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On Friday, February 21, 2014 1:19:28 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/21/2014 1:12 PM, Cheri wrote:
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> >> It's certainly not impossible. It would never have occurred to us to

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> >> run rampant wreaking havoc in a restaurant. There are a lot of well

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> >> behaved children. It's the ones whose parents have absolutely no

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> >> <gasp> take responsibility.

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> > No doubt the same parents who are buying Pampers in kindergarten size or

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> Really? Shouldn't a child be potty trained by that age? An occasional
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> accident is one thing... but still in diapers?!
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I knew a couple, college educated, decent jobs etc - the 3 y o hadn't even begum to be trained. You'd think the parents would have been damned embarrassed. They had the kid when they were mid 40s - I think that was a factor.