You know what really bothers me is not the kids that are running around crying and whining- it's the parents that are ignoring them! And the parent who slaps the poor childs hand that reaches out of the cart and so begins to cry. To me, in public, any display of kids in distress is up to the parents to address ASAP and it really irks me that they do not!! When I was a kid, if I misbehaved in public, I had to go sit in the car. (locked of course). Now, I just see parent screaming and slapping their kids or doing nothing at all- both really poor parenting responses in my mind - but I'm not a parent! I just feel sorry for children that have over-discipline or under-discipline. I feel REALLY bad for children who get both in different circumstances and grow up confused about what is ok and what is not!