Touching butts is a great way to resolve conflict.

Oh my god, look at the little black pads on his paws! So cute!!

Look at that dashing outfit!

She's like, "Aw, you got me a new bed. You're so sweet."

They have the sweetest personalities. I love them.

Tuxedo cats are the best cats.

My mother and brother love tomato aspic. Disgusting.

That's Better Off Dead but sadly I cannot find a clip of that scene for you. It's exactly what I thought of when I first saw this thread, too.

1) That dad sounds like an ass. 2) I have thought of all of those situations. Sometimes I will discover that other parents do as well, but other times I'm pretty disheartened by people's lack of perspective.

Both of mine were more like that at 5 than at 4. Possibly they're late developers. ;)

There was a really good blog article from a mother of a child with autism about this last spring, but I can't find it, unfortunately.

Actually, I wonder that ALL THE TIME. I have explained to my kids many times that there are kids their age working in factories and when it comes up, I always think about how those kids certainly are unable to do things like that. I had family in Auschwitz and there have been times when my kids have had meltdowns,…

I missed that. I do advocate that kids should be allowed in restaurants and public spaces and I will continue to advocate that. Obviously parents have to be responsible for their behavior, but I think in a lot of places kids are held to a higher standard than is reasonable. The tiniest peep or the need to walk to the…

Proud to do my part.

Yeah, but then they get much more reasonable when they turn 4. Upsets definitely still happen but it's not as out-of-nowhere without a chance of calming down. It all becomes a distant memory. Hang in there!

One day her about 3 year old son decided to finger paint all over the wall with his blue ice cream. Her response to this was to tell me dismissively on her way out the door that I "[had] a little mess to take care of".

But some parents are just assholes with little asshole children.

My experience was meltdowns were unpredictable during the 3s. I feel like I dodged a bullet getting my kids through that age without anything too public happening. But it easily could have. That's just a part of development for a three-year-old.

These are terrible stories. How does a kid even have access to a handful of baked apples? I have worked in food service but never in a full-service restaurant. But many people in my life have. My sister put herself through college all the way to the completion of her PhD by waiting tables. Neither I nor anyone I am…

God. Precisely.