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Originally posted by cutiepatootie
Unless your a parent of a baby (and yes a baby is still a 2 or 3 yr old ) you dont know what your talking about by just leaving them at home.
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I understand what you're saying but I think there is a HUGE difference between a baby and a 2/3 year old. I actually would've been more understanding had it been a 6-month old rather than a toddler. With a toddler, you can tell it to sit down or to stay quiet while you cannot with a baby.
Also, many people go to the movies at night to avoid dealing with screaming children. I can understand bringing a toddler to a matinee but a 9:30 movie?! The kid should've been in bed and, yes, with a babysitter. Just because this woman didn't want to pay for a babysitter does not mean she can let her kid wail in the middle of the theater.
There are many good parents out there. There was a 6 year old girl with her dad sitting behind us and there was a 4 year old with his mom sitting next to us. These kids did not even make a noise. It's the bad parents that ruin it for everyone. They don't teach their children that it is not proper to throw a temper tantrum in a public place. They don't immediately remove their children when they start to act up. The movie theater is not your living room. Just because you're use to your own child crying and throwing fits does not mean everyone else around you can block out the sound. Unfortunately, because of these bad parents, I really think that theaters should have a rule that children cannot be in the theaters past a certain time.
Many theaters have tried to help this problem. There's a theater by my parents' house in Boca Raton that has a babysitting center. Parents can bring there kids there, watch the movie, and then pick up their kids when the movie is over. Many movie theaters have movie showings specifically for parents with young children. That way, parents can see the movie with their children and not have to worry that they're bothering the people around them.
If you absolutely must see the movie and can't leave your kid at home, go to a matinee. It's almost expected that there will be a lot of children during a matinee.
ETA: My parents NEVER took me to the movies at night when I was young. They always took me to matinees. If they wanted to see a PG-13 or R movie, they went at night and got a babysitter. They didn't feel that it was their right to bring me to the theater if I wasn't going to be able to sit quietly just so they didn't have to pay the money to the babysitter. Also, if I acted the way that kid did, my mother would've dragged me out of the theater by my ear and gave me a spanking! Never would she have let me throw a temper tantrum like that in public. I asked my mother one time how I acted in public as a child and if I ever threw temper tantrums. My mother said, "No, you were always good in public because you knew better!" I respected my parents and knew that they were the boss and that I couldn't get away with stuff like that. I think parents today are too afraid to discipline their kids and, unfortunately, we all have to suffer because of it.