Today I watched a kid step on a baking powder mandala at an art gallery; luckily, the artist was there with all his materials and was able to repair it. So this begs the question: can children, even well-behaved ones, be trusted in places like that?
It pisses me off that parents, in choosing to bring their children to questionably kid-friendly places, frequently end up punishing both the kids and everyone else in those environments. Trying to control a small child's behavior in an enclosed space full of exorbitantly expensive objects is a losing battle, and isn't even worth it. Kids should be able to be kids. And adults should be able to be adults. Can't we keep these things separate somehow?
When children scream in stores and restaurants, I want to jump out a window. It's a dramatic reaction, I know. But that SCREECHING! It's horrible. I don't know if I'll ever be able to have children. I want to spare the world those horrible, piercing noises...
It pisses me off that parents, in choosing to bring their children to questionably kid-friendly places, frequently end up punishing both the kids and everyone else in those environments. Trying to control a small child's behavior in an enclosed space full of exorbitantly expensive objects is a losing battle, and isn't even worth it. Kids should be able to be kids. And adults should be able to be adults. Can't we keep these things separate somehow?
When children scream in stores and restaurants, I want to jump out a window. It's a dramatic reaction, I know. But that SCREECHING! It's horrible. I don't know if I'll ever be able to have children. I want to spare the world those horrible, piercing noises...
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I can understand children in restaurants (kids like food), stores (kids like stuff), and maybe even in movies (as in, G-rated ones; no others, please!), but an art gallery? That just says: "We have ridiculous expectations of our child's aesthetics and/or are too cheap for a sitter."