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[Epeyon]

I still can't figure out what's worse? A hyper child... or some of the Cry Baby adults on here.... It's hot, the kids are hyped on Mickey, and the lines are long..
As long as there is no bodily harm, Fluids, or obsene language. Get over it and enjoy your vacation......I don't condone bad parenting either, the child should be put in check if it gets out of control.

I don't think anybody's complained about hyper kids. People have complained about children that have invaded their personal space, that is bumped/ran/knocked into repeatedly.

 

[HWY20RIDE4MYSON]

yes I agree if its out of control, stepping on your foot, kicked etc, the parent should have control over there kids, but as I said b4, the lanes are small and crowded plus the heat so stuff is going to happen....

 

[GAN]

It's in threads like these where I am glad I have been to the parks enough to where I can just enjoy being there. It's nice to not have to be in a rush to see everything, and being able to relax.

Amen. Relax people, you're on a vacation.

 

[maxiesmom]

yes I agree if its out of control, stepping on your foot, kicked etc, the parent should have control over there kids, but as I said b4, the lanes are small and crowded plus the heat so stuff is going to happen....

Stuff happening is it happening once, along with an apology from the parent. Ignoring the fact that your child is repeatedly bumping into another person is not "stuff happening". It is being rude, and should not be acceptable behavior.

 

[HWY20RIDE4MYSON]

If we lived in a perfect world I guess some of you would be happy, as I said I don't condone bad parenting but as small as those lanes are and the amount of people they try to get through its going to happen. I suggest if your worried about a child doing pull ups on a handrail or he or she don't stand at attention for a 45 min line in the heat, or the AC.. Then utilize you FP options our stay home...

 

[Sparkly]

This is why I'll never go in August again. Just too hot. We went late August 2006 and it was impossible. It put me off going back..well...until 2008 I guess tempers fray extremely quickly in the heat

 

[divawife]

Stuff happening is it happening once, along with an apology from the parent. Ignoring the fact that your child is repeatedly bumping into another person is not "stuff happening". It is being rude, and should not be acceptable behavior.

Thank you for a bit of sanity.

Keep your child from touching, pushing, spitting, cursing or kicking myself or my family. Once, twice-ok. Kids get antsy. A sense of humor and patience are key. But do not use any excuse to allow your child to hurt mine no matter a disability hidden or not.

 

[hollygolitely93]

I don't think anybody's complained about hyper kids. People have complained about children that have invaded their personal space, that is bumped/ran/knocked into repeatedly.

Not really...this started with someone complaining about kids on rails (pet peeve). I responded that I felt that was harsh...bumping into you is wrong...sitting or hanging on a rail in their own space I feel is fine...
Still feel it is fine as LNG as other's space is not invaded more tha. Is reasonable given the lines.
One woman discuss her autistic child bumping into someone a few times..

Unless I have missed something I haven't seen a single example of bumped/ran/knocked into repeatedly. It's like that old fashioned telephone game...ha!

 

[kprena19]

due to schedules at work and school my family always go in mid july. i personally love the hot weather it makes the pools, water rides/parks more enjoyable! the one thing i don't like about going in july though is the huge tourist groups (you know what i'm talking about, the ones with +30 people and all wearing matching tshirts) most of the members are teenagers/ young adults. but they hardly act like it. (i, myself, am a teenager and they never fail to surprise me with their childish actions)(they give teenagers a bad rep.) a few years ago (back when toontown was still up) my family and i wanted to go through minnie's house, we wanted to but unfortunately were not able too right then. one of those giant groups came in no less than five minutes after we got inside they took up the entire house! we had just reached the living room and were soon surrounded by the group! they sat on all the chairs (a mom was trying to get a picture of her child in one of the chairs and kept hinting for them to get up but i'm pretty sure they didn't speak much english and had no idea what she was saying. not like they cared anyway) we found ourselves unable to enjoy minnie's house and decided to leave and come back later. (easier said than done, they were blocking all the exits!) we attempted to use manners and say excuse me and not bump into them but after a couple minutes of trying and no progress made we were ready to get out! we then proceeded to push our way through them. as we made our way through we were yelled at by many members of the group and pushed by them! my sister was about 5 or 6 at the time and i felt bad for her, she was just a little girl!? we made it out (finally!) we received many glares as we walked away but we didn't let it ruin our day. we went back again later luckily we don't see too many of those groups at the resort, we only run into them at the parks

