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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 o
by cafard 2y ago
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.)
- potato3732842 2y agoIt'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.
- theGnuMe 2y agoI expect adults to maintain emotional control and practice empathy.
- musicale 2y agoOh, if only. But we can be sure that if one is ever unfortunate enough to lose it then it will probably be in public, recorded, and posted online for posterity.
- vacuity 2y agoNote 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.