All the stars for you, thoughtful and considerate birdy.

THANK YOU HERO HUMAN YOU ARE PERFECT

For anyone wanting to point out that I could have been arrested for leaving my child in the car for less than a minute, I will in turn point out that my state does not have a law regarding this and the police down here don’t seem to have a hard-on for unlawfully arresting people. But know that if I’m ever proven wrong…

I’m a parent, I have two little girls. I HATE other parents who give the rest of us who are trying to teach manners and appropriate public behavior a bad name. I work REALLY HARD when I take my kids places to make sure they are well-behaved. And if they aren’t? That’s okay, we go outside, we go visit the bathroom, we…

I’m surprised you didn’t get arrested for leaving your kid for 30 seconds in a locked vehicle with the AC on! Oh the horror!

ie: I once was at a Red Sox game and there was a row of four children directly behind us, no exaggeration, screaming at the top of their lungs for fun. They competed who could be the loudest and highest pitch for about half an hour when one of our neighbors finally went and found an usher. The usher got the kids to…

bowling is for flatlanders

I read the WaPo letter (that was not an article) from the mom and yeah, from her tone I knew immediately that that child was shrieking and the parents were deaf to it which is just not acceptable. Babbling is fine, kids being kiddish is fine, but out of control little tyrants that parents blissfully ignore? Not fine.…

When my niece was a year old, her parents decided to take her with them on their trip to Norway. They didn’t buy her a plane ticket, as most parents don’t. Anyways, on the flight there, they had an empty seat next to them. On the way back, the window seat was occupied. My SiL wanted the window seat and asked the…

I brought Baby Birdy to lunch today. She behaved really well until the very end. And after about two minutes of trying to soothe her, I was just like “No, I’m not gonna be one of those people” and put her in the car with A/C while I went back in and paid the bill. I’d rather cut my meal short, get the rest to go, and…

Yes. Children are a choice that their parents made, and it’s not the world’s responsibility to treat kids with the same permissiveness as a parent.

Let’s Talk About Children in Restaurants

Unfortunately, my bff is one of those people who thinks that since children are a part of society, it is society’s job to put up with them in all public spaces, even if they are little assholes. I vehemently disagree. I don’t think my time out at a restaurant should be used as a teaching moment for somebody’s little…

Or they somehow think that they’re entitled to inflict that behavior upon you, because “everyone should understand.” They somehow think the whole world is co-parenting with them, and should help keep the kid happy — whether it’s a server in a restaurant, or a teacher at school — and yet those other people don’t get…

we landed on gentleman caller after he nixed luvah

no.

My gentleman caller (or “boyfriend” as he insists I call him) has a big problem with kids in restaurants. Although he won’t admit it, the presence of children is his benchmark for the quality of any establishment. And he is hyperaware of any child in his general vicinity.

I will never understand this. I’m a patron, but I’m also moving around, and I’m fairly to anything happening at knee level. I’m watching out for waiters, not kids! I have flat out kicked children who have decided to run into me.

That story is making my blood pressure rise, fucking entitled parents are the worrrrrrst.

I wish parents would realize how dangerous it is to let their kids run around in restaurants. Not everyone is looking out for them! I, for one, don’t have children. I’m also tall and clumsy. This means that if I’m walking through a restaurant, I am not looking for your rugrat, I’m keeping my eyes at adult level. Which…