[CatStarESP4]

My $0.02 here (maybe more).

In my old apartment complex (a co-op, to top it off), the is a little park for the parents to bring their children, but they have to cross a street to get there. A lot of the parents don't want to do that and let their kids play in the garden. These rugrats have destroyed flowers and shrubbery, left rubbish on the benches and have made so much noise. What was even worse, they would run around the hallway and make so much noise while people wanted peace and tranquility. Several of the neighbors have complained about it, but the parents said they didn't want to, for some idiotic reason, cross over the street with their urchins to play there.

When I was working as a legal secretary, one of my responsibilities was to accept and begin processing legal documents. One day, a young father came to serve the company legal documents and he brought along his young child. I had to call someone from another office to figure out what to do with the document. All of a sudden the kid gets cranky and is getting on my nerves while I was on the phone. I was on the verge of having an nervous breakdown or a heart attack. My boss tried to calm the child and me down. After they were gone, I tried to calm down.

Just recently I was in San Diego, and one of the places we went to was Sea World. I was in line to look at the fishes when a girl cut me off. No apologies or saying these two words 'excuse me'. I was enraged, and wondering what happened to ettiquette and social graces.

Kids are at their worst in malls, dept. stores, restaurants, and with their peers. I know we have seen incidents of screaming and crying kids around.

I am not sure if I want kids or not. If I do, they will taught to behave and not have a hissy fit when they don't get their way.