Dear parents of shrieking children on several buses today: you don't seem very concerned about the excessive level of noise that your offspring are emitting. I understand that you can't always get young kids to listen but that doesn't mean you should be actually ENCOURAGING them to scream-punch our eardrums either. You must truly think your children are precious. I agree. And to prove a point, if you don't start at least TRYING to get them to pipe down,I'll hide them in a big pile of coal and see how long it takes you to find your "diamonds". Shouldn't take long; just listen for the coal that seems to be boring a sonic blast into your soul.