Another stellar example of the fine quality one comes to expect from Psychology Today.

This man is unfamiliar with the fine work of Dr. John Gabriel, who posited that the social leveling offered by the internet, combined with the presence of a online community, can cause persons to shed basic inhibitions and say things they otherwise might repress.

In other words, Ordinary Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Farkwad.

fark is the dead end screaming.

I don't mind if you bring your screaming brat on a plane. If you can't shut your kid up you should pay for my liquor or stash him in the overhead compartment. I'm reasonable.

I don't hate children, I hate poorly behaved children.

Dr Kaufman, we don't hate all children, just yours.

Because they keep posting in the politics threads.

SilentStrider: Because they keep posting in the politics threads.

And greenlight mediocre Boobies links.

RaceDTruck: I don't hate children, I hate poorly behaved children.

eyup
going to have to go with THIS.

it is always the parents fault. period.
if your little snowflake is too young to be with other adults, then keep it locked in the cellar. no one else wants to put up with your genetic experiment.

/we really need to cross post on PT, if for no other reason to bring their server down
//whooooppsssss, I mean to read the article and post thoughtful comments

I don't mind kids at all. I can't say that I like kids, because then I'd be a paedophile.

I don't hate children, I hate breeders who don't attempt to parent.

RaceDTruck: I don't hate children, I hate poorly behaved children.

I was going to say I totally agree with that statement, but I don't, because it's not the kids fault if they are allowed to act like little monsters. That blame rests solely on the shoulders of the parents unable/unwilling to parent.

namatad: if your little snowflake is too young to be with other adults, then keep it locked in the cellar. no one else wants to put up with your genetic experiment.

I want that quote stitched on a pillow.

It's not that I dislike children, though I do, rather I loathe, despise and disdain the Cult of the Child pervasive in this country. Everything is about and for the the children, regardless of whether or not it involves children. After years of hearing about the needs of the children, I now say: fark the children.

"Jesus, he's not going to attack children is he? Yes he is, he's going to attack children. And remember, this is Mr. Conductor speaking, I know what I'm talking about."

Psychology Today asks: why does Fark.com hate children?

WE HATE THEM CUZ THEY'RE SO FAT!!!

Here's an idea for an interesting study: average per child outlay in $ on Halloween candy as it correlates to the number of children living in a household.

Don't have kids, don't want kids. But when I was a kid, I always heard about the house that gave out full-size candy, and never found it. Now, I'm that house. Do I hate kids? Hell no. I just don't want to be involved in the longterm effort of fashioning a high quality adult.

rackrent: I don't mind kids at all. I can't say that I like kids, because then I'd be a paedophile.

Paedophile? (new window)

Too bad most fakers parents did not feel the same way as their children, be a lot less smugness in the world.

And Zunkus answers: Because we are not pedophiles.

Society feels the same way about children that Americans do about their congressmen. Congress consistently has terrible approval ratings, often around 20%. But, if you ask people about THEIR congressman, it's often much higher.

Same with kids. We don't really like children as a whole, but the child's approval rating goes way up when we're talking about a specific child we're close with.

RodneyToady: Another stellar example of the fine quality one comes to expect from Psychology Today.

Gotta agree with this. Can't believe the good Dr. read the original thread and still didn't understand that it wasn't about the kid - it was about the parent.

That said, given the choice between a great seat next to a kid and it's "parent" and waiting for a later trip (even stuck in a center seat), I'll take the latter. In fact, I have.

/yes - I meant to put quotation marks around the word parent

It is said that everybody hates children until they get some of their own.

Let's face it, children can be a burden to society at large. They make a lot of noise and are as self-centred as a gyroscope. I know, I used to be a child myself. Parents naturally feel that their kids have a lot of qualities that outweigh these negative aspects, but we strangers - especially those of us who are single, childless men - are conditioned not to recognise these. After all, a stranger taking interest in your kid is odd. So children are ignored and when they do catch our attention it is because they are being annoying. The only children we notice are the annoying ones, therefore we think all children are annoying.

jack21221: Society feels the same way about children that Americans do about their congressmen. Congress consistently has terrible approval ratings, often around 20%. But, if you ask people about THEIR congressman, it's often much higher.

Same with kids. We don't really like children as a whole, but the child's approval rating goes way up when we're talking about a specific child we're close with.

I've seen/heard similar when it comes to people remarking on populations. They might find blacks or hispanics disagreeable as a population but they have nothing but superlatives when talking about an individual of said groups.

/your newsletter, subscription please

Because an entire generation or two of parents have completely ceased to discipline their snot nosed brats. They think their crotch fruit are entitled to scream at the top of their lungs, rant and rave, and generally be tiny dickwads in any public place they happen to gather. And they think everyone around them should recognize that their spawn is expressing their artistic nature, or some stupid thing.

It's not the kids we hate. it's their behavior and their parents.

You'll get over it.

This is Fark.com child hate thread about an article about a fark.com child hate thread. Child hating childless fark.com members congregate here. Did you guys have tough childhood?

