{"id":36,"date":"2012-07-22T18:48:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T18:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jpederzane.wordpress.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2012-07-22T18:48:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T18:48:24","slug":"am-i-a-fuddy-duddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jpederzane.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/am-i-a-fuddy-duddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I a Fuddy-Duddy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Social Q’s column in today’s Times includes this letter:<\/p>\n

“Children 44 inches tall or shorter ride the subway free. But I don\u2019t believe in giving an entire seat to someone who hasn\u2019t paid a fare. Recently, I refused to let a small child take my seat when she asked for it herself. I would have been fine giving it up if the mother had asked and put the child in her lap. Was my subway etiquette incorrect?”<\/p>\n

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While the writer and respondent focused on the (bizarre) economics at play I was struck by the idea of a young child asking an adult to surrender her seat. I would be mortified if one of my kids did that. I \u00a0 was taught and teach that children should almost never (there are exceptions) try to direct an adult’s conduct or exercise power over him or her (it’s why I never let my kids hand the check back to the \u00a0waiter and why I assume their teachers are right until I learn otherwise). They are not equals. But maybe they are, now. More’s the pity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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