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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: How many of you would symphatize with babies awaken/scared by fireworks?
What I like in every country, especially in China, is the need to hide behind culture and traditions to do whatever someone wants.
But does a baby/infant due to his fragile nature not deserve some respect in his sleep during the night? Can traditions and culture be more important than scaring a baby and making him cry?
In my compound in Shanghai, they put a simple regulation to avoid fireworks inside the compound during the Chinese New Year. How many Chinese do you think respected that rule? Both guards and the management office didn't care about it.
Well, I do as well as many Chinese mothers on Internet who think their baby is more precious and deserves to sleep well.
So to all the people that put fireworks during their sleep, I just wish them a Unhappy Chinese New Year.
I disagree with your idea that Chinese people "hide" besides customs and traditions to do as they want. I honest;ly feel they do not hide at all, they just do what it is customary to them. Besides, fireworks on New Year celebrations is customary almost everywhere.
Now, in regards to babies here in China and everywhere. I do believe some will be awakened and scared with the noise, but that will not cast a damaging experience in their minds, oncde held in their mothers' arms they will go right back to sleep, and those memories will fade out very soon.
I have myself (and fully realize I am not a baby) slept thru many fireworks displays, was awaken by the noise, and managed to go back to sleep a few minutes later, and not because of that I will not share a few moments with friends and fireworks at special occassions.
I feel you are over reacting a little bit do.
My babies have always slept right through fireworks & thunder from the day they were born.
But I do know that some kids are sensitive to noise. And I do feel a little sorry for them and their parents.
However, if you are looking to live in a country where following the rules, caring about others (outside their tight circle of family & friends) and general common courtesy are the norm, then you are REALLY in the wrong country.
i am drunk i cant read the sudtext but i will bse my answer on the question at hand
as we all know from family guy babies are conspiring to kill their momsand take over the world. so wqhenever we can disrupt their sleep it is a save for mommoy and manjind
vote : buddy roemer seriously he is being black balled by the rep party
real answer sadly in this country 2 things: 1 there is no consideration for others including babies. 3 sleep deprivation is important for allowing the indoctrination and delusions to set in
i seriously feel sorry for people w/ young cildren in this country which pyzzles my as to why girls also i mean always ask why i wouldnt want to have chilred children in the middle kingdom
I really hadn't thought of that and this is a good question. I'm not sure what it is like where your at but the fireworks usually go off in the late late hours so the babies can sleep. The fireworks usually starts in the morning and continues on during the day and then they start setting the largest amount of firecrackers at night. It can be a problem but with the housing system and with so many people living closely to one another it is difficult to not encounter a problem such as noise. They always have children screaming and crying and sometimes you can hear fights in the apartment building.
I pity babies who are awakened by fireworks. I pity my puppy as well:-(
I think the chinese babies should get used to fire works in chunjie coz they are gonna get old seeing these kinds of fire works so babies get used to it....