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1 posted on 02/27/2006 10:48:25 AM PST by presidio9
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I hate kids too. most need a good woopin.


2 posted on 02/27/2006 10:53:02 AM PST by RolandBurnam (I WANT SOME PORK RINDS!!!!!)
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I have to wonder, if we but change one word to another word if Ms. Frost would agree with her own logic:

You have every right not to like children muslims who are ill-behaved," says Frost... "Just because they're children muslims doesn't mean that it's okay for them to act the way they do

3 posted on 02/27/2006 10:53:57 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (Amnesia is a train of thought.)
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"Of course I like children....especially with ketchup."

W.C. Fields
4 posted on 02/27/2006 10:54:29 AM PST by Dallas59 ((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
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My own strategy is to glare at the howling little dickens. I'm a goofy lookign goober most of the time, but when I'm angry I scare children. If that doesn't shut 'em up, a good, low growl usually does the trick. My father takes a different approach: direct threats of astonishing physical violence tend to work great on the little monsters kicking his chair at the theater or on the plane.


5 posted on 02/27/2006 10:54:49 AM PST by orionblamblam (A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
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You know, I've noticed that most ill-behaved children have ill-behaved parents.


6 posted on 02/27/2006 10:55:35 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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In fact, the author and comedian would be just as happy if you took every little bugger and muzzled him — on the subway, in stores, in restaurants, churches, parks and, well, everywhere.

Shall we guess what adults thought of this chick when she was a child?

7 posted on 02/27/2006 10:56:59 AM PST by TChris ("Unless you act, you're going to lose your world." - Mark Steyn)
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ivert his attention: Faced with a child who can't stop crying and whining, talk to him — about SpongeBob, about the flowers in the park, about the puppy across the street, about anything but his tantrum. Honig saysit'll distract him from the kvetching. * Massage the meltdown: Freakouts usually mean a tired, overstressed child. "Sometimes, you can say, 'Gee, it's very hard to be with grownups,'" Honig says. In a restaurant, she'll even plop her big, old winter coat on the floor and suggest the weary whiner take a nap...........When mine was young and they did this I used the old phrase"Stop it now or I will give you a reason to do what you are doing".....After a couple of times of enforcing what I had promised all it took was just "the look".


8 posted on 02/27/2006 10:58:48 AM PST by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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Anyone want to venture a guess of their stance on abortion?

Someone should have asked them if they sought sterilization to ensure no pregnancies ever occur.


11 posted on 02/27/2006 10:59:47 AM PST by weegee ("Remember Chappaquiddick!"-Paul Trost (during speech by Ted Kennedy at Massasoit Community College))
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This weekend we went out with friends of ours who have 3 year old twin boys. After telling us how any time the kids have to pee they just whip it out and go where ever they feel like it (and no one stops them) they asked if we wanted to come back to their house. Uh, no thanks. I think we'll pass.
12 posted on 02/27/2006 10:59:51 AM PST by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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I just love it!

A woman after my own heart! Yes, I really do hate your kids.

I would suggest another method of disciplining the little sh**z: threaten to smack the crap out of the parent.

That usually gets mucho attention pronto.
14 posted on 02/27/2006 11:00:30 AM PST by Al Gator (Remember to pillage BEFORE you burn!)
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Some of the most rewarding events in my life were when people walked across a restaurant to compliment us on our well-behaved child.
I am no longer puzzled as to why that should be possible. Or necessary!


15 posted on 02/27/2006 11:00:49 AM PST by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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If this article in spite of the humor, depresses you because of the number of unruly children and stupid parents we meet in public places each day - this will depress you even more - there are in CA alone some 100,000 children in foster homes. Where are those 200,000 parents? You have to wonder how many are not in homes or have a home at all.

I expect a huge percentage of the missing parents vote...now that is depressing!

18 posted on 02/27/2006 11:01:39 AM PST by yoe
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I love it!


19 posted on 02/27/2006 11:02:22 AM PST by passionfruit ("...I think the left wing is turning into a cult... If you disagree you're a traitor")
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I have often said children should be raised by the state on remote farms and released in to the population at the age of 21. :)


20 posted on 02/27/2006 11:03:02 AM PST by BigCinBigD (Merry Christmas!)
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OK, I'm gping to bed now (it's just after 10 p.m. here) and I'll just bet this thread will be going like gangbusters when I get up in the morning.

I just have a feeling about this one.

21 posted on 02/27/2006 11:03:13 AM PST by Allegra (wear our the cats?)
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I like kids, and I think how older generations see children might be reflective somewhat on the society.

I live in Germany currently, and a lot of the commercials for birth control show screaming kids being brats followed by slogans such as "Use Condoms". You get the sense that kids are seen not as personifications of raw potential to be raised, but instead burdens to be avoided.


22 posted on 02/27/2006 11:03:36 AM PST by DeuceTraveler (Freedom is a never ending struggle)
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My kids are not perfect angels, and I'll be the first to admit it. They are human, after all, and haven't learned the social skills necessary to hide their depraved nature.

I sympathize with her frustration with children who behave badly. I know that not everyone is entertained by childish prattle or antics. Their energy and intensity are not for the squeamish. But to hate children? There's something fundamentally wrong with that philosophy.

With decent parenting and the help of God, even mischievous or unruly children can grow up to be mature, intelligent adults who will be a comfort to their parents in their old age.

I doubt she can say the same about her Prada loafers.

23 posted on 02/27/2006 11:03:45 AM PST by Chanticleer (Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready. T. Roosevelt)
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My biggest pet peeve is parents who bring their kids to nice restaurants. I just don't get it. Why would you ruin a $100/person dinner by bringing a 2 year-old?


24 posted on 02/27/2006 11:05:35 AM PST by Potowmack ("Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government")
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Hey Idiots. Blame the parents for misbehaved children.


25 posted on 02/27/2006 11:06:53 AM PST by andrew2527
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What bugs baby-bashers?

How many childless adults spend enough time in Toys R Us to be bothered by OPK (other peoples' kids)?

Frost counts the ways: Kids who throw tantrums in the aisles of Toys "R" Us or poop in the middle of Pizza Hut;

Poop in a diaper or on the floor? I'm bothered when anyone (or their dogs) does that in public and that includes adult executives in first class sections on airplanes.

kids who think they're brighter than Beethoven or sexier than Britney;

Or college kids who think they are punker than any generation before them. Or protesters in America who think they are more oppressed than any society in the history of the world. There are brats and ignorant people wherever you choose to look.

kids who insist on singing in the middle of your romantic dinner-for-two or whining in the middle of your dinner party for 20.

Stop taking your girlfriend or wife to Chuck E. Cheese and insisting you are a romantic. Fine dining (and 8pm candle lit dinners) at less likely to see small unruly children. Spend some money if you care to have a nice meal.

And all the parents who think they're totally adorable in their badness.

Dems seem proud of the outburts of Howard Dean and Michael Moore but I find them to be quite childish and rude in their behavior.

26 posted on 02/27/2006 11:07:04 AM PST by weegee ("Remember Chappaquiddick!"-Paul Trost (during speech by Ted Kennedy at Massasoit Community College))
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