tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385301423389741410.post1169577627745772064..comments2019-09-12T06:11:11.208-05:00Comments on Brutal Honesty: Children in public placesJennifer Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454744670216837884noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385301423389741410.post-86551720049758403382010-04-14T19:19:02.609-05:002010-04-14T19:19:02.609-05:00Oddly silent lately on the blog, Jen. Everything ...Oddly silent lately on the blog, Jen. Everything OK? I'm assuming you're just super busy raising your beautiful daughters. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385301423389741410.post-22760742489222528482010-03-16T21:51:32.435-05:002010-03-16T21:51:32.435-05:00I posted a link to this post on my facebook page, ...I posted a link to this post on my facebook page, and want to share some of the comments that were posted there. I edited names by converting them to initials:<br /><br />ST: this made me irate as well. People saying children should be banned from all airplanes? Wow. You don't get much more selfish and mean-hearted than that.<br /><br />KC: Wow! Jen, I agree--that article is maddening! Are we discriminating against parents and babies now? <br /><br />ST: they need to charter their own damn plane then. Americans are the only ones who don't do public transporation well. This country needs an attitude adjustment<br /><br />LH: Crap- I'd be screwed.... L. actually behaves better in public than she does at home!!!<br /><br />LKH: Wow, that's irritating. Usually my kids are great in planes, but this last time R. was horrible. I tried everything but she just wasn't happy. Then just as I got her to sleep, S. kicked off wanting me to hold het. I got a ton of looks, but I was doing everything I could. I understand getting upset at parents who ignore the behavior, but if we're trying, cut us some slack. Kids can't be perfect all the time.<br /><br />ST: if we ban babies, then I suggest we ban the annoying business man that feels he is too important to turn his cell phone off and asks to set his drink on your tray becasue his big important laptop takes up all of his. That's how I get annoyed. Do I create a huge stink about it and call CNN? No, but I could if that's how shallow human beings want to get.<br /><br />MR: i was in an irish store the other day with t. in hand and a. in the baby bjorn and the woman behind the counter darted a look of death at me and very rudely said "this is NOT a toy store" i should have told t. to poop on her carpet...Jennifer Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454744670216837884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385301423389741410.post-40376484944259044132010-03-16T21:45:51.696-05:002010-03-16T21:45:51.696-05:00Well said, my friend, well said.
I also always ...Well said, my friend, well said. <br /><br />I also always hated it when people said "you don't understand because you don't have kids." The other one that bugged me and still does is, "it is different with your own." True, but not always in the right direction! This statement implies you will be more tolerant of your own children, but I often find I am less tolerant and have higher expectations of my own children.Jennifer Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454744670216837884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385301423389741410.post-40677260479050689452010-03-16T17:12:38.377-05:002010-03-16T17:12:38.377-05:00It's one of those issues with two vocal wingnu...It's one of those issues with two vocal wingnut groups, but I'd like to think that the majority of people can find a middle ground. I don't get the militant kid-haters. Sure, it's annoying if a kid starts screaming at a restaurant, but you roll your eyes and get on with life. To lack all tolerance for children to the point that you look down on parents and try to ban kids from airplanes is cynical.<br /><br />At the same time, I know more than a few parents who feel that "childless by choice" is immature, selfish, a betrayal of society, or all of the above. There are few lines I hate more than "You wouldn't understand; you don't have kids." The world isn't exactly short on people, and there are other ways to have a positive impact on it besides spawning.<br /><br />So here's the compromise - kids or no kids, having a superiority complex about a chosen familial status isn't helping anyone. There are some environments like a movie theater where parents do have an obligation to remove their screaming children from the room even if it means missing the movie they paid to see. An airplane isn't one of those environments, so you deal with it like a grown-up. Just order another mini-Jack Daniels and keep in mind that the parents are probably having the most miserable flight of all. In fact, order them a Jack, too...for the screaming kid, of course.jaylewisstlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559757585084950990noreply@blogger.com