Like I said, you are either a better parent than I, or much more fortunate. Perhaps both. Either way, I raise my glass to you.

First of all, kicking the seat in front of you is hardly “physical violence.” Second of all...eh, I guess I don’t have a “second of all.”

Re-reading my OP, I will concede that I was not as clear on this as I could have been. Of course I don’t mean there’s nothing you can ever do about bad behavior; all I was trying to get across is that sometimes (hopefully rarely!) the bad behavior can persist despite everything you try to do.

YES. A little empathy for the exhausted, mortified parent, who may be just as upset about what their spawn is doing as you are...that is all I was suggesting.

Indeed. Here I am. And sadly for the world, it seems my genes will continue on.

Probably not.

2 and 3 year olds, sadly, are often unable to appreciate this sophisticated level of analysis, no matter how many red-faced people scream it at them.

I’ve had it happen. My face probably showed more bemused resignation than anything else. People have to come to terms with their own lives. If yelling at someone else’s kid is what you have to do to be happy...well, I’m kind of sorry for you, but you have to live in your head, not me.

Pretty much, yes. Will I do everything I can to prevent my child from intruding on the blissful travel experience of others on the plane? Yes, I will. Will there come a point where I have tried everything I know how to do, and my kid is (sadly) causing some mild discomfort or annoyance to those around him? Maybe not…

That’s cool. You live in a world very different from mine, but I am glad you have had success in your endeavors.

Nope.

Believe me on this—there is an age at which no discipline of any kind will prevent a kid from kicking the seat in front of them. None. Especially if they are in an FAA-approved car seat (and thus their legs are closer to the seat in front).

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This is the same guy who told a national TV audience that he was going to start pounding the meat, right?

Why is this called moto-doping? Why isn’t it just “cheating?”

Oh, great! An excuse to repost the Creed Shreds video.

lol

Hey, I would love to try the new Golf R, but I cannot find a dealer that will let me test drive one. This despite the fact that I am a middle-aged guy who *already owns a 2012 Golf R.* Both the VW dealer I bought my car from and the one with 5 of the new ones on the lot told me to fuck off—I could drive it after I…

I guess it’s a good thing Mike got the dark upholstery.

Does Ben Collins have one of those “I am the Stig” stickers on his car? I hope so.