Also in this case I'd like to remember the old quotation "Tze kweshtion is who is makin tze rula" - children, parents or museums?

Christian

"Susan Ruderman" <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:
> On 7/6/2011 11:20 PM, Adrienne Meraz wrote:
> > Hi James,
> >
> > I've had the unfortunate experience of working at an event where a 
> > child was rolling around the art gallery with a pair of those sneakers 
> > with wheels on them. Not only was I worried about the artworks, I also 
> > knew that there was a possibility that she could trip and fall on the 
> > uneven floor. No one was saying anything! I finally couldn't take it 
> > any longer and I went up to the kid and told them to stop. I also told 
> > the mom that she needed to control her child.
> >
> >
> There seems to be such a sense of entitlement among some parents now.  
> Maybe it has always been this way, but in the past ten years I have seen 
> more babies and toddlers brought into situations that are inappropriate 
> for them, but the parents seem oblivious to that fact.  My other pet 
> peeve (besides parents who will not exercise one iota of control over 
> their children for fear of "breaking their spirit" even as Junior flies 
> his toy airplane around a fragile museum object) are the modern 
> strollers which seem as large as SUVs to me (and some of them cost 
> almost as much as a used car.)  I don't mind umbrella strollers in 
> crowded places, but I am tired of worrying about my foot being run over 
> by a clueless parent "driving" one of these massive strollers--some of 
> them wide enough for twins or triplets.
> 
> And lest anyone think I am a grumpy childless child hater, I do indeed 
> have a child--and I still think this way!
> 
> Susan Ruderman
> Consultant
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Susan C. Ruderman, Ed.M.
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