Why can’t parents just put their hands on their baby’s mouth to stop them from making loud noises when crying in movie theatres and airplanes?

Question

I have always wondered this but never wanted to directly ask a parent as it could come off rude.

It makes sense to me though, like when people cover each other’s mouth’s in movies to muffle whatever sound they’re making.

Edit: I would just like to say that I would never try this, I was just curious!

In: Biology

Answer 1

> like when people cover each other’s mouth’s in movies to muffle whatever sound they’re making.

That’s not normal behaviour. In fact, that’s assaulting someone.

Now, to address the question about the baby. Covering a baby’s mouth to stop it communicating is a pretty abusive behaviour. The baby would be crying for a reason. The real question regarding parents taking babies to the movies is why they think everyone else wants to deal with their baby?