CMV: The screaming child in the restaurant is not a child. It is the parents screaming out of control. The child is simply the syphon.

I will never be confused about this. I have a niece who sometimes cries loudly and I have never (and will never) feel, think or act like this is her fault. She is a child. She doesn't know how to control herself. And that doesn't make her a bad kid. If anything, it makes her a normal kid.<br><br>However, I have zero tolerance for parents who let their child scream their way through a restaurant. That is not the kids fault. Kids will do what they can to get what they want. If parents are unable to control themselves then that is 100% their own fault. Unfortunately, their lack of impulse control affects everyone else. This is not a kid problem, it's an adult problem.<br><br>Edit 1: For the people asking "what am I supposed to do?". I'm not saying it's easy and I'm not saying there is only one response and you have to do it. What I am saying is that if a child is screaming it is the parents fault for not controlling the kid. If a parent can't handle a screaming child then they shouldn't be in public. It's not a child problem, it's an adult problem.<br><br>Edit 2: I don't know how this got on r/all but I had no idea so many people were conflict averse. No, I'm not going to concede that parents can't control their kids actions through training, discipline and leading by example, no matter how old the kid is. If a parent lets their kid throw a fit in public then they are a shitty parent. The kid isn't the problem. The parents inability to parent through tantrums is the problem.