Banal observation of the day, shrieking infant edition

Robert Wright yesterday:

A thought experiment: Suppose you are a parent and you (a) watch someone else’s toddler misbehave and then (b) watch your own toddler do the same. Your predicted reactions, respectively, are: (a) “What a brat!” and (b) “That’s what happens when she skips her nap.”

I don't have a toddler. And thank God (on behalf of both me and the toddler I don't have) for that. Because, my baby or not my baby, I react to a shrieking infant with a great deal more fury than thinking to myself "What a brat!" (Can you tell that there is a shrieking infant in my vicinity as I type this. Yes? You can? Well it sucks.)

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