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"Somebody Tranq That Child!"

(taylor.town)
30 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.193s | 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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poincaredisk ◴[22 Oct 24 15:22 UTC] No.41915190[source]▶
I used to be extremely angry when I had to spend some time around loud kids, especially misbehaving kids. Of course I never said anything but I was always fuming inside and wanted to scream at someone. Depending on the child age I was angry at the parent or both. Btw. I was also often aware that my anger is not rational.

Now I'm getting close to becoming a parent myself, and I think I'm suddenly getting much milder. Maybe there's a relation between child tolerance and being a parent? Or maybe it's just age.

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1. willcipriano ◴[22 Oct 24 17:24 UTC] No.41916505[source]▶
Once you have a kid you'll get mad that they don't know how to calm the kid down effectively, or seem to not want to put in the effort in many cases.

For example, when we went out to eat with our infant/toddler when she got bored I'd take her outside for a walk to calm her down. 2 - 5 minutes is enough.

Then you see parents just scrolling on their iPhone while the little one screams. If I wasn't a man and would have the police called on me, I'd ask them to do it myself.