Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Brat Ban? OH HELL NO! 1/2

     ***WARNING!***
THIS ARTICLE EXPRESSES STRONG OPINIONS.*


(photo by ThinkStock)     Okay, after reading an article on Yahoo's Shine blog, I was appalled, highly pissed, angry, upset, perplexed, pissed some more, a little calmer but no more understanding than before, then  pissed all over again.

     Now, let me summarize this horrible article.  Actually, the article was great, it was just what the article was about that was enough to piss any parent off.  First, here is the article link:  http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/the-no-kids-allowed-movement-is-spreading-2516110/

     Basically, the article was about businesses that are becoming child-free.  This includes, airlines, hotels, resorts, restaurants, golf courses, even Whole Foods stores in Missouri. (You live in Missouri and have kids, think about shopping elsewhere or find a babysitter). 

     Okay, so obviously, you know I'd have something to say about this, and it isn't nice.  If you have read some of my earlier posts, you know we have been kicked out of several restaurants because of Teagan's behavior, which really isn't behavior, because behavior is defined as a way in which one acts or conducts oneself. (dictionary.com)  So, given that definition, behavior is a choice, and when a child has special needs, there really isn't a choice, is there?  It is something that cannot be helped or contained.
No screaming children allowed ‎at Carolina Beach restaurant
    
     Like I said, I was pissed reading this.  Maybe I can understand on some airlines, like in business class, where most people are traveling for business and either need rest or to work.  But grocery stores?  Outside of a condo?  And this sign, "Playground Ahead, No Children Allowed."  Are you freaking kidding me?!?!  Who the hell is going to play on this playground?  Adults?  That's just creepy as hell, unless they are playing with their children. 
    
     And this other sign is posted in a restaurant in Carolina Beach, North Carolina.  Parents are already limited to what they can do with children.  ESPECIALLY with special needs children.  Why the hell would the public want to limit them further?  Do they not realize that these children are the future congressmen and congresswomen, senators, presidents, business leaders, scientists, geniuses, etc.?  They will remember when their parents could not take them to the movies or to that restaurant they always wanted to go to or to that playground around the corner. 

     OMG, there is no containing my anger over this, I swear it.  That's why this is a double post, and I will write the rest tomorrow, because if I write it tonight, it may end up more than two posts, such is my anger and hatred for childless oppressors right now.

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