Behave in public

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Hi MyLot, First, let me be clear. I'm no expert on kids. I don't have any and I don't want any. My own choice. However I'm also not close to any. Not my own choice. Extended family isn't very family like and I don't have friends with kids. The kids that usually stand out the most in public are ones that are misbehaving unfortunately … so I don't have a lot of background on the topic. Kids used to annoy me, for the reason above , the misbehaved ones stand out - but lately I'm putting the blame for my annoyance where it more likely belongs - on the parents. Last week I treated myself to Chinese buffet. You know, the kind where there is a glass sneeze guard over the food. Well 2 little boys, much shorter than the sneeze guard were running in between the steam tables, giggling, laughing, rough housing. Now I sound like a real grinch to say this but it was obnoxious. Restaurant isn't playground. Restaurant isn't home or bedroom. Running around people who are trying to carry plates of food could be hazardous. But the real clincher is when they started sneezing and coughing while running in between steam tables. The sneeze guards are for tall people. These little boys heads were directly at food height. Not protected from their coughs and sneezes. However instead of being irritated at the boys (something that would have happened in the past) - I was irritated at the parents. These are kids, they might not know any better. They probably just wanted to get some energy out. Where were the parents at to tell them that running around steam tables is dangerous and rude to others, and that if you cough and sneeze onto food it could get other people sick And if mom and dad don't instill these values on to the kids, what kind of adults will the grow into? Can they respect others if they aren't taught ? Kind of like the kid in this story. Now I do have a few issues with this story.... if you don't actually read it, its about a kid who destroyed a large amount of make up samples at an expensive store. At least, they think it's a kid. Though the samples destroyed were on a higher shelf... and I have never understood the samples myself - but just because I don't use them, doesn't mean that a lot of damage wasn't done. But it does go to illustrate my point. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to speak poor of parents … I think it's probably one of the hardest things on earth, and that's part of why I don't want kids (that and about 100 other reasons but some of it starts getting personal, and it would take hours to write all of it) - and I actually do realize that sometimes the kid(s) will act up, mom and dad can't be there 1000 percent of the time, but I think that in most cases of poor behavior in public - the parents are at the root of it. Even if they can't prevent it, they can stop it or use it for teaching .