On MN at the moment there is a thread about whether or not very young children should be expected to sit on a parent's lap where possible to make room for an adult on public transport in the case of overcrowding. I am amazed at how many young mothers seem to think that their child's needs should trump those of an adult and that they don't want their children sitting on their laps because they wriggle. Certainly, when my children were small, I would not have dreamt of not moving them onto my lap in such a situation. I, too, was brought up to respect adults and that they took precedence over children. I would imagine most people here were the same. It seems these days as if children's wishes trump those of adults and the sheer entitlement of a minority of posters was palpable. What has happened to common sense, decency and consideration of others?
