There's the other thing to consider though... There are many parents who will be out in public with a screaming kid and aren't doing anything about it to the extent that it's disruptive for everyone. Those parents who make no effort to have any control over their kid, which is a bad thing because later in life, it'll come back to bite them in the ass when their kid(s) are completely out of control. For example, if I'm at a movie and someone has a baby with them, as soon as that baby starts crying and it's obvious that it's going to take more than a few seconds to get the baby to be quiet, they need to leave the movie and tend to their child, instead of sitting there, bouncing their baby in their lap trying to force feed their kid when it's obvious that the baby isn't hungry because they keep pushing the bottle away and even worse where there's some sort of odor becoming obvious. Not saying that you're one of those parents Amanda, just that people have gotten used to those sort of parents so when there's a hint of it, people start giving those mean looks. It's not deserved when you're doing the best you can to tend to your child while being respectful to others as well. Just something to keep in mind when you see them giving the evil looks. Now if you're doing everything you can to tend to your child and not show disrespect to others and then someone is still giving you an evil look... Thats when you should look straight at them and be like, "Excuse me but do you have a problem?" They'll either realize that they're being rude and apologize (or at least back off with their ignorant look), or they'll make a comment where you can rip them a new one by telling them that you're not like other parents who'll just let their child cry for hours at a time, so they should be grateful that you're a responsible parent instead of being an ass towards you.