jessily
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- Nov 11, 2007
Wow, I have enjoyed (and gotten frustrated) reading this thread. The nerve of some people! In a lot of cases, I definitely agree, it's the parents, not the children.
I had an experience in a movie theater recently that may as well have been on a plane. I went to see a kids movie at around 9 pm (on a weeknight). Now, I expected there to be kids there, I expected it to be noisy, etc. Right before the movie started a group filed into the row next to me. What looked like 2 mothers and their 7 children. Now the problem was, the 2 mothers sat next to each other at the end of the row, the oldest child sat next to them, and continued in approximate age order down the row, leaving the 3 year old right next to me. So, 6 people were sitting between the 3 year old and the nearest adult. Whose brilliant idea was that? The 2 mothers spent the movie chatting, and the 3 year old spent the movie kicking the seat in front of her and trying to talk to me. The teenage boy in that seat was not pleased and turned around about every 30 seconds to let us know. I suggested to her that she stop, but she's 3! (and had no interest in listening to a random stranger in the seat next to her). The younger kids on my end of the row yelled, dropped food, took their shoes on and off... really they just needed some supervision, and they got none, ruining the movie experience for everyone around them. I finally got up and moved to nearly the front row (the theater was packed). Even as a 15 year old camp counselor I knew that with a group of kids, you put adults on either side of them, or in the middle. Come on! Sorry for the rant, but it is frustrating when parents just sit back and relax while their kids are ruining the experience for everyone else (whether on a plane, in a theater, etc.). I've worked with many kids and know MANY that are more well behaved than adults. but those who are not, need supervision from adults. I don't really get upset when kids are acting up, I just get upset when they're acting up and their parents don't even attempt to control them. Okay, rant over
I had an experience in a movie theater recently that may as well have been on a plane. I went to see a kids movie at around 9 pm (on a weeknight). Now, I expected there to be kids there, I expected it to be noisy, etc. Right before the movie started a group filed into the row next to me. What looked like 2 mothers and their 7 children. Now the problem was, the 2 mothers sat next to each other at the end of the row, the oldest child sat next to them, and continued in approximate age order down the row, leaving the 3 year old right next to me. So, 6 people were sitting between the 3 year old and the nearest adult. Whose brilliant idea was that? The 2 mothers spent the movie chatting, and the 3 year old spent the movie kicking the seat in front of her and trying to talk to me. The teenage boy in that seat was not pleased and turned around about every 30 seconds to let us know. I suggested to her that she stop, but she's 3! (and had no interest in listening to a random stranger in the seat next to her). The younger kids on my end of the row yelled, dropped food, took their shoes on and off... really they just needed some supervision, and they got none, ruining the movie experience for everyone around them. I finally got up and moved to nearly the front row (the theater was packed). Even as a 15 year old camp counselor I knew that with a group of kids, you put adults on either side of them, or in the middle. Come on! Sorry for the rant, but it is frustrating when parents just sit back and relax while their kids are ruining the experience for everyone else (whether on a plane, in a theater, etc.). I've worked with many kids and know MANY that are more well behaved than adults. but those who are not, need supervision from adults. I don't really get upset when kids are acting up, I just get upset when they're acting up and their parents don't even attempt to control them. Okay, rant over
Been there done that! Just because I'm sitting on the end doesn't make me the designated babysitter. What would have happened if someone kidnapped that 3 year old. Oh wait, I know, the mom would blame the theatre for not watching her kid. 
