Are Children Off Limits?

Today the news told us that a shopkeeper posted a sign on his door asking parents to control their children while in the store. That sign has caused a controversy, evidently because it is not child friendly or because some parents are insulted because their poor little dears seem to be criticized.

After nearly being run down by poor little dears in stores several times recently, I have no sympathy for the objectors. Yes, it is hard to control children, but that is the parents' job. I went through the same thing with my child, but I managed to do it.

Now, I really take issue with the people who turn four or five children loose in Walmart, letting them run at will. The other day, I watched two boys each take a toy rubber snake and play with them by putting them in their mouths, stretching them and letting them snap back. There were many toothmarks in the snakes, and when the boys tired of their game, they put the snakes back and went on their way to possibly damage something else. I embarassed them by telling others what they had done. But then, if I did not parent them, who else would. I'm funny that way.