Movie Theater: Find a babysitter, or stay at home and wait for the DVD

[Honey Bunny]

Kidlet is 3 and has yet to be to a movie. I KNOW her and she has yet to watch a whole movie at home let alone in public. I went to the midnight showing of HP 7.5 and was horrified to see a baby in a stroller in line, thankfully the daddy came for the baby and we didn't have to endure a screaming babe the entire time. Restaurants have been pretty good for midget, she was fussy one time in Ihop but settled when food got there, but i was about to take her out then.

 

[Dana]

It's the same in my eyes as people who take very young children to restaurants that aren't really kid-friendly. It's nice that you want a night out but hey, you're not the only person in the world, and if your kids aren't going to behave then don't inflict them on other people. No one else finds screaming toddlers easy to tune out just because you're used to them.

reminds me of my family, my cousins always want to go to dinner for their birthdays, one has 3 kids, the other has two after an hour they get squirmy and start running around the restaurant and they do nothing to contain them. It's embarrassing to be aqauinted with them. One of my cousins says they don't act like this at home only when they are out. Well discipline them. Ikf it's not okay at home it's not okay in a restaurant or store.

 

[Abcinthia]

Ugh, this is one of the worst. I know it sucks, but if you go out and your kid is being a handful, ask for your food to go and leave. I've had to do this a few times going to dinner with my daughter. Sometimes your kid is just grouchy or obnoxious and it's not fair to everyone else when they act like that. It's actually incredibly embarrassing, as a parent, to have her act that way. The food still tastes just as good at home, and if she spills her chocolate milk all over the table it's not half as bad as when she does it in the middle of a crowded restaurant. lol

Yes I agree. I've done it so many times with Imogen (though she is normally pretty good in resturants because of the promise of dessert haha) and every resturant has been really good at getting my food put in a takeout box or hurrying up with the bill. Probably because they are as desperate to get me out, as I am to leave

Young babies crying in resturants and the parents just sit there eating their food and ignoring the baby, really frustrates me. Yes you've waited for your meal, you are probably hungry and are paying however much for it, but your baby is crying and that is your priority now.

 

[Joe the meek]

Kidlet is 3 and has yet to be to a movie. I KNOW her and she has yet to watch a whole movie at home let alone in public. I went to the midnight showing of HP 7.5 and was horrified to see a baby in a stroller in line, thankfully the daddy came for the baby and we didn't have to endure a screaming babe the entire time.

If I pay money to see a movie, I expect to see and hear the movie.

If some idiot parent is stupid enough to bring a young child to a "grown up movie" (common sense tells you that you could expect child like pandaemonium at a G rated movie) and that child cannot keep quite, and the parent refuses to show common courtesy to remove the child and themselves from the theater, I have no problem with getting the management to remove that child and parent from the theater.
If the management refuses to remove the distracting child and parent, I will get a refund and never go back to that theater.

So far, two kids and parents booted, no refunds because they were the only two so far LOL

I have no problems holding "fine" restaurants to the same standard (what do you expect at Micky D's LMAO)

It seems in today society, as a people, we're afraid to hold others to some common sense and courtesy. I'm not wasting my money because of someone else's lack of parenting knowledge/skill.

My son KNOWS that if he acts up just once while being "out" (dinners, movies...), the PRIVILEGE can be removed VERY quickly. That said, I think he's one of the few 6 year olds that orders calamari as an appetizer LOL

 

[Springsteen]

Just thinking back many many years ago to when I first went to the Cinema to watch Jurassic Park (the greatest movie ever made, ask Zorak) and damn I loved it. Sat there for 2 hours watching it, loved it. I guess it helped I had an interest in Dinosaurs at the time and whatnot, but anyway i behaved. If the kid enjoys the film or what the film is about then they should go, especially if it's a film intended for them.

Every kid should watch Pulp Fiction though, it's a masterpiece, teaches them so much (the differences between Europe and the US, not to snort heroin, medical stuff, how to escape being tied up, how to get out of a hostage situation calmly, how to punk people called Brett out). Coolest damn film ever made.

 

[Joe the meek]

Every kid should watch Pulp Fiction though, it's a masterpiece, teaches them so much (the differences between Europe and the US, not to snort heroin, medical stuff, how to escape being tied up, how to get out of a hostage situation calmly, how to punk people called Brett out). Coolest damn film ever made.

