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Originally posted by alphagam-alum
I am going to go against the crowd on this one, kind of....
I think it depends on the kid. My husband and I have been taking our oldest son to movies with us since he was a month old. When he was that little, I always had a bottle ready in case he even looked like he was going to cry. It he looked like he was going to make a sound one of us would take him outside.
However, my youngest son isn't always the quietest in the movies, we realize this and don't usually take him. If he goes we make sure it is a movie that he will be entertained with. If he gets bored, to the hallway we go. We always sit closest to the door when the kids are with us also.
My oldest son (5yrs old) has been to 2 or 3 movies a month for his entire life. He does fine. So fine in fact, he went to see Lord of the Rings this week (opening night). He did not make a sound. He sat there and ate popcorn and drank a pop. He distrubed no one!! If there would have even been a chance that he would have-he would have been in the hall before his mouth opened up.
I do agree, some kids should not be in movie theaters--they can't handle it. But then again, I have sat next to a few adults that should not be in theaters either.
-wendi
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Wendi-
Kudos to you for being a courteous & thoughtful theater goer. I don't have a big problem w/kids in movies, per se. Its the parents who bring kids who make a fuss & expect the rest of us to just deal with the noise & irritation.
When I saw Titanic in the theater, there was a lady there with a baby-about 9 months old. He started fussing about 45 minutes into the movie, and instead of taking him out, she started swatting him & saying "shut up" in the most hateful tones. Soon, she was actually hitting him on the mouth--like that's going to make a baby be quiet.....That was not a good move on her part, since the girl I went to the movie with was an abused children's advocate & the lady kept doing it AFTER my friend warned her to stop. When she left the auditorium, CPS was waiting for her.
Like you said, sometimes the adults don't know how to act either....