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[folsomstrings]

When I attend a kids movie....I don't expect quiet. My kids are a bit older now but I remember Folsom century never charging for 3 and under.

[sweetpeasmom]

Yes, that was the simple point I was going for but yet I keep getting caught up in posting response to everything else said for some reason. I won't make the mistake again of posting this kind of topic here. I just thought after the free milk, and free kids meals discussion in this sub forum that my tip would be a no-brainer and helpful to parents in this economy. Instead I feel like I'm a bad parent and folsom citizen or something for taking my kids to enjoy a cartoon.

Well, I appreciated you letting us know! I love taking my kids to KIDS movies and the dragon movie is definitely a kid movie. I don't think most adults would go to that movie on their own and expect complete quiet in the theater! )

[Mays]

Why don't the theaters just have a baby room-they are partinioned at top and then the little brats can yell all they want-the only ones punished are the other parents;)
Works for me! Nothing worse then sitting by a mom or dad that for some strange reason don't hear their two year olds babbling...but I sure do and it's not cute. Last time we went to the Palladio we had to suffer with two of the cutest little monsters running up and down the aisle....And it was a kid movie! Ughhhhhh

Sooo... you went to a "kid" movie, and actually expected it to be totally quiet in there?? Don't get out much do you? When I go to a "kid" movie, I know there will be some extra noise and movement going on, to be expected.

[crossski]

Truly a case for Miss Manners or Dear Abbey.
NO babies in the movies - cmon thats what babysitters are for.
If common sense would not let you know this then you have missed
out on a good upbringing.

[JLS]

Truly a case for Miss Manners or Dear Abbey.
NO babies in the movies - cmon thats what babysitters are for.
If common sense would not let you know this then you have missed
out on a good upbringing.

Huh?

Was this a joke?

[Bill Z]

Truly a case for Miss Manners or Dear Abbey.
NO babies in the movies - cmon thats what babysitters are for.
If common sense would not let you know this then you have missed
out on a good upbringing.

those two are so 1950's, it's pathetic.

But thanks for the good laugh.

[Mays]

Yes, that was the simple point I was going for but yet I keep getting caught up in posting response to everything else said for some reason. I won't make the mistake again of posting this kind of topic here. I just thought after the free milk, and free kids meals discussion in this sub forum that my tip would be a no-brainer and helpful to parents in this economy. Instead I feel like I'm a bad parent and folsom citizen or something for taking my kids to enjoy a cartoon.

Not a bad parent at all. If your kids can sleep through (or not) a movie with little to no issues, then more power to you and them. It all about knowing your kids and what they can and can not do. I take my 4 year old to the movies because I know she can sit through it... my younger one, forget it.

[MSgt]

It looks like the Palladio theaters are using it as an excuse to make more money. One would expect kid noises at a movie for kids.

[stangage70]

Personally I don't see a need to bring a child three or younger to the movies. To me there are just so many other choices, which I believe are more appropriate. Though my children have not been numbed by constant video distraction as part of their childcare, so perhaps it would be a more natural extension for those who have. I recommend waiting till they ask to go. My youngest would much prefer a quick visit to a park right now.

I do find the different policies interesting. They just don't apply to my experience.

[4thgenFolsomite]

Personally I don't see a need to bring a child three or younger to the movies. To me there are just so many other choices, which I believe are more appropriate. Though my children have not been numbed by constant video distraction as part of their childcare, so perhaps it would be a more natural extension for those who have. I recommend waiting till they ask to go. My youngest would much prefer a quick visit to a park right now.

I do find the different policies interesting. They just don't apply to my experience.

I agree. When I was growing up, it was a treat to see a movie in a theater. We usually all went to the drive in. The youngest kids were always sound asleep before we came home. I think I only remember going to a theater once before I was 10 on my dad's birthday to see "Shoes of the Fisherman," I think. Back then we had to drive to downtown Sacramento for movies. So it was a long drive and relatively expensive. Fell asleep in the theater.

[tgianco]

Huh?

Was this a joke?

It has to be a joke.

One thing that I can't stand is for someone to tell someone else how to parent their kid. Look, the ones in semi-attack mode on this thread are the biggest loons on these boards. Don't let those that are miserable with their own lives try to bring you down.

Most parents appreciate this type of heads up, so thank you.

[spork]

Kids at a kids movie?! Crazy!!!!

Thanks JLS!

[JLS]

Yeah, I'm not to worried about it.

I don't allow my kids to eat or drink sugar. I've never spanked them as timeouts and taking toys away etc has always served just fine. I take them to the park several times a week typically. They eat out every single day and know how to behave because of that. I enjoy taking my child to a childs movie as a special treat. I let them watch yo gabba gabba and backyardagains every morning.

That's how I parent and could care less how other parents choose to raise their kids. Sugar, spank, no movies, whatever... That's your choice as a parent and I never look at someone who does the opposite of me as being a bad parent unless they are being rude or putting their child in an unsafe situation.

But goodness, who the heck elected a thread on ticket prices at a theater to change to an rambling discussion of how we should parent and "in my day" comments. In "your" days there were woodsheds, belt whooping, and rarely cartoons to take a child too. Heck, in my day families didn't have computers or big screen tvs. Times have changed, abuse laws have changed, and this is a thread on ticket prices