THE mother of a toddler, desperately trying to hold on to her active child, said: “Please sit down and be quiet.” She continued to give him his playthings and pacified him with sweet snacks. The child persisted in creating a ruckus in the room.
The other people sitting in the room were trying to listen to the speaker. Some of them, feeling annoyed, stood up and walked away. One woman offered to help the mother with her toddler. She refused her help and remained in the room throughout the session.
If you had a similar experience, what would you do? This mother wanted to listen to the talk but her toddler was preventing her from doing so. She remained in the audience because she felt that she had every right to be there.
Her toddler could not remain docile for such a long session intended for an adult audience only. He was restless and needed to move about. His mother was not considering his needs nor was she thinking of others who had to put up with the noise her son was making.
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