If your definition of a kid is someone under 16, I hope you don't have kids.

 

[Springsteen]

Oh no I could never have any myself you understand, I don't like them enough. Couple of hours a week with my cousin is enough.

 

[Jezzebelle]

If your definition of a kid is someone under 16, I hope you don't have kids.

I assume he was commenting on my brilliant sister bringing me to see it as age 8....

And although I was shocked, and just WOOOOAH through the whole thing. It didn't scar me for life or give me nightmares or anything.

 

[anathelia]

If I pay money to see a movie, I expect to see and hear the movie.

If some idiot parent is stupid enough to bring a young child to a "grown up movie" (common sense tells you that you could expect child like pandaemonium at a G rated movie) and that child cannot keep quite, and the parent refuses to show common courtesy to remove the child and themselves from the theater, I have no problem with getting the management to remove that child and parent from the theater.
If the management refuses to remove the distracting child and parent, I will get a refund and never go back to that theater.

So far, two kids and parents booted, no refunds because they were the only two so far LOL

I have no problems holding "fine" restaurants to the same standard (what do you expect at Micky D's LMAO)

It seems in today society, as a people, we're afraid to hold others to some common sense and courtesy. I'm not wasting my money because of someone else's lack of parenting knowledge/skill.

My son KNOWS that if he acts up just once while being "out" (dinners, movies...), the PRIVILEGE can be removed VERY quickly. That said, I think he's one of the few 6 year olds that orders calamari as an appetizer LOL

To be fair, comparing a 6 year old's ability to behave to a 2 or 3 year old is vastly different. If Abigail was getting fussy in a restaurant, that is not a sign of bad parenting. That's a sign of a grouchy child, the attitude of which you don't always have control over. As a parent, you should know that.

I do agree, however, that if someone has a kid at 6 or 7 years old and they are STILL acting that way? There's something wrong.

 

[Dana]

Oh no I could never have any myself you understand, I don't like them enough. Couple of hours a week with my cousin is enough.

:24::24:

 

[Joe the meek]

To be fair, comparing a 6 year old's ability to behave to a 2 or 3 year old is vastly different. If Abigail was getting fussy in a restaurant, that is not a sign of bad parenting. That's a sign of a grouchy child, the attitude of which you don't always have control over. As a parent, you should know that.

I do agree, however, that if someone has a kid at 6 or 7 years old and they are STILL acting that way? There's something wrong.

I've seen 7 year olds act like 2 years olds.

If a person has no clue how their young child is going to react in public, they better be prepared to remove that child from public IMO, particularly if the public is PAYING to be there.

 

[Joe the meek]

I assume he was commenting on my brilliant sister bringing me to see it as age 8....

And although I was shocked, and just WOOOOAH through the whole thing. It didn't scar me for life or give me nightmares or anything.

No, not directed at you, just a general comment.

As mentioned, I'm amazed that it seems at times that parents don't research a movie first before taking their children to it., particularly if it's graphic or has extreme bad vocabulary.

 

[anathelia]

I've seen 7 year olds act like 2 years olds.

If a person has no clue how their young child is going to react in public, they better be prepared to remove that child from public IMO, particularly if the public is PAYING to be there.

I didn't disagree with that. I actually agreed whole-heartedly with the sentiment prior to your posting and stated that I have, myself, left restaurants in the middle of dinner because my infant/toddler was being grouchy. I disagreed with your assertion that any parent who has a child who acts out in public is showing signs of bad parenting skills when it really depends on the age and possible developmental state of the child's brain.

 

[Joe the meek]

I didn't disagree with that. I actually agreed whole-heartedly with the sentiment prior to your posting and stated that I have, myself, left restaurants in the middle of dinner because my infant/toddler was being grouchy. I disagreed with your assertion that any parent who has a child who acts out in public is showing signs of bad parenting skills when it really depends on the age and possible developmental state of the child's brain.

I didn't differentiate between ages, apologies.

You should expect a 1 or 2 year old to act like a 1 or 2 year old, and if they are out in public, you roll the dice that they behave like a 1 or 2 year old My point is that if you take them out, you need to be prepared for the fact that you may have to leave because they're behaving their age and you shouldn't expect other paying customers to deal with it.

That said, I've seen some 7 year olds who I'd love to put my foot up their butt.