I dunno... I just don't get parents who think that little kids will enjoy the mall. The older kid probably had had enough, but parent had to do "just one more thing..."
I guess I wonder whatever happened to babysitters. Or one parent (OK, mom) minding a couple families' worth of kids so the other moms could get stuff done.
Of course, my own perspective is skewed by the role _my_ mom played in the first neighborhood we lived in... There were several other mothers on the street who would toss their kids out the door as soon as they got home from school, and they weren't allowed to come back until dinner. My mom, OTOH, kept the house open and stocked with inexpensive and healthy snacks, and some of these kids showed up on the doorstep every afternoon. And she didn't even like kids!
But I do wonder about babysitters. Especially when I go to a really nice restaurant and there's a screaming toddler or six to ruin the experience. Especially when it's 9 or 10 at night, and the kid is clearly up past his/her bedtime. Or when I go to a PG-13 movie and there are a bunch of clueless parents with their little kids there.
In general, I _like_ kids... but I don't want to have to deal with them everywhere I go
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Re: on child-free spaces
Date: 2002-07-02 10:09 am (UTC)I guess I wonder whatever happened to babysitters. Or one parent (OK, mom) minding a couple families' worth of kids so the other moms could get stuff done.
Of course, my own perspective is skewed by the role _my_ mom played in the first neighborhood we lived in... There were several other mothers on the street who would toss their kids out the door as soon as they got home from school, and they weren't allowed to come back until dinner. My mom, OTOH, kept the house open and stocked with inexpensive and healthy snacks, and some of these kids showed up on the doorstep every afternoon. And she didn't even like kids!
But I do wonder about babysitters. Especially when I go to a really nice restaurant and there's a screaming toddler or six to ruin the experience. Especially when it's 9 or 10 at night, and the kid is clearly up past his/her bedtime. Or when I go to a PG-13 movie and there are a bunch of clueless parents with their little kids there.
In general, I _like_ kids... but I don't want to have to deal with them everywhere I go