Word. I don’t particularly care if somebody doesn’t want kids — parenting is a hard job, and not one everyone is cut out for. But general dislike of children never sits right with me. First, I thought we had agreed that it’s rude to dislike people based on a characteristic they can’t change. Second, everybody on earth was a child once. The biggest anti-natalist in the world was once that 3-year-old loudly melting down in the middle of the aisle at Safeway.

I do judge parents who don’t at least try to keep their kids under control in public — but that’s the fault of the parents, not the children.