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I'm not sure about you, but I think a child can stop using the milk bottle by, say, 3 years old?

As much as this entry seems so gossipy, I hope to convey an abnormality of this generation, or more aptly, degeneration.

So I was on the train today on my way back home and opposite me was boy feeding from a milk bottle. (See picture 1.)

Then on further observation, which included eavesdropping on his grasp of English, Chinese and the occasional "lahs" and "lehs" (he speaks in complete sentences), estimation of his height, he was probably 9 years old. (See picture 2.)

Goodness! A 9-year-old boy still drinking from a bottle?

Indulge me as I add insult to injury:
This grown boy needs to be coaxed to be fed by the maid.
This grown boy needs to rest his head on the maid's lap to drink milk.
This grown boy cannot wait till after the train ride to be fed.
This grown boy claims that he cannot finish the bottle of milk.
This grown boy is drinking milk from a bottle. (I can't get over this!)

Oh, did I mention that his parents behaved as if they weren't related to each other and the child. The mother stood at the train doors while the maid was feeding the boy. The father sat a few seats away from the maid, "absorbed" in his newspaper.
Can't blame them though. I would behaved the same if I were that boy's parent.
Yes, I do agree it is an embarrassment as parents to have a grown child who still drinks from a milk bottle.

Oh, how do I know they are family?
The milk bottle incident happened on the east-west line. Once they transferred to the north-south line at Jurong East, they sat together as if nothing happened, except for the father though, he was still at his newspapers. (See picture 3.)

I see the future, and the future is bleak.

Update:
In case anyone decides that I am in no position to judge, and decides to take on the role of judging me themselves...
I like to be responsible for my blog. While I may chronicle things the way that I see them, I also attempt to be fair to the subject matter. This is the same for this entry. I spent a good 1 hour on the train observing this family and the boy particularly. And I conclude the boy is physically and mentally able for his age.
In short, if I had any doubts about the boy's condition or the family's, this entry would not be here.
And if you want to stand up for the boy because you have only read this entry and seen the pictures, by all means do so.
You didn't see the actual event for yourselves, so you can only make yourselves look clever by making good proper assumptions.
However, if you want to call me names, how does that make you different from me?
If you want to make me a bad guy, you'd better play fair and win.