Leave the baby at home
Jun 11
Parents, listen up…….
I went to the theater to see Ocean’s Thirteen on Friday and thoroughly enjoyed the flick. But that’s not what this post is about. This post is about you parents who feel the need to bring your infants and toddlers to the movies.
I know you wanna impress your friends and co-workers by saying that you saw the latest movie during it’s opening weekend, but please, don’t bring the babies. What 2-3 month old knows who the hell George Clooney or Brad Pitt is? Lil Man Man wasn’t born to catch the first 2 films, so why should he be here for the final one?
I even remember when Ray first came out. There was this couple at the theater with their newborn twins. One baby is bad enough, but twins? And on top of that, one of the twins was sick. Not just sick, hooked up too some type breathing apparatus, so all you heard was the whirring of this machine and the wheezing from the baby. This was so damn irritating, that many of the people in the theater (including yours truly) threatened to jump on this couple if they didn’t get that kid out of there.
And it’s not just at the theater. I’ve seen this occur at sporting events as well. You see, I love to attend SWAC and SEC football and basketball games. And there are parents there with their infants and toddlers. Why? Your child has no knowledge of the game, plus lots of times it’s cold at those games and you’re putting your child at risk for colds and flu. Not to mention secondhand smoke which is wafting through the air and profanity being spewed left and right.
If you cannot find a babysitter for your child, maybe it’s best that you need not attend these types of events. Do us all a favor and stay at home. Wait for the dvd or listen to the game on the radio. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
I went to see Spiderman 3 on saturday (what can I say I hate a crowded theatre) and the same thing was going on.
I’m like:
1) Your kid is noisy.
2) Your kid is not enjoying the movie.
3) If your kid starts crying it has every right to be pissed off.
4) This was just a dumb move.
I’m just done with movies , it seems every time I go there’s some bullshit. Babies in the theater, cell phones ringing. I went to see 28 Weeks later and there were teenagers running up and down in the theater and this old woman sitting about 4 seats away from us letting out the loudest farts I’ve ever heard come from a human. I look over in such disgust but she just kept munching away on her snacks and breaking wind. Movie tickets cost too damn much to put up with that crap.
I feel you. I went to see it on Saturday and it was maybe 10 people in the theater. I was so happy.
i think your blog ate my response but basically i completely agree with you
A high-5 to all that. There’s a place and time for all things — even little people. Great post!
This exact thing is what keeps me away from the theaters nowadays. (Or anywhere else that the masses convene for that matter) Its unbelievable that in the information age that people cannot grasp the concept of a 4-month old not responding well to a theater class stereo system pounding in their ears. Or that they don’t always answer to “Shhhh”.
You would think that people who cannot find sitters would stay home instead of ruining the experience for everyone else who also paid their money to enjoy it. But this is just a small part of a bigger problem. Everyone thinks that its all about them…their problems, their kids, their phones or whatever. No one gives a damn about who they may be inconveniencing, as long as they get to to what they please. And that’s not just “ghetto folk” – this includes so-called middle class, educated people.
They are just practicing a philosophy that they were taught from the time they themselves were kids…
..Assholeism.
the movies, unless it’s for kiddoes, i agree are not for infants and toddlers.
but sporting events? come on, how is that disturbing? it’s loud anyways.
it’s a great place to bring a kid if he knows how to sit still.
i’ve been taking my kid to sporting events since in the womb. he loves them. those are nice events for families to get out of the house and enjoy together. as for the cold and smoke, if it’s too cold or smokey for him, it’s too cold or smokey for me, so we either go home or move seats.
lol@ Jen!!! You’re right miss Nikki. Kiddies that young have no place attending, no scratch that, being dragged to sporting events, movies or any place of public like that. What in the hell???
I gots me some churn and won’t do that!
That’s beyond annoying!
Preach!
Hey, I try to check your page out as much as possible can we say addiction! lol
I agree–same situation happened to me at Spider Man 3. I was too annoyed!
Okay, so I’m jumping on the bandwagon with Summer.
I don’t take my sweet-peet to the movies. But a football game – most definitely! She loves football, will watch basketball, and tolerates baseball. There is no way I would deny her the pleasure of cheering JSU or UAPB on.
Movies – no. Loud, crowded sporting events – oh yeah.
We have little kids and would not even THINK of bringing them to a sporting event or a movie that isn’t about talking and or singing animals or vegetables and rated G. Mama keeps telling me common sense isn’t common anymore. I guess this is a prime example.
We went to see Spider Man 3 at the movies, but we sat in the adults only auditorium of the theater. It was soooo nice.
AMEN NIKKI! If feel like if you can’t get a sitter, then stay your behind at home. You have to make certain sacrifices when you have children, staying home with them is one of them. Babies have no business in movies theaters period.
I feel you wholeheartedly… how about people who have kids like that in RATED R films and the LATE showing at that?! I went to this ghetto-azz theater’s late show a while back and this woman had a crying baby. I am like, its 11:30 at night… why isnt that baby at home in bed anyway?
And why stop at infants… I HATE all teenagers at the movies. They are ANNOYING. They never SHUT UP. They kick your seats the whole movie. They get up every five minutes… and by the end of the movie, I want to punch them all in their foreheads.
You ain’t nevah lied. Seriously, none of my friends who now have kids take them to the movies unless it’s a kid’s movie. I think it’s selfish parents who take their kids to adult movies. Pay for a babysitter or don’t go. If you can’t afford a babysitter maybe you should save the $10 movie ticket price.
ok about the sick baby with the breathing apparatus…def a no no to the theater but I think it is ok to bring babies if they won’t cry throughout the movie. I brought one of my sons to a movie I can’t remember when he was a few months old and he slept on my chest the whole time. I hate to miss things and I wanted to see whatever movie that was.
This hit a nerve cause I know that babysitters are hard to come by and if I pay $10 like everyone else then why not? Now I am irrated when parents bring toddlers and very young kids who can talk and think on their own to grown up movies! When a child can ask you, “Mama why is that man on top of that woman and why is she screaming?” real loud for the whole theater to hear then we got issues. I don’t believe in parent discrimination
Mwabi, I have to say that your case if far and few between. We are talking about a theater with THX surround sound. It’s loud as it is for adults, so you know it’s going to be loud to an infant. And if your baby is crying during the film and especially vital parts of the film, it’s making my theater experience less enjoyable. Ain’t no remote to rewind, so if I miss something because of a crying baby, I just miss it.
I think some of these parents need to think about the other people who may be affected by the cries of their children when bringing them to the movies. And besides, this is not Shrek, it’s Ocean’s Thirteen. Unless your baby can tell me about the heist that’s about to take place, then I’d appreciate it if I can watch the film without having to say, “Shhhhh.”
Wow, I’d never do this and don’t understand people who do. Most movies these days aren’t meant for children anyway.
I really don’t know why people insist on doing that. I mean, just because “you” have a baby, we shouldn’t “all” be inconvenienced. Don’t get it at all. Seriously. I just wouldn’t do that. You have to make some sacrifices. And seeing the latest movie the minute it comes out may have to be one.