Parents, Get a Grip

Yes, Gentle Reader, it's time for another one of my rants about stupid parents. But trust me on this when I say this rant is more of a laugh riot than a diatribe against ignoramus parenting.

Today's WSJ includes an article about the trouble at Chuck E. Cheese. No, it's not the awful food served. No, it's not the throwback-to-an-earlier-era "entertainment" offered. (Animatronic singing rats, Whac-A-Mole and video games? Is this the 70s?) No, it's not the ridiculously overpriced party packages.

It's the parents. Namely, the parents who don't know how to behave in public. Check out this tasty morsel:

One woman removed the red rope that marks the entrance queue and handed it to another woman, who swung the metal clip attached to it at others involved in the incident [that started when parents complained to the restaurant manager that children were loitering at the machine that draws digital pictures of customers].

A makeshift mace? Well, I give her credit for ingenuity in the heat of battle.

Oy carumba.... Spare me from Upchuck E. Cheese and the parents who take their brats there.