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But why do "I" have to suck it up? I don't think you have to leave permanently - take them outside - explain they are being rude - and then return to your task at hand when they calm down or are distracted from the tantrum.
My guess is that you don't actually have children, do you? Anyone who has shopped with 4 children in tow knows that they cannot stop and remove the child from the situation EVERY time one of them acts up.
So, what if my child is screaming BECAUSE he is being disciplined? I don't let my 4-year-old or 18 month old walk in the store because they WOULD be one of those children that people think belong to HORRIBLE parents. They would be in the racks, pulling stuff down, you name it! So, since I strap them into a cart and do not allow that, and they scream because of it, then I am a bad parent? I don't understand that logic!
Your rights stop when they infringe on the rights of another - elementary civics.
Then don't complain when I criticize you verbally in public for your, and your offspring's, bad behavior.
Oh, come ON! Where are my rights then? I have the right to be able to shop in Wal-mart without people stopping to ask if all 4 children are mine. I have the right to grocery shop without having to explain to 5 different people why my kids aren't in school. I have the right to park in any given parking lot without my car getting banged up by carts. I have the right to not have to listen to adult customers swear and complain about the service in the store. My son has the right to be able to go out in public without people thinking that they can touch his "beautiful hair"-- which often times sets off his tantrums!
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Last edited by jeannie216; 09-29-2008 at 02:14 PM..
Um, no. Is that actually a legal right? I just think you picked the wrong word when you started this line of your argument. You are talking about public courtesies, not rights.
I predict that this thread is bound to be closed sooner rather than later. When the discussion becomes a parents vs. non-parents discussion, it is going to be hot and heavy.
I predict that this thread is bound to be closed sooner rather than later. When the discussion becomes a parents vs. non-parents discussion, it is going to be hot and heavy.
So, you are suggesting that I find child care for my kids everytime I need to run an errand? I almost couldn't write that because I was laughing so hard!
I didn't suggest that at all.
You seem to have a bit of difficulty with comprehension. You tend to read things that are not written.
I do suggest that you try some consideration for others. I'm really not interested in your kids and wouldn't notice them at all if they behaved.
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