All children have their moments. However, I am amazed at how many rude and disrespectful children (and parents) I have come across lately. Too many parents have gotten lazy. They don't supervise their children and telling them, "No" is unthinkable. Kids at the school bus stop throw rocks at passing cars and people. They tease dogs on their way home. My first-grade son didn't eat his potato soup lunch because another child swore I had sent him a mixture of pee and poo to eat.

At Walmart, a boy wanted his mother to buy him gum. She wouldn't buy it, but she did watch him open it, take a piece and place it back on the shelf. Diaper wearing toddlers are left alone in the children's section of the library while literally clearing the book shelves. Someone could make a living on black market babies there.

I asked one preteen to stop using foul language around my children in the library lobby. He seemed apologetic. That is, until I was out of the building and out of his sight. Then the brave hoodlum shouted obscenities repeatedly. I bet his parents are proud.

Carmen Kane, Pasco