screaming children.....

ok, so...today was remarkable for the number and shear seismic splendor of screaming children......the highlight was a child of 3 who stood and screamed in the lobby...just stood and screamed...blood-curdling screams....while his mother registered.....people stared at the sight, given that his mother was no further than 10 feet away....and he appeared to be in no visible distress.....and the screaming kept up as i ushered them into my clinic room....and at some point the screaming became comical...given that his mother appeared to ignore this continued outburst.......and i actually laughed at this child......at which point he stood stunned....and appeared to wonder how i could find his 'pain' so funny......as he was leaving one of my coworkers remarked...'that child ain't right'......true, and a parent who has done nothing to fix this problem ain't right either.....