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[icyfroth]

Religious or political discussion to inflame the passions, is there?

[*crikey*mate*]

Just went shopping and got no further than the bakery and fruit and veg.... a man with 2 children in a trolley, I swear was following me...one was squealing..... no reason, not crying just squealing. The dad just ignored him but I came home with a headache.

Why do the parents let them do that??

I personally would take them outside the shop, but in saying that, don't all the experts say that it would be giving the child attention? Apparently even negative attention is good? Don't they tell parents in all those "how to raise the perfect child" books that if you ignore it, it will train them that you're not going to give into their demands kind of thing and they learn a tantrum won't give them what they want?

Dunno, maybe I'm thinking along the lines of the whole controlled crying thing.

[*crikey*mate*]

That happens to me almost every time I go to Woolworth's.. Some oblivious parent with a screeching kid always seem to follow me around the supermarket. Even if I go to the other side of the store the screaming is so ear piercing that it carries and I can still hear it...

The way I've heard some kids carry on, you'd think they'd just had their arm ripped off.

Before anyone pipes up; yes I am aware that some kids have Autism/Aspergers and can't help squealing but the ones I am talking about are usually just screaming because they just got told they can't have whatever they want.

I live in an area with a lot of bogans

And Patch, I understand your disclaimer LOL

but just so you know - at least those at the milder end of those scales can help it - they're just like regular kids, but the ASD kids have a more difficult time expressing their frustrations, just like a young child, they need to learn the skills to express themselves in an appropriate manner.

That's one of the big things for an ASD person, - what others learn by "osmosis" as they grow, just by being part of the world, ie their non verbal skills, an ASD often needs to be specifically taught, and then given the opportunity to practise those skills.

Obviously, if they are not taught these skills and thus don't learn how to express themselves in an appropriate manner as deemed acceptable to general society, then yes, you are right, that they can't help it. But in most cases, they can learn.

[*kitty*kitty*kitty*]

I had something to add but won't bother, what's the point it will only cause trouble ]:)