Grand Central Terminal: 'Grand By Design: A Centennial Celebration of Grand Central Terminal' (through March 15) For anyone who ever heard a parent yell "What is this, Grand Central Station?" the terminal has been more than just a place to catch a train.
One day you are moving along fine as a child, and a parent yells at you or embarrasses you at the wrong place and the wrong time, and poof, you have a hard wire in your brain that associates humiliation with something basically good, your image in the mirror, your sexuality, your speech, or your performance in school.
"We wanted to be like, 'No, it's OK.'" A group of girls was about to take a shot when a concerned parent yelled at them, he said.
"If there's a civil rights violation, it's the board's fault," one angry parent yelled across the cafeteria.
"Just tell me!" one parent yelled at the F.B.I. agents and the police officers who were in the room.
Staff tend to turn off when a parent is yelling or swearing at them and will not listen as intently as they will if you are polite and explain your concerns in a calm way.
Are we become our parents, yelling at a kid for playing Metroid all night because we have no idea what Metroid is?
Over-achieving parents yelling.
I can't hear my parents yelling.
Doing it together takes away the feeling of parents yelling at kids to clean their rooms.
This is just a thought, but your audience is a bunch of preschoolers with delicate ears, so how about making sure they can still hear their parents yelling at them after the show?
