Jul 24, 2015
Did you
see that
viral story making the rounds about a diner owner who screamed
at a toddler who wouldn't stop screaming, and then kept up a NSFW
social-media battle with the tot's similarly unable-to-let-it-go
parents? Yeah, us too. Did you refrain from reading the comments
that you knew were going to make you feel like everybody
is
judging you and your family and maybe you should just go hide
in a dark room? Yeah, us neither, even though we all know better by
now, don't we? We piled on with our own observations about the
situation, and wondered why we can't just all live and let live and
let dine
and let read the Internet without feeling under attack.
Moving from kids who are out of control to other family members who don't always obey, we talked about our beloved and often noisy-at-podcast-time dogs, sharing whether and why we're pet people. Finally, we gave our recommendations for the week: Catherine mentioned an article on "Activities for Dogs and Families to Share" and another on stopping with the parent shaming already; Amanda thought an article on "What to Say When Other People Interfere with Your Parenting" by one of our Round 3 contributors, Lexi Walters Wright, was apropos; Nicole suggested a survey on "What Kind of Pet Is Right for Your Family?" from Parents.com; and Terri passed on articles about taking kids to restaurants and other community trouble spots and creating the best chance for success — as well as a rant she wrote when she got riled about this sort of thing in the past.
Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music.