TJDisneymama
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- Apr 2, 2012
You don't think a CM would question why a child was in a CM only area?
Or you know, why a non-CM was there? Especially one with a child who was kicking, screaming and yelling "HELP!!"??
You don't think a CM would question why a child was in a CM only area?
I didn't mention anything about an adult. I was refuting the claim a child only has one way out of the park.Our hypothetical boogeyman is not going to get very far, trying to smuggle a child through the utilidors!
(I've been down there, as well as backstage - it's not exactly deserted!)
Why did you ask for opinions if you had already decided what you were going to do?Or you know, why a non-CM was there? Especially one with a child who was kicking, screaming and yelling "HELP!!"??
I didn't mention anything about an adult. I was refuting the claim a child only has one way out of the park.
I didn't mention anything about an adult. I was refuting the claim a child only has one way out of the park.
Ok, I probably shouldn't bring this up, but I go many places with my 9 year old DS and 3 year old twins. There are MANY times when he has to wait outside a restroom in a crowded public place (restaurant, grocery store, etc) Taking two 3 year olds to the bathroom can take 10 minutes. What should I be doing? Never leave the house? Make the 9 year old go in with me (and try to fit 4 people in a stall)? Or is my local Wal-Mart safe and Disneyworld is not?
My folks let me go to the MK by myself when I was 10, on the monorail from the CR. It's was great! I don't think they could hear me from the resort, and no cell phones! But, that was back in the day, when things were statistically more dangerous.No.. I would plant my 9 year old right outside the doorway and tell him/her to scream/yell if needed. I think I would have difficulty hearing that call for help while sitting in a ride vehicle...
Hey, everyone gets to raise their kids they way they want. I don't know that there is a RIGHT or WRONG answer but personally there is absolutely ZERO chance that I would go on a ride with one child and leave a 9 year old standing in a strange crowded place outside of earshot.
Love this!My folks let me go to the MK by myself when I was 10, on the monorail from the CR. It's was great! I don't think they could hear me from the resort, and no cell phones! But, that was back in the day, when things were statistically more dangerous.
Is there even a chicken exit for Kali River????
Why did you ask for opinions if you had already decided what you were going to do?
My folks let me go to the MK by myself when I was 10, on the monorail from the CR. It's was great! I don't think they could hear me from the resort, and no cell phones! But, that was back in the day, when things were statistically more dangerous.
I'm not exactly sure what I would do in the situation posed by the OP, but when evaluating situations like this I think you sometimes have to look at the risk AND the consequences as two separate things. Sure the risk is low that she may get abducted or molested or whatever - but the consequences could be high if she was. Sometimes that turns a decision into more of a 1 versus a 0 for me. This may not be a good analogy as the risks are very different and there is a legal requirement - but it's like whether or not you put your child in a child restraint in a vehicle. Sure the risk of an accident is low (i've never had one in my 47 years), but the consequences if it does happen are very high - death, brain damage, etc. So I make this decision based on the consequences, not the risk (again, removing the legality from the equation).
Again - not commenting on what I would do in this situation, just trying to describe perhaps a different way of thinking about it.
Why do people feel compelled to convince other people that they are wrong in how they want to raise their children? Like I said above, there is no right or wrong answer and each parent should make up their own mind. Because there is no chance in hell I would leave a 9 year old unattended in a theme park does not make me right, but I also feel no compulsion to convince those that would do so to change their mind...
It's like people feel the need to justify their decisions...