Is it me? Am I being Victor Meldrewish? Am I the only one to find the the little 'darlings' over indulged and a right pain in the fundament? They're whiney, noisy and could do with a good slap round the legs, or for the politically correct at least 3 hours on the naughty step!!!! The lot on our site are driving me nuts....here we are nearly 10.00pm and they're all squealing so much I cannot hear myself think. Entreaties to their parents fall on deaf ears. I cannot wait for the end of summer when they and their parents depart to from whence they came!!!!!
No you're not alone - I seem to be a "squealing T kids" magnet. It doesn't matter where I position myself (latest venue on an entirely empty space on Iztuzu Beach) Mr and Mrs come and plonk themselves next to me wiv the "canims". Quiet meals are a nightmare in cafes and resturants, as the same happens. Empty tables all around but guess who sits in the table next to me? Apart from the obsessive "Anne, anne anne" which goes unanswered until the 20th time of saying, it is the high pitched nasal sound that has me wondering at what age it disappears? Toddlers seem to communicate and obtain attention up to the age of 3 years old by an unearthly screech and/or scream which is on a par with, I imagine, a dog whistle before they speak properly! I find myself a martyr to the little darlings, as I live in a block of apartments that I otherwise call the "Creche" (still looking for a detached house in the middle of a field). A friend asked me recently when mentioning the "squealers" if my child, when a toddler, didn't scream or screech. Yes I replied but she only every did it twice! I leave the solution to you to work out. As to your dilemma, I find a Walkman useful, but the headphones pinch your ears after a while. On occasion I give bad looks, which the parents seize on as a temporary measure to quieten the "lovies", but I've now resigned myself to the fact that if the noise becomes a nuisance, I get up and move away. Sadly it's to do with my age, I think, or more likely "Turkish kids Rule" until they become adults, which incidentally I find, become nice balanced people, as they in turn raise their children in the same way ;o)
