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I have a theory about the general impatience and lack of tolerance people have not only for children, but for any and all habits of others they find annoying. I think it stems from the cultural shift away from public spaces to being home all the time.

We've grown accustomed to having control over our environments, so when we're forced to share space with other people who bother us (like on a plane, say) we lack the emotional capacity to just tune it out. Instead of a mild annoyance, it becomes a disruption we cannot ignore.