Observation: web site where people make anonymous comments that are all over the board on a vast number of subjects had some post the "scientist" felt were unfair to children

Conclusion: Society hates children.

Fark: Ph.D. not actually in "Jumping to conclusions with his
head up ass"

I love children

bifford: It is said that everybody hates children until they get some of their own.

See, I prefer other people's children. I can do all the fun stuff with kids, but I don't have to change their diapers, or deal with their 4AM bet wetting. When they become too annoying to deal with, I can pass them off to their real parents, who are actually responsible for them.

RaceDTruck: I don't hate children, I hate poorly behaved children.

I was once on a flight near this kid. The kid never made much sound during the entire flight. However, the smells that came out of this kid were unbelievable. I had no idea something so small could make such a large amount of smell. It was almost as if this kid was trying to mark his territory. Those little air jet things were nowhere near enough.

Toddlers have to have tantrums. It's how they learn boundaries... And I can't teach him that throwing a tantrum will get him his way - I'm the one that has to live with the aftermath of that, not the rest of the people on the plane

That is why you think it is ok to subject the rest of the people on the plane to hell to teach your kid a lesson?

You are the one who decided to have the child not the other passengers. You being a parent doesn't give you the right to inconvenience 200 other people.

Part of your responsibilities will be leaving if your child can't handle the situation. This could involve leaving a movie when they start crying, leaving dinner before you get your food or if they are really acting up getting kicked off a plane. You made this choice when you decided to have kids, now deal with it.

Every one of you morans WAS a kid (maybe as early as yesterday morning by the sound of it) and honestly some of you sound like you've forgotten that. So, Psychology Today should really need to follow up by asking why you Farkers hate yourselves.

Sweetest thing that ever landed in my ears was my sis in law, newly the parent of a toddler, confessing that 10 years prior she'd had a lot of ideas about how i was parenting my eldest then and how she'd do better... and now that she's a parent she sees she was kind of an ignorant twit.

No stranger to smacking my kids around, sometimes just on principle... but i'm just as comfortable verbally smacking you around, Mr. I Hatched Out of a Cosmic Egg Non-Parent, so stay they hell out of my way at the airport, the restaurant, etc.

It's because screaming children are a negative externality that the flying public is not compensated for. Offer to buy a drink for all the adults in your vicinity, and maybe they won't be so annoyed.

Carth: That is why you think it is ok to subject the rest of the people on the plane to hell to teach your kid a lesson?

I'm actually a little more forgiving on planes. Obviously, you don't want to reward a child with attention when they throw a tantrum, but at the same time, you don't want to force others to suffer through it. The appropriate thing to do is to remove your child from where people are and then ignore them, but you can't do that on a plane.

But in a restaurant, you certainly can. And people who let their children scream in restaurants should be shot.

//Goodbye Jeffrey!

zunkus: And Zunkus answers: Because we are not pedophiles.

Speak for yourself.

t3knomanser: Carth: That is why you think it is ok to subject the rest of the people on the plane to hell to teach your kid a lesson?

I'm actually a little more forgiving on planes. Obviously, you don't want to reward a child with attention when they throw a tantrum, but at the same time, you don't want to force others to suffer through it. The appropriate thing to do is to remove your child from where people are and then ignore them, but you can't do that on a plane.

But in a restaurant, you certainly can. And people who let their children scream in restaurants should be shot.

//Goodbye Jeffrey!

I'd be more forgiving if the parent actually tried to make amends. Apologize at least. Most, not all, just pretend it is normal and everyone should have to deal with it.

Agree about restaurants. Particularly at the more expensive ones that don't even offer a kids menu.

Here's one of my most favorite threads ever. Fark pedophobia at its finest.

Children in Japan are incredibly well-behaved in public. It's just expected of them by everyone from parents to teachers to society in general.

Children in America are arrogant precious snowflakes who are allowed to do / say / eat anything they want because of the current Cult of the Child. But it is ALWAYS the parent's fault if a snowflake is an obnoxious sociopath in public. Always. If you're defending your crotch-fruit's right to trample all over every adult's rights, you need to grow a pair and be a true parent.

logophile: Every one of you morans WAS a kid (maybe as early as yesterday morning by the sound of it) and honestly some of you sound like you've forgotten that. So, Psychology Today should really need to follow up by asking why you Farkers hate yourselves.

It's not as if we got a choice about being born. I was a terror as a kid. I had absolutely no idea how society in general worked until I was after 20. I didn't really realize that my actions grated so heavily on others. I'm still not very good at social cues.

But just because I was a terrible kid, doesn't mean that that's a good or acceptable thing. People who don't have children don't want to deal with your children. Our brains haven't been completely screwed up by the built in genetics to like your own kids. I don't want to have to deal with them ruining a movie or ruining a flight.

If your kid can't handle themselves on an airplane then maybe you should consider not putting them on airplanes. I don't care how much noise they make when they are in your car or your home.

