More powerful than an Aztec death whistle

We took a trip down south over the weekend so we could spend some time with our grand-daughter and her parents. The parents are highly educated overachievers. They are also the practitioners of something called "gentle parenting." I, personally, have always been a practitioner of something called "gentle, but let's not overdo it" parenting. We took Mom and Dad and Baby Bean to a nice family breakfast joint. Baby Bean is a supremely confident and well-adjusted almost three. From time to time, she chooses to advocate for herself by unleashing, quite deliberately, a sound that is best described as a cross between a Stuka dive-bomber and an air-raid siren. More frightening than an Aztec death whistle. The air-raid death whistle didn't last more than 15 seconds before her father tossed her over his shoulder and exited the restaurant. So much for gentle parenting. God bless parents everywhere who recognize the fact that children need limits.