Ask Lemmy

I remember that one. It was a weird thread. We had people saying they let their kids poop on the floor, and others that only let their kids out of their cages for special occasions.

Of course, those were exaggerations of the extremes, but it got very heated.

Oh yeah you're that dude who was commenting on my meme about kids being annoying in a restaurant. I didn't feel the need to comment there because I had thought "person doesn't realize that few people have problems with well behaved kids or understand that people know that kids OCCASIONALLY act out.". But it looks like you're doubling down.

First, did you see anyone complaining about kids on playgrounds? Play places at fast food restaurants? Public parks? No? That's because those are places for kids to be running around. Restaurants where adults are trying to relax is not for kids to be running around. Full stop. There is no "but". YOU need to teach your child that their actions affect those around them.

Secondly, YOU choose to have children and where you take them. If you take them to a place where you know they have the potential to inconvenience the people around them and they do, then you are inflicting them on others and that makes you a bad parent.

And lastly, I can't even remember the amount of children who stayed at their table, where maybe a little louder than would be necessary but ultimately settled down, or were well behaved and well mannered. But I do remember that the parents of those children were usually well put together and maintained people who seemed to have control over their life. An unruly child who was running around the restaurant is usually a symptom and not the problem.

Not just kids, a lot of adults are annoying as hell too.
But Kids should be free to learn so for me it feels like they are allowed/have the right to be annoying

I would guess many people on here have done the research but have little experience with the actions necessary to conceive

because I think ~~Americans are generally very intolerant of kids in public spaces.~~ kids running around and screaming in a restaurant is fine, actually

Don't go to other threads and lie about your conversations, dude, they're public!

Listen, I just hate kids man. It’s probably my most consistent thing since I was a kid. Fuck kids. We should just be growing adults out of a vat, it’s 2025 for fucks sake.

OP asked for non political takes, friend.

Did you read the title of this post?