The #1 Problem With Kids...Their Parents

From the NY Times article Where They Don't All Scream for Ice Cream, about a neighborhood group that had the city move an ice cream truck from its usual space near a park entrance to a space a block away, because their children wanted ice cream.

"It may seem like a curmudgeonly pursuit," said Christine Sciulli, a member of the park's board and the mother of two young sons. "But it was really difficult for parents and caregivers every time they entered the park. There's only one entrance into the park for small kids. It seemed like the deck was stacked in the favor of the ice cream and the toddlers."

With the truck a block away, she said, "it lessened the agony for every caregiver."

This is typical: If you can't train your kids, change others lives instead? Just say no, people. Just say no.