I've realized that when I'm out in public, that I really can't stand other people's children. For example, whilst out the other evening with Bruce, we watched these children running all around and screaming. This made me turn to Bruce and say:
Me: Bruce I need to leave.
Bruce: why babe?
Me: because I'm going to punch a child in the face.
Bruce: now Nina, calm down. It's not their fault.
Me: Bruce, you know I would never punch a child unintentionally. Lets leave now.
In the car, I started thinking about what he said. He's right (yes Bruce I just said that you are sailing by in your ship of right while I float along in a sea of wrong). It's not the child's fault. It's their parents.
So here's where me sitting on my judgment throne comes in. Why do parents just let their kids run around and act like hooligans?! It's really just not appropriate. Here I am trying to set a good example for my children, and here these little ass munches are running around all crazy and junk. Then I have to explain to my kids when they ask why they can't run around, because boys, their parents don't care enough about them to show them how to act like a human being in public. Then it creates this unending cycle of judgement. Now whenever we're in public and my kids see this kind of behavior, they too step up to my throne and sit with me for a while. Justin will say, "Isn't it a shame that those parents don't love their children?" And Eric would say, "Mom you would totally beat my butt if I did that. Why don't their parents?"
So parents of the world that feel like they're doing their kids a favor by letting them "express themselves" in public, please stop! You are creating judgmental snobs in my children. Remember, there is a way to allow them to express themselves in a civilized manner. 😝
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