Hetfield: Here's one of my most favorite threads ever. Fark pedophobia at its finest.

Pedophilia is something i just don't understand. I can't fathom why someone would want to have sex with a child.

I mean children aren't likely to be any good at sex, they haven't had time to practice.

When I was younger I had sex with a 19 year old and it was rubbish. She was awkward and clumsy and she was 19.

So you would think someone who is 9 would be useless in bed. So why would you waste your time?

And... it would be too tight. I just don't understand why pedophilia is so popular.

/obscure anywhere but fark

logophile: Sweetest thing that ever landed in my ears was my sis in law, newly the parent of a toddler, confessing that 10 years prior she'd had a lot of ideas about how i was parenting my eldest then and how she'd do better... and now that she's a parent she sees she was kind of an ignorant twit.

Oh, yes. That's what really amused me about yesterday's thread- you could tell immediately who was a parent and who wasn't. Now, I still have no patience for people who don't try and keep their kids in line, but as long as you're making an honest effort... hey, been there.

//They're not crotchfruit. They're fark trophies. Just remember, if you don't have kids, there's no proof to history that you've ever been laid.

Gonz: Just remember, if you don't have kids, there's no proof to history that you've ever been laid.



Approves.

Gonz: logophile: Sweetest thing that ever landed in my ears was my sis in law, newly the parent of a toddler, confessing that 10 years prior she'd had a lot of ideas about how i was parenting my eldest then and how she'd do better... and now that she's a parent she sees she was kind of an ignorant twit.

Oh, yes. That's what really amused me about yesterday's thread- you could tell immediately who was a parent and who wasn't. Now, I still have no patience for people who don't try and keep their kids in line, but as long as you're making an honest effort... hey, been there.

//They're not crotchfruit. They're fark trophies. Just remember, if you don't have kids, there's no proof to history that you've ever been laid.

If you do have children, it's only proof your wife has been laid.

/runs away.

Carth: You are the one who decided to have the child not the other passengers. You being a parent doesn't give you the right to inconvenience 200 other people.

You want to not be inconvenienced? Stay away from the other humans. All of them. Here in this thing we call society we have to put up with each other, and that includes things like waiting in line when you don't really want to, standing on a crowded bus in order to get places (if you don't have a car), slowly navigating through dense traffic in order to get places (if you do have a car), occasionally finding out that the customer in front of you bought the last blueberry muffin when that was what you wanted with your coffee, and dealing with the fact that one of the primary functions of humans is to make more humans.

Yes, screaming kids get on my nerves. A lot of things get on my nerves. But society managed to survive the inconvenience of my own childhood messes and noises, so I think I'm enough of a grownup that I can return the favor and exercise a little patience.

But anyone who's been in charge of a toddler for more than three minutes knows that even the most perfect parent in the entire world can't prevent or stop every tantrum

Those parents who can't control their kids are lazy parents. I only have one kid who is going on 13. She never had a tantrum as a toddler. I think it comes down to paying attention to your kid.

Meanwhile, I have friends who can't be bothered to rein in their kids. "Hey, do you know your kid just set the curtains on fire?" Really? Oh, he's just 'overtired'." Their kids pick up on this lax and slipshod parenting and it's no wonder it becomes impossible to control the beasts in a public setting.

Gonz: Now, I still have no patience for people who don't try and keep their kids in line, but as long as you're making an honest effort... hey, been there.

Agreed.

//They're not crotchfruit. They're fark trophies. Just remember, if you don't have kids, there's no proof to history that you've ever been laid.

I DID IT! MY BOYS CAN SWIM! (new window)

ratbert: I only have one kid who is going on 13. She never had a tantrum as a toddler.

She's a mutant.

And if she makes it from 13 to 15 without throwing adolescent tantrums, then she's a summon-Professor-Xavier-level mutant.

Son of Thunder: Carth: You are the one who decided to have the child not the other passengers. You being a parent doesn't give you the right to inconvenience 200 other people.

You want to not be inconvenienced? Stay away from the other humans. All of them. Here in this thing we call society we have to put up with each other, and that includes things like waiting in line when you don't really want to, standing on a crowded bus in order to get places (if you don't have a car), slowly navigating through dense traffic in order to get places (if you do have a car), occasionally finding out that the customer in front of you bought the last blueberry muffin when that was what you wanted with your coffee, and dealing with the fact that one of the primary functions of humans is to make more humans.

Yes, screaming kids get on my nerves. A lot of things get on my nerves. But society managed to survive the inconvenience of my own childhood messes and noises, so I think I'm enough of a grownup that I can return the favor and exercise a little patience.

Here in society we also have a thing called rules. As a society we allow private companies to remove people from their business if they choose. If a movie theater wants to enforce a rule to keep quiet during the show or a restaurant wants to enforce a rule saying you can't disturb other diners kids shouldn't be exempt.

Can't stop your kid from breaking the rules of a place you want to go? Don't be surprised when you are asked to leave.