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[jinju]

People who complain about babies and toddlers misbehaving in public have hearts blacker and colder than a certain guy who went by the name of Scrooge. Except in their case there is no chance for redemption.

[tomato]

Before I came to Korea, I met a couple who had just returned from Korea.
They told me, "The whole country revolves around children. They are free to run around in restaurants and talk to other customers."

I fought back the temptation to say, "Oh, really? Sounds like just my kind of place!"

[Tjames426]

You have to remember not all cultures are fixated on children.

Proverbs and etc....

Children play with children. Adults with adults.

If your family has visitors, all the children go outside and play or go to their rooms to play. Never stay in the same room as the adults.

Children should be seen, not heard.

Quote: "Don't speak unless you are spoken too"

At family gatherings, there is an adult table, and a kid's table. It was a awesome day of graduation to be 'adult" enough to sit with your parents, uncles and grandparents.

Concerning Korea...

I get upset that I see parents dragging toddler child around grocery stores at 10 pm at night. At least, it is not like in the US where you are in Walmart seeing teens hanging out and loud at 10 am.

You look at them and wonder why they are not at school. Or, you wonder why they are not in Home School. Or, you assume their parents tell the "godless" public school system they kids are being christian home schooled, but mommy and daddy never get around to it.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[regicide]

[Alyallen]

[in_seoul_2003]

Why couldn't all parents be as loving as Korean parents who let the kids hang in carbon monoxide filled PC Bangs for hours on end?

On the other hand, if so many Koreans were to, at least slightly, relinquish the "anything goes for children" mentality, perhaps we'd see slightly less suicides resulting from people who were so extravagantly pampered as kids they failed to cope with the rigors of adulthood.

What does Korea rank in suicides again?

[flakfizer]

This is the sort of post one of those parents who thinks everything their kid does is great/cute would write. Kid throws food at the next table. Parent says, "Oh look, little Jimmy is really developing a good arm."

[Don Gately]

[rubric]

Here�s an anecdote that�s loosely related to the topic. My friend said he learnt a huge lesson here that he has never forgotten.

A couple of years ago a friend of mine was riding the train in Sydney. Across from him was a father and two young boys. Both kids were jumping up and down, making noise, and tearing around the train car. The father was just kind of looking at them but not making any attempt to settle them down. My friend was about to make a comment about taking care of your kids and keeping them under control, but he kept it to himself, thinking it was really none of his business. The man was just a bad father. When the man saw my friend looking in his direction, he smiled tiredly and said �They�ve just come back from the hospital after saying �goodbye� to their mum. They�re a bit hyper, sorry about the noise.�

[laogaiguk]

Parents should always control their children. You can let them be children, but even children need (and actually want) limits.

[The_Conservative]

[Qinella]

[faster]

Parents can let their kids run around freely as much as they want, just not around me.

I'm not above bringing a kid back to his (it's usually boys, I've noticed) table when he's disrupting my meal; I've done it before and I would do it again.

/blackheart

[The Hierophant]