so what? Why would you as a parent put the needs of others before your own child? That makes no sense. Baby on board sticker? Yes, to that parent the baby IS more important than anyone else on the road, and rightly so! Spend your life worrying about not offending others or what others will think of you as a parent – waste of time. Get your priorities right and put those who matter most in your life on top when you make your decisions.

By: Pipes

Pipes — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 05:31:09 +0000

Oversize SUV strollers are much like cars, no? Would you drive your car into the supermarket, would you drive you car onto the streetcar or bus? NO! You would park your damn car in the parking lot like any sensible adult. What is it about having a kid that turns people’s brains to mush???? And what is it about having a kid that makes those mush- brained fools think that everyone else wants to share their mush??

By: Mrs Pillars

Mrs Pillars — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:02:12 +0000

ioana: Maybe your kid is really laid-back and well-behaved in restaurants where many people want to enjoy a meal in relative peace. We have two inexpressibly precious, wonderful little people in our lives who have so much energy and joy bubbling out of them they can’t help but be noisy and bursting to be active. If we take them to a restaurant, it’ll be a kid-friendly restaurant – you know the type that has colouring pages for their placemats? and save the fancy bar/restaurant visits for those evenings when Grandma is available to babysit. That gives us a chance to connect as a couple. It also saves causing indigestion in other restaurant patrons since Mike and I are fairly well-behaved.
Where you get the idea that civic-spirited people who leave their kids at home instead of dragging them off to restaurants after bedtime won’t give a pregnant woman a seat on the bus is beyond me. Seems to me such people would be more likely to offer her a seat.

By: ioana

ioana — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:39:38 +0000

Ok, screw you all, deal? I’m going to take my kid to a restaurant if I wish to. My kid is an important person in my life, and I actually enjoy spending time with him. He’s not a luggage or some sort of inconvenience that I shut out of my life when I don’t feel like it.

As for huge strollers, yes they’re annoying, but plain strollers are sometimes necessary.

Giving up your seat for a pregnant woman or an old person, or a sick person on the streetcar is not a requirement, of course, unless you want to be not-an-asshole.

cheers,

By: A Lap Of The Blogs : WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com

A Lap Of The Blogs : WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:53:46 +0000

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By: Living Off Dividends & Passive Income

Living Off Dividends & Passive Income — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:27:21 +0000

your use of the word “moron” is a bit understated!

By: Big Cajun Man

Big Cajun Man — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:03:03 +0000

My kids wouldn’t eat at any nice restaurant, they are too expensive to feed at home, and yes these Granola Crunching throw back hippies are Morons.

I go out to dinner to get AWAY from MY kids, why would I want to sit next to YOUR kids?

–C8j

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:35:50 +0000

Michael – hopefully those other people are more mature than she is (fairly likely).

By: Michael G.R.

Michael G.R. — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:50:27 +0000

“So when people have to squeeze by or when Gabriel start screaming, I view it as payback.”

Payback?

Wow, collective punishment certainly is not a dead concept.

..and the wheel turns. These random people tha she pisses off now are more likely to piss off other random people if they also have the same mentality as her, and so on. Very mature.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:21:53 +0000

Telly – that’s just ridiculous.

I would have taken the kid outside.