..Weren't those two that thumbed my post down the least bit irritated with the loud screeches randomly made throughout the conference?
Didn't bother me at all.
There seems to be a growing sentiment of tolerance for ill-behaved
children, and I think it's a product of this liberalism plague we are under.
Now whatever children want to do to get attention or make irrational
demands is given broad berth, even if it means that the matter that one
has gone to great expense to obtain is rendered useless or less useful as
a result. The "rights of the child" take precedence and more and more
people are prone to forgo all else in deference to this misbehavior of
immature children acting out in places where they do not belong.
One would think that some degree of separation could have been made
whereby these noisy children could have been out of earshot from
the conference room. It would only be reasonable. A child monitor could
be used with the microphone on the Bishop's table, and the speaker box
would be provided for the parent(s) caring for their child(ren) in the
room removed from the conference room. That would solve this problem.
There ought to be at least one, but preferably two closed doors between
the two rooms, and the reason is, that one door can be open, and the
other door closed, so there is always then one door closed (or more
likely, anyway). Actually, a door coordinator could be used that prevents
a door from being opened unless the other door is closed, but if it is a
required occupant access exit, this coordination may be prohibited unless
it can be easily disabled and/or normally disabled with a power failure.
Otherwise, in a fire, for example, everyone would be unable to leave
the room through that doorway in a continuous movement, which would
be an evacuation hazard, potentially causing people to die from smoke
inhalation.
Not too long ago, parents would not take children out of the house who
are prone to screeching because of the embarrassment it would cause the
family in public. But now, with liberal thinking everywhere, such problem
children are not to be "discriminated against" because that is not being
charitable to their needs. The liberal world stands still waiting on the
needs of the the minority or the handicapped. Everyone is made to wait
while those who would normally be marginalized now get first place. The
natural order of things is turned on its head in the modern world.
Some children have a problem with this. I have a neighbor who has such
a problem son and he is obviously autistic or something. He does not
speak words, and he is now about 5 or 6. He has a lot of energy, and
jumps repeatedly standing in one place, usually just raising his heels up
as he pushes from his toes in a bouncing pattern, clapping his hands
and screeching. His parents are not pleased with this behavior and have
him in an education program with his mother present at all times for his
sense of security. They take him out every day but on the weekends he
tends to be at home, making a lot of noise during all his waking hours.
So there are all kinds of degrees of this problem, but it seems to me that
in recent years it has been on an increase. A lot of it is cultural but I
have to wonder if there isn't a demonic aspect to this phenomenon. Go
to a shopping mall or a public park and see, that you can't go far before
some child is heard carrying on with uncontrolled, shrill screaming. They
seem to be doing it to demand something, and I have seen their parents
give in to their demands, just to make them stop screaming. There is a
state law that prohibits corporal punishment in California, and if such
parents were to be seen smacking the brat across the mouth or the head,
or the hand, or the arm or the shoulder or the foot or the leg or the upper
torso, or with any object such as a rolled newspaper, or a stick, or a nylon
cord, or a paper cup or a wet noodle, they would be reported to Child
Protective Services anonymously by cell phone, and a case worker
would be dispatched to the scene immediately. That's what they live for.
They have the power to remove a child from his parents on the spot, and
it will take many thousands of dollars and months in court to get him back,
if ever.
Thank you, Sean. We need more and more of these kinds of instructional sessions from H.E. Yes, the brats are a problem. But consider, perhaps, that the parents don't get this opportunity very often, and probably both fathers and mothers want to be there to hear the bishop. Babysitters are an added expense that some young families can not bear.
Heard of a case that some people complained to the Traditional priest about the kids during Mass, and the priest said to them..."Your soul should be as white as theirs"
Back in my Novus Ordo days, I heard a similar remark from the pastor of our parish...something to the effect that children were like angels...ridiculous reasoning...let's let little children behave poorly and let us shirk our duty of disciplining children out of human respect for the parents....the reasoning of sappy, sentimental, effeminate, unhinged modern minds that don't have the gumption to lay down the rules or criticize for fear of not being "liked"...and lazy liberal parents who think their children walk on water. Spoiled rotten adults will be the result...but go ahead...defend that which is indefensible.
Very well said, bernadette.
Thank you Neil Obstat...I note that some are already caving in on (read succuмbing to liberalism) the truth...there is a time and a place for everything, and the time and the place for children does not/should not include a conference given by +Williamson.
You're welcome, bernadette.
I wonder if these same people would let their children behave this way,
screeching, in a BANK or if OBAMA were giving a speech!!
In the past, +W has made passing mention of the need to care for the
children in a separate area. He has an air about him of irritation or concern
when he does so, and I don't know if he has brought it up when making plans
for the next appointment.
It seems to me that he understands that we are all under a great challenge
these days, as one priest told me recently, "There has never been a more
challenging time in the history of the world to raise a family."
I could not disagree with him.
When these problems arise, +W is patient, to be sure, but we really ought
to be doing all we can to help him. There are carpenters and there are
painters and electricians and handymen -- we can do this!
We are able to adapt a given environment for the purpose of confining the
noise that children ALWAYS MAKE to another, separate room. We are not
a third-world nation on the brink of camping out with the spiders and snakes.
We should not expect +W to pretend he's visiting the
Hurons and the
Iroquois and the
Mohawks like St. Isaac Jogues and St. Charles Garnier and St. Noel
Chabanel and St. Rene Goupil and St. John de Lalande and St. Anthony Daniel
and St. John de Brebeuf and St. Gabriel Lalemant. He shouldn't have to worry
about having his fingers chewed off.
And you wonder why he likes living in Britain!! Correct me if I'm wrong, but
British children tend to be more well-behaved.
But in any case, this childcare noise is a
heavy penance for a bishop. He is
doing all he can to keep his mind on what he has to say, and there are no
doubt hundreds of facts to keep in line as he is speaking. His thoughts are
probably racing at a mile a minute and one screech from a child not kept
adequately distant (!) could cause a train wreck of one's thinking process.
I know it would for me, because I'm easily distracted.
Watch his face and you can see that he is involuntarily reacting to the noises.
Is someone taking pleasure in torturing him here? I have to wonder!!!I know other priests who do this as well. Parents don't seem to notice the
noises, but please try to remember that priests are not living with families
with small children and they are accustomed to having quiet surroundings
when they are doing their intellectual work.
Topic: Bishop Williamson St. Paul, MN Conference: (Read 6040 times)