I used to judge this behavior too. Then I had kids. To be clear, my kids don't throw fits in stores. But that isn't because of my awesome parenting techniques. Its because I am lucky on that front. My kids act out in other ways. And I deal with those as rationally as possible. But when I realized that those parents are super embarrassed and that we have no way of knowing what is going on in their lives I developed a much larger sense of empathy for them.
[–] voat-ist ago
I used to judge this behavior too. Then I had kids. To be clear, my kids don't throw fits in stores. But that isn't because of my awesome parenting techniques. Its because I am lucky on that front. My kids act out in other ways. And I deal with those as rationally as possible. But when I realized that those parents are super embarrassed and that we have no way of knowing what is going on in their lives I developed a much larger sense of empathy for them.