 

[maxiesmom]

If we lived in a perfect world I guess some of you would be happy, as I said I don't condone bad parenting but as small as those lanes are and the amount of people they try to get through its going to happen. I suggest if your worried about a child doing pull ups on a handrail or he or she don't stand at attention for a 45 min line in the heat, or the AC.. Then utilize you FP options our stay home...

You do realize it is easy for a child to get hurt doing pull ups on those handrails, right? I wouldn't want to see any child fall off and get hurt.

No one expects kids to stand at attention, but there is a huge chasm between standing at attention and repeatedly bumping into other guests.

 

[hollygolitely93]

You do realize it is easy for a child to get hurt doing pull ups on those handrails, right? I wouldn't want to see any child fall off and get hurt.QUOTE]

I haven't seen a reference to pull ups...I have seen my reference that allowed my son hang from the bars while standing and another mom that allowed her child swing a chain...and how is hanging on a bar three feet from the ground dangerous? Have you seen any of the play structures in school for preschoolers? Monkey bars? I agree kids should not run amock on the bars for safety and good manners. But, from what I see being described here...safety is not the issue.

 

[hollygolitely93]

You do realize it is easy for a child to get hurt doing pull ups on those handrails, right? I wouldn't want to see any child fall off and get hurt.QUOTE]

how is hanging on a bar three feet from the ground dangerous? Have you seen any of the play structures in school for preschoolers? Monkey bars? I agree kids should not run amock on the bars for safety and good manners. But, from what I see being described here...safety is not the issue.

 

[maxiesmom]

You do realize it is easy for a child to get hurt doing pull ups on those handrails, right? I wouldn't want to see any child fall off and get hurt.QUOTE]

how is hanging on a bar three feet from the ground dangerous? Have you seen any of the play structures in school for preschoolers? Monkey bars? I agree kids should not run amock on the bars for safety and good manners. But, from what I see being described here...safety is not the issue.

Every school I have ever seen does not have playground equipment on cement. Huge difference.

Btw, in a previous post I quoted the person who made the comment about doing pull ups on handrails.

 

[Robindianne]

Thank you for a bit of sanity.

Keep your child from touching, pushing, spitting, cursing or kicking myself or my family. Once, twice-ok. Kids get antsy. A sense of humor and patience are key. But do not use any excuse to allow your child to hurt mine no matter a disability hidden or not.

Keep YOUR child from crying, yelling, whining, screaming, etc during my peaceful dinner. Once, twice OK. yada yada yada. See how silly it sounds? The reason they are called kids is because (wait for it) they're not mature adults. They don't know better until they are told. He told his kid; can you back off of it please! Dang. Have some magic with your day puh lease.

 

[Kaewin]

Yes but since I am the one being referred to go to the source. I said hang, not pull ups, jumping, hitting, kicking, screaming, biting, slapping, kicking, unching or the like. He hung on the bars and chains, being a light child I figured that would not be a problem since the adults who lean on them way much much more. I kept a gap of about 3 feet or so between us and he moved around. He would once and a while(not every minute or every five minutes) would bump slightly into the man who was taller than me. My son weighed about 40 lbs at the time. When he would I would then say to the man, I am sorry about that and call him back. The part that looked like it that bothered him was the fact my son self talks about random stuff, still does. Also when he felt upset pr frustrated he would pound on his own head.

