Angel Ariel
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 1, 2006
1) Alas, I disagree.
2) Carrying kids on the bus is the parents choice, not requirement.
3) I always surrender my seat to oldsters and handicapped.
. . . their condition is usually not one of their making
. . . the deserve our kindness AND OUR RESPECT
4) Holding babies usually is not a chore, as their are carriers that could be used.
. . . holding older kids, who could easily stand is a choice
. . . holding sleepy or tired or cranky kids is ridiculous *
* Parents know that their kids are getting sleepy-cranky-tired. But, they keep them at the parks. They seem to think the kids will act differently at Disney than at home. When the kids start to get out-of-sorts, the parents should know enough to take them back to the resort. I see parents straggling into the resort every day I work, when they should have brought the kids back much earlier. And, I will not go into the number of kid melt-downs caused by the children being cranky after being dragged all day in the parks.
I have an "older kid". She just turned 3. She's not yet walking or standing on her own. So yes, carrying her is a requirement. You can't tell she has developmental delays just by looking at her. It's always so nice to know how we are silently (and sometimes not so silently) judged in public.
To be clear, I would never expect anyone to give up their seat for us, and I would never ask such a thing. DD is happily a cuddlebug, and a very chilled out little girl so she really doesn't get cranky at all - not at home, and not in public. She's a dream to take out and travel with. I just think *everyone* deserves each other's kindness and respect - elderly, handicapped, adults without kids, adults with kids , and kids alike.