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"Somebody Tranq That Child!"

(taylor.town)
30 points surprisetalk | 4 comments | 22 Oct 24 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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Dilettante_ ◴[22 Oct 24 15:13 UTC] No.41915103[source]▶
Do people actually think "somebody tranq that child" or do parents with publicly misbehaving children just feel like they are?

Like, I'm a bit annoyed when there's a crying baby on my bus or something, but I'm annoyed at being caught in that circumstance, not at either the parent or the child.

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1. cafard ◴[22 Oct 24 17:13 UTC] No.41916409[source]▶
A crying baby is not misbehaving. A crying baby is wet, hungry, tired, or sick.

If the child is sick, the parents don't really have a lot of thought to spare on the bystanders. (Or anyway I didn't. I'm sorry if you resented the noise, but I had someone else on my mind.)

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2. potato3732842 ◴[22 Oct 24 17:46 UTC] No.41916761[source]▶
It's your responsibility as a parent to teach your kid not to be obnoxious to others within reasonable limits and expectations for its age while also managing the situations it's in so that it's not so hungry/tired/whatever that it can't help itself.

Obviously exact expectations all subjective and what's reasonable is a sliding scale based on age of child and situation.

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3. theGnuMe ◴[22 Oct 24 20:03 UTC] No.41918132[source]▶
I expect adults to maintain emotional control and practice empathy.
4. vacuity ◴[22 Oct 24 21:50 UTC] No.41919090[source]▶
Note that an outsider is likely not going to have the full picture at a glance, so even if it seems like a "wow, this parent is irresponsible and bad" situation, give some leeway. There are plenty of bad eggs, but also just people having bad days or something else entirely.