Why do mothers do this?

My little boy and I are in the grocery store, I hear a child crying. I look over in the next aisle, see the toddler in the cart crying and the mother either saying, "you better shut up." or something along the lines. On occasions, I have even seen the mother discipline the child. I have my own beliefs and they are this: I will never discipline my toddler boy in public, I do not believe in this. It is embaring, and brings unnecessary stares. It is not conducive to him nor myself. I would rather discipline in the comfort of our own home. Why didn't the mother try to figure out what the baby wanted instead of telling her to shut up? My son is always content and happy when we go to the grocery store. I always bring his bottle, just in case. If he starts getting antsy, I will talk to him in a loving way, or if we are towards the end of the check out line, I will grab him a bag of doritos, open the bag, give him a chip, and place the bag on the conveyor belt so that i can pay for it. I guess I'm just a wuss when it comes to parenting. What do you think? Do you agree with mothers that do this?

Do neutral European nations like Switzerland and Ireland owe USA for defending them for so long?

I mean, I hear every single day here how Europe was saved by the USA in WWI and WWII, although many here are claiming that the majority of Nazi casualties took place on the Eastern, not the Western, front. Now, even if that is true, America did launch the Marshall Plan and continued to have bases on European soil during the entire Cold War (and still do today!), but here's my question: Finland had to fend off the Soviet Union and lost 11% of her territory in the Winter War w/o America helping her, Switzerland is a heavily fortified nation and was never attacked by Hitler as he thought it militaristic suicide and Ireland was not involved in the conflict, so do those nations really owe anything to the U.S. Military? Switzerland and Ireland didn't get Marshall Aid, and they weren't involved in the conflict. They also haven't had bases on their soil as both are neutral. So, why do I hear some Americans say, "we saved your @sses in WWII to Irish and Swiss people?"

Do you beleive in brainwashing?

Are there subliminal messages hidden in TV adds designed to make us all mindless clones of one another?

What is best to use on nettle stings to quickly ease the pain?

my 4 year old was stung by nettles when he came from school about an hour ago, ive put some anti-septic cream on it (sudocrem) but he's still in pain, i could really do with some helpful advice on anything else i could use?

My son has a drinking problem?

he is still so young, let him have the bottle, the milk is very good for him and babies need comfort. my baby dropped the bottle at 7 mo. but for most babies it takes longer. let him have it for a couple more months. alot of people think that a year old is an absolute deadline for babies to quit the bottle, i say just a little longer.

What does this Restriction on a Land registry deed mean?

I believe that either the estate is held in trust, or, the land is owned by a third party. An estate agent will tell you.

My 89 supra, is it bad?

Ok i know this is stupid, but i brought a 89 supra and was super happy about it, until my dad came into the picture. The first thing he said was that this car was a piece of ****. I dont really have any knowledge of this car because it's at my uncles shop. Can u guys tell me if it's truely a **** car?