I have a talking Sponge Bob doll in my office. Well....he used to talk. I threw him against the wall a few times until the talking feature broke. When my clients come to see me and bring their screaming brats along, I hand the kid the Sponge Bob doll and they shut up. I love Sponge Bob.
Honestly, when I was a kid my parents would have kicked my ass for acting the way some of these kids do. You should see these parents - "Honey, please stop screaming and we will go to McDonalds when we leave. Sweety, please don't peepee in the potted plant. Honey, don't throw hard objects at the 55 gallon aquarium even though i have already asked you not to at least 20 times in a sweet voice and that hasn't worked."
These kids are going to be absolutely rotten when they are teenagers....and Sponge Bob isn't the problem.