Comments on: Why Are Some Parents Morons?

By: A Lap Of The Blogs : WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com

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

[...] And finally, Mike from The Quest For Four Pillars asks why some parents are morons. [...]

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.

By: telly

telly — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:22:50 +0000

Teaching your kid a lesson at an expensive restaurant without regard to other paying customers is just not the right place. In fact, even a lower end (Jack Astor’s) can be annoying.

My husband and I sat at a table 2 ft. from the next. The couple next to us had a SCREAMING baby (I’m not exaggerating) and the woman turned the baby away from her so that it was facing my husband (both tables had one long extended bench to share) and continued to eat her meal. The baby couldn’t have been more than a foot and 1/2 from my husband’s ear.

We asked to be moved because we literally could not hear one another over the screams. Please teach your kid a lesson elsewhere. As far as I’m concerned that’s not much better than had she lit a smoke.

I’m guessing most normal parents would have taken the kid outside or to the washroom to settle him / her down at that point.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:13:56 +0000

Sally, it’s a really nice, really expensive restaurant.

I agree you can’t give in to kids having a tantrum, but my opinion is that they shouldn’t be in a restaurant like that in the first place.

Mike

By: Sally Villarreal

Sally Villarreal — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:42:07 +0000

I agree that the need for “payback” is ridiculous. But I think you need to be little more patient with the Apple Juice Kid.

While you need to attempt to stop your kid’s tantrum, it leaves you in a bind. Give in to the kid to shut him up (reward him for his tantrum) or stay strong and teach her that she can’t get what she wants by screaming (and piss off everyone else around you.)

Also, I’m not familiar with the restaurant you are talking about, but some people seem to think that when you have kids you should never leave home with them. I understand there are some places you don’t take children (R-rated movies for example) but you’re going to encounter them on planes, at the grocery store and in restaurants.

Sometimes I get annoyed with the little kids screaming around my apartment complex, but then I think about how little room they have to play and I feel sorry for them.

Basically, we’ve all been kids once, and most of us will grow old. I think we need to be patient with both.

(This comes from someone who doesn’t have children. I don’t know if that makes me more or less credible.)

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Weekend Roundup - Giveaway Winners | beingfrugal.net — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:07:30 +0000

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