"Steve Walker" wrote in message

Last time it happened to me the woman in charge of the kids neither
apologised nor pointed out to the kids that they should be more careful.

And the time before?

Well, let me see. That's the only time I can remember when I've been sat
in the car when it has happened. Seeing kids dent someone else's car next
door without being told off? Well, that would be every time I've seen it
happen.

I apologise, I've confused you with someone who's been complaining about
children's behaviour in supermarkets.

Anyway, I have a simple workaround. I buy meat at the local butchers
(which I walk to). I buy vegetables at the local farm shop (where I have
seen very few children, and the ones I've seen have been perfectly well
behaved). Perhaps there's a correlation between the parents who care
enough to buy their family decent food, and the parents who raise well
behaved kids?

I should think there's a lot in that. Also the fairly often reported
correlation between processed food and hyper-activity in children.

No, I don't have television and don't buy newspapers or general interest
magazines but I do read specialist magazines, one being published by The
Food Commission - I'm passionate about well produced good food. We buy our
meat from a daughter who has an organic farm with rare breed animals and
poultry, our game from the local licensed supplier, our vegetables and flour
from local organic producers (and grow quite a lot of veg ourselves and eat
unusual veg which you can't buy); things we can't buy from local producers
we buy fromWaitrose or Booths, about once every six weeks.

Mary