JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for August 27, 2014

Right, Marcy, we’re already familiar with your willingness, even hunger, to both run other people’s lives and abuse authority.

Let’s see you deliver a few on-panel blows to one of your own children. I’m sure they weren’t born perfect; surely a mother who thinks the solution to “a loud public temper tantrum” is a loud public beating has struck her own children, yes? Demonstrate your technique.

But would the 2 year old respect the badge?

I suppose she would have a different attitude if it was a 9 year old with an Uzi!!

Walk to another aisle and continue your shopping. BTW, the mother of the screaming child needs to do something too but that’s for her to decide.

Any time I wish I could have another child (I had my tubes tied when I was 22 since I don’t believe in having more kids than you can afford) all I have to do is go to the commissary. Inevitably there will be a creature making a display of itself & I go back to being happy I stopped at 2.

To me, that Marcy doesn’t seem like the one we’ve come to know and love over the years. She’s always seemed to be a stable mom who puts up with things like the twins’ staging all-night cryfests. She’s also not been over-controlling of Joe. Now, Joe’s mom, on the other hand . . .

One day I viewed when a child was crying and screaming through a Walmart store, dad pushing cart kept going and told his child not crying hard enough not everyone could hear the child and kept shopping.One mom who was frazzled by her own young daughter I got to little girls level and calmly spoke to her and crying stopped. Mom was happy.

Regarding all the posts about disciplining children today, talk to a teacher who is about to retire and you’ll get you eyes opened wide. 50% of our friends are or were elementary school teachers and they are so glad to be retired or about to retire. The discipline in schools and homes have really gone away. A few kids in a classroom or even just one who doesn’t want to learn can totally disrupt the class. All a teacher can do is send them to the Principle and all he can do is call the parent, who 9 times out of 10 will NOT back him up. So that is why large amounts of parents chose private or charter schools with old time discipline.

I work at toysrus, this happens every other day

I work at toysrus, this happens every other day

I once saw a toddler having a total meltdown in a store as her daddy tried not to drop her in her flailing hard, and I caught her eye, smiled, and said, I’ve had days like that. She stopped, looked at me, smiled shyly back, and melted quietly into her daddy while he was going, oh thank you, THANK you!

I have a friend who says that people should not gasp when they see children in full blown raw emotion. My friend says that the child is only doing what he/she is allowed to do at home. This is not good for teachers, clergy, shoppers, and eventually employers. I personally know a few folk at work who throw tandrums.

I agree with Marcy. That kid should be removed and stay in the home until he learns about acceptable behavior. They are at their worst when in a very nice restaurant.

wrong time, wrong place for the action wanted by Marcie. (wrong action for the situation).that mother looks like she needs a quiet room for her child. Maybe the store could help by finishing the grocery shopping while she & child are in a quiet place.