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Originally posted by infinitytrack
The thing I love is that most of the people voicing the strongest opinions about child rearing here appear not to have children of their own.
I can tell you that I was one of the people who used to say "strangle those monster kids" on airplanes and in restaurants. And I occasionally still do.
Then I had kids of my own and realized how hard it can be to corral a two or three year old, and even harder to corral multiple kids. We have left restaurants of our own accord, mid meal, when the kids were bad. We have also pleaded with them to settle down so that we could finish a meal. Yeah, I know we simply should have beaten them senseless in public, but you tend to receive just as much social approbation for disciplining a child severely as you do for letting them run around.
Basically, we muddle through, like most parents. Remarkably though, they are getting better as they get older.
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I have trouble not cheating on my s/o when I'm drunk and stoned and around aggressive beautiful women. Solution: I don't get drunk and stoned and hang out with aggressive beautiful women.
If your kids are brats, don't take them on airplanes or out to nice restaurants. If you have to take them on airplanes, drug the shit out of them.
str(you think I'm kidding, but I'm not, and by the way, I'm having kids in a few years and I'm going to practice what I preach)8
