What sort of rude behavior do too many parents let their kids get away with in public?
Anything and everything. Kids basically will light Starbucks on fire if they can get their hands on matches, because kids are so poorly raised. Basically parents let their kids scream a lot and indulge them in every way. I was raised by parents that I joke about as loving fascists, but, that’s how parents are supposed to be. The idea that I could ever, ever be loud in a restaurant or kick the back of your seat in a movie theater did not exist for me, in what was the possible in the known universe. It’s basically all about consideration. Children are just another medium through which the rude inflict themselves on us. If you have a child in what I call the feral stage, you don’t get to bring your child just anywhere. You need to be very careful. Take your kid to Chuck E. Cheese, but wait until your child is less feral to bring it to places where people might be disturbed — to adult restaurants and places like that. I do have to say my friend Heather has an autistic child and so she can’
