Birth Control

When seven children -- ranging in age (I'm guessing) from about one-year-old to about eight -- entered the train car this evening, I knew I was in for, shall we say, an interesting ride home.  It's not often that you see this many children on the MARC, especially in one car, and the entire atmosphere of the evening commute changed.  Not only was everything much louder -- the crying, the yelling, the teasing, etc. -- but there was more movement than I'm used to from the regular commuters.  The kids were constantly fidgeting -- sitting on seats, standing on seats, sitting on laps, standing on laps, standing in the aisles, again, etcetera.  The adult chaperones looked too tired to put a stop to any of it and I'm not saying they should have.  Kids are naturally curious when it comes to new surroundings and this appeared to be the first train ride for many of them.  Plus, I think it served as a life lesson for the young couple sitting next to me who watched in horror at all the commotion.  Like I said, interesting ride.