When he decided to address me it was not a "Please sir would you refrain your son from bumping into me and my son for it is causing us distress." No he said I need to take my wild son and get to the back of the line so he could have some peace. So was I supposed to apologize and take my 7 yr, who had been waiting 45 minutes, his 8 yr old sister and 9 yr old sister to the rear of the line and except that my son, and family was not as worthy as his to ride this ride or should I snap back because I was not going to do that or have some stranger snarl at me and tell me what I should do with my son, wild or not. There was no way I was going to the end of the line, not even likely, so it figured he needed a clue and did it the only way he would understand. Some people can't get a clue and decide that they are superior than others and their way is the best without looking at things from another point of veiw.

 

[crashbb]

Keep YOUR child from crying, yelling, whining, screaming, etc during my peaceful dinner. Once, twice OK. yada yada yada. See how silly it sounds? The reason they are called kids is because (wait for it) they're not mature adults. They don't know better until they are told. He told his kid; can you back off of it please! Dang. Have some magic with your day puh lease.

Nope, that doesn't sound silly at all. At a restaurant, I would expect a child to refrain from crying, yelling, whining or screaming or to be correct the first time it happened.

 

[HWY20RIDE4MYSON]

Nope, that doesn't sound silly at all. At a restaurant, I would expect a child to refrain from crying, yelling, whining or screaming or to be correct the first time it happened.

But it's ok for adults to do it on here?? Lol

 

[farfalla818]

I am sorry but what part of autistic do you not understand? I didn't go to the baby store and say "can I have an autistic one? Toddlers are hard so give me the extra challenge." He is not "raised" that way that is how he is. I can tell you have not been exposed to an autistic child because they are not just raised that way. everything can be a challenge, one moment you see someone "normal" and other times you can tell. It is theutmost arrogance to tell someone who has a special needs child when you don't have one yourself on how they raise them. You might tell me I know so and so or my cousin, sister, brother etc has a special needs child so I have experience the answer is no, you do not know or understand. That is like some one who has some kind of stress or OCd related disorder to tell me they understand being Schizophrenic. If you are not there in that position you do not and CANNOT understand.


If someone's child kicked another person in the face they have all reason to be upset but I have not seen anyone here say they have been kicked or are have been kicked. If my son kicked someone I would be horribly embarrassed for me, my son and the person. I would apologize best i can and explain the situation but that did not happen. Saying that is like saying "you are walking in the park and a man comes over and pukes on toy. What do you do?" Has this happened to you or me? What if's are just that what ifs. If you worry about that kind of thing stay home away from people there are way to many random events out there.

That comes across as entitled/victim mentality. Your child is not allowed to bump into anyone for 45 minutes, just because life is a challenge. I would expect you to make a different decision than go through a 90 min wait knowing it was too much for your son. So that guy had every right to say something. I have 1 hand and my mom didn't go to the baby store and ask for that either. She got a baby girl missing a hand. Instead of going to France, you went to the Netherlands, and its a different journey for most others. And thats its own blessing and burden. But you don't get to make that anyone else's problem. Your special needs child doesn't get to touch others for 45 min in line anywhere and certainly not in the close confines of a WDW queue.

 

[HWY20RIDE4MYSON]

That comes across as entitled/victim mentality. Your child is not allowed to bump into anyone for 45 minutes, just because life is a challenge. I would expect you to make a different decision than go through a 90 min wait knowing it was too much for your son. So that guy had every right to say something. I have 1 hand and my mom didn't go to the baby store and ask for that either. She got a baby girl missing a hand. Instead of going to France, you went to the Netherlands, and its a different journey for most others. And thats its own blessing and burden. But you don't get to make that anyone else's problem. Your special needs child doesn't get to touch others for 45 min in line anywhere and certainly not in the close confines of a WDW queue.

 

[WillAustin]

There should be somewhere in the middle where consideration for others and tolerance meet. As usual, the forum posters take everything to extremes on every side.

I do think there is a reasonable limit on how much tolerance one should expect from others if they are making other people uncomfortable, no matter the situation.