The New Mommy Argument: "You Do Not Have A Right To Child Free
Spaces"S  In what I would venture is a deliberately inflammatory
firebomb, one mom, "Maia," writes on Feministe: "i thought that
maybe some feminists could use a refresher course, a reminder,
that kids are people. shorter, cuter, more honest people." Go
on!  Now, I normally abstain from these debates for the simple
reason that I am not a mom, merely a woman who loves kids. The
defiance evidenced in both sides of any "kid-in-public" debate
has become, it seems, particularly counterproductive of late and
has increasingly little to do with the children themselves, let
alone their welfare. And even now, I really just want to put the
author's, ahem, argument to the room and see what you, our
readers, have to say about it. Yet, as one of the people who,
apparently, needs a "refresher course" in straw-man acceptance,
there are a few points that I do feel bear addressing. Lack of
capitalization is hers.   my daughter, aza, is a person. a three
year old pe