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cybermike: My knowledge of psychology/behaviorism is lacking, and I hope that if I become a parent that I will learn far more about those fields. Regardless, I strongly suspect that the parents <b>were</b> heavily responsible for how their kids act. Even if they appear to be trying really hard, trying really hard != results. If a child misbehaves that badly, I think it is not because the child is intrinsically bad, but because the child is not properly taught/reinforced how to behave.

Balaniki: That reminds me of an article in my microeconomics book discussing the possibility of parents with children being forced to pay more to compensate for the negative externalities produced by their children. It makes sense, since if you, who has no loud children, must pay the same amount as someone who has multiple obnoxious children, then the obnoxious children are not being taken into account. It is rather surprising that some places will let young children get in for less when they should be paying more than the average. An addition to this would be the possiblity of using the increased cost to children to subsidise cheaper costs for people who have to deal with the children (such as the people nearby).