laklak wrote:They can talk all they want, they'll be on an island several miles off the mainland so we won't hear them. We'll all take turns refilling the feeder hoppers and hosing them off. Just think, no more squalling babies on airplanes, no kiddie menus, no goddamn school buses clogging up the roads, no "family friendly" entertainment. This could revolutionize society as we know it.

Scot Dutchy wrote:FFS who is talking about victorian methods. Children being seen and not heard is the way I think children should behave. How it is achieved does not have to be by any method. The thing here is somehow in the minds of certain individuals this immediately deduced as the victorian method. This happens often here by people who live in a very little world. Say anything to them that collides with that little world and bingo and they are on their high horses.

What Does "Kids Should Be Seen & Not Heard" Mean?

The phrase that kids should be seen and not heard infers that a child's place is to be quiet and well-behaved. This was a widespread sentiment during the Victorian era of 1837 to 1901 when the typical family raised about a half dozen kids, points out Asa Briggs in her book "Victorian People: A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67." According to the University of Liverpool, the idea that children shouldn't have a voice in their lives lingered well into the 20th century.

Victorian era values prescribed that every facet of a child's life should be governed by his parents or guardians, says the University of Liverpool. At the time, little distinction was made between children and property, and so there was no reason for children to speak in company, as they were expected to merely do as they were told without question.

Scot Dutchy wrote:Yes my mind boggles as well at the hypocritical nonsense people cram out about anyone who thinks differently than their little tiny world. Who in the fucking hell do you think you are?

laklak wrote: And to fatten them up.

Sendraks wrote:

laklak wrote:They can talk all they want, they'll be on an island several miles off the mainland so we won't hear them. We'll all take turns refilling the feeder hoppers and hosing them off. Just think, no more squalling babies on airplanes, no kiddie menus, no goddamn school buses clogging up the roads, no "family friendly" entertainment. This could revolutionize society as we know it.

This needs to become the next big selling piece of young adult fiction.

Warren Dew wrote:It's been done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies