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One thing I didn't see mentioned in the article is that loud restaurants can provide diners with a sense of privacy. In a sea of noise your conversation will ea
by seanalltogether 8y ago
One thing I didn't see mentioned in the article is that loud restaurants can provide diners with a sense of privacy. In a sea of noise your conversation will easily be drowned out before reaching others. Additionally, more ambient noise means less chances of being irritated by other diners.
- bluGill 8y agoIt also means I can't understand my wife when she speaks. It is bad enough at home with my kids yelling at the top of their lungs (any ideas on how to break them of this?), when we go out it is impossible.
- LoSboccacc 8y ago> any ideas on how to break them of this? separate them when play becomes loud. take away toys etc. restore peace, give the toys back. they will scream and fight it a lot the first few time, but if you keep a constant, predictable and strict response they'll get the idea, eventually, that they need to play in acceptable ways. also make it clear that it only applies in specific time/places (evening, home, public indoor building) and where it's acceptable (afternoons, parks, etc)
- jtreminio 8y agoUse a water spray bottle - No one, including [children], like to be squirted with water, so you can try a quick spritz at your [child] if they are somewhere or doing something they shouldn't be.
- flying_kangaroo 8y agoThis reads like advice for how to train a cat and I would feel kinda weird doing it to a child. Is this actually effective?
- sequoia 8y agoRespectfully, this advice is absolutely idiotic. If your toddler pees their pants, do you rub their face in it too? I'm not a proponent of treating children identically to adults, but children should still be afforded some aspects of human dignity. Spraying them with a water bottle like a malfeasant feline is not a polite way to treat anyone, regardless of age. If you do this to your child, you are teaching them that this is an acceptable way to treat people that bother them. If you do not end up with an egocentric and inconsiderate child after subjecting them to this, it will be from pure luck.
- jtreminio 8y agoDon't be respectful, it's a copy/paste for how to shut up meowing/misbehaving cats.
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- brokenmachine 8y agoI don't have kids. I wish I lived in a world where I could spray other people's children when they acted like a malfeasant feline.
- throwaway675309 8y agoI don't know, that sounds like a lot of work. I think a well-calibrated shock collar would suffice and would sell better in drought-prone areas.