Good lord. I’m a petite middle aged female! This article is yet another validation that I should continue my efforts to avoid children at all costs. Though I have not been as demonized as men usually are in this situation, my experiences come close. My SO will actually switch elevators if the one he has chosen is boarded by a mom with kid in tow! The aggravation and the liability simply are not worth any benefit you may offer a child in need. That goes for any toddler wandering the streets of downtown Seattle unaccompanied (the actual STREET, not the sidewalk). After having rounded up a kid from the center of an intersection in the middle of a work day, the mom (who was too busy perusing wine at a wine store), simply bitched at me to leave her kid alone, looked daggers at me, and stormed off.
