On no. 3.. truly? no. There are so many children out there with speach impediments or who have a physical/mental challenge that prevents them from enjoying the power of verbal language. I wouldn't want to curb my kids' ability to communicate. On a certain level, I revel in how articulate they are. That's actually the overwhelming reason I don't clamp down on them when we travel. Making noise is one of the only things they can do expressively from their carseats. I don't want to take that from them. Tune it down? yes. Make it so that physical discomforts don't drive them to screech? yes. (And my first stop after my pull-over was to get some window shades for the backseat so Miss Screech Monkey could hide from the sun. To get some lunch for the kids. And to make Mr Screech Monkey find his own action figure.) But shut them up all the way? no.
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On no. 3.. truly? no. There are so many children out there with speach impediments or who have a physical/mental challenge that prevents them from enjoying the power of verbal language. I wouldn't want to curb my kids' ability to communicate. On a certain level, I revel in how articulate they are. That's actually the overwhelming reason I don't clamp down on them when we travel. Making noise is one of the only things they can do expressively from their carseats. I don't want to take that from them. Tune it down? yes. Make it so that physical discomforts don't drive them to screech? yes. (And my first stop after my pull-over was to get some window shades for the backseat so Miss Screech Monkey could hide from the sun. To get some lunch for the kids. And to make Mr Screech Monkey find his own action figure.) But shut them up all the way? no.