There are only room for 2 babies on a tennis court

[BrilloPad]

Australian Open crying baby sparks parenting debate | Daily Mail Online

The mother should be at home looking after the child. Dad should be too poor to afford tickets to the tennis having lost it all to his ex-wife who wanted to sh4g her tennis coach.

[original PM]

Whether the child should have been up at 10pm is up for debate as you do not know the story or lifestyle of the parents - however under normal circumstances you would say no - child should not have been up.

However if the child was disturbing the game (in much the same way if the child was at a theatre or cinema or any other public place where the noise would be seen as an unwelcome distraction and remove the pleasure of the experience for paying customer) then it would be expected that the parents took the child elsewhere.

But in todays world it is all about me me me and fook everyone else.

[BrilloPad]

Whether the child should have been up at 10pm is up for debate as you do not know the story or lifestyle of the parents

What would Gina Ford say?

[NotAllThere]

Whether the child should have been up at 10pm is up for debate as you do not know the story or lifestyle of the parents - however under normal circumstances you would say no - child should not have been up.

Any indication of the age of the baby? If very young, then there's no issue. If it was a year old, then I'd agree.

However if the child was disturbing the game

I watched the video. It's impossible to say whether as soon as the baby wouldn't settle that the parent(s) didn't take it outside.

Stupid comment by commentator. Not unknown. But nothing else.

[shaunbhoy]

However if the child was disturbing the game (in much the same way if the child was at a theatre or cinema or any other public place where the noise would be seen as an unwelcome distraction and remove the pleasure of the experience for paying customer) then it would be expected that the parents took the child elsewhere.

I think that was tried before but the parents, a Mr and Mrs McEnroe, stubbornly refused to accommodate the request.