Where Are The Parents?

Tonight I attended 5:00pm mass at a local church. There was a family sitting behind me. Two of the boys about 9 years old talked to each other during the entire mass. The parents never once told them to be quiet. A young woman who sat next to me finally turned around to tell them to be quiet. The result of her admonishment lasted about 2 minutes. There was an older woman to my left who also turned around to look at them as I also did. I've noticed that the young people at this church "chat" in church more than they do at the church I belong to, which is why I travel a half hour to attend church rather than to go to the one around the corner. The older woman on my left said to me after mass, "I wanted to ask those boys why they came to church." She told me that she had taught in a Catholic School. I told her that I had attended one so I knew where she was coming from. I hope that the parents had a "chat" with them in the car on their way home.