Imagine the scene: You and some friends are walking down the main area of a shopping centre, walking casually and chatting away about the window displays. Then, mid-sentence, you hear this.


"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH, Mummy, I wanted THAT ONE!!!!"


This is a typical situation not just in shopping centres, but in restaurants, stores, etc. Normally, our responses is a death stare, but we move on bemoaning the next generation. However, one Australian shopping centre has decided to take decisive action.

They have banned screaming children. This Sydney shopping centre has put up notices around the centre stating "Screaming children will not be tolerated in the centre". Naturally, this has sparked up a controversy storm among the parent community. Some are for it, some find it is in breach of the UN Rights of the Child. (Apparently, screaming like a snotty-nosed brat is their right)

So what do you guys think? Can a shopping centre impose a ban on screaming children? Do you care?

Discuss.