Screaming children will not be tolerated!

[cheyandrew7]

I think that its a bunch of crap my son screams all the time and there's nothing I can do about it do they should just deal with it if they said anything to me I would sue them

 

[Magic Mom]

I think that its a bunch of crap my son screams all the time and there's nothing I can do about it do they should just deal with it if they said anything to me I would sue them

and the rule.

 

[powellrj]

and the rule.

Thanks!

 

[Magic Mom]

Thanks!

YW. I hope that poster comes back to elaborate. It's fascinating.

 

[KimR]

she would SUE them???!!!!

 

[LilyWDW]

I think that its a bunch of crap my son screams all the time and there's nothing I can do about it do they should just deal with it if they said anything to me I would sue them

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

Good joke...

It was a joke right?

 

[powellrj]

I think I might have to watch that episode of Judge Judy!! I am trying to figure out who they would sue?!?!?!

 

[C.Ann]

I think that its a bunch of crap my son screams all the time and there's nothing I can do about it do they should just deal with it if they said anything to me I would sue them

Why does your son scream all the time? Does he have a medical issue? I can only imagine how frustrating that must be for you, but unfortunately you couldn't sue even if you wanted to.. Most establishments have the right to refuse anyone service - for a number of different reasons.. This particular restaurant has posted a sign - indicating what they won't tolerate - similar to stores that post signs such as "Shoes and Shirts Required".. Your only alternative would be to dine elsewhere..

 

[Philagoofy]

Actually, we were there in August. The 20th through the 27th and it was packed. I believe that Southern classes were back in session then, but the place was full of NJ/NYC/Philly people. And Canadians--lots of them.
Disney was the second most crowded I've ever seen it, and I can't recall a single incident of kids misbehaving. When I noticed about other people's kids was their Princess costumes and hair-do's. The glitter spray and hair extensions are something else! I also noticed lots of loving gestures between family members. Parents holding their children, smiling at them, that kind of thing.

Screaming, yelling, destroying by kids--I don't know. I just can't recall seeing any of that.

There ya go, that's why no children were misbehaving, they were from Philly & those other 3 places you mentioned, but mostly because they were from Philly.

 

[sunnyday123]

she would SUE them???!!!!

"How dare you not let my speshul snowflake scream whenever he wants to!! "

 

[Planogirl]

Sue them for what? I don't think that 'screaming children' is a protected class.

 

[mariolatry]

Although the rule seems provocative, isn't it actually just common sense? Screaming children should be removed from the area so they don't disturb other people. My kids are pretty darn well behaved, but I've had to abandon a cartful at Safeway to take them out to the car. They get strapped in their carseats until they scream themselves out, then we go back into the store. If it doesn't seem like that's going to happen, we go home.

I realize that common sense can't be legislated, however.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

Sue them for what? I don't think that 'screaming children' is a protected class.

LOL, people think that everything is protected and accomodated including screaming in restaurants apparently.

 

[HsvTeacher]

Last weekend while we were out of town, we had a dinner ruined by rowdy kids. There were seven adults and three children in the group. If I had to guess, I'd say the children's ages ranged from about 3 to 6 years old.

Those kids screamed, squealed, and yelled the entire time. The adults never said a word to them. Instead, they would laugh at them. One of the adults, I'm assuming he was the father of the two loudest children, was just as loud and annoying.

Unfortunately, the family was there during our entire meal, as they sat around and talked after they were finished eating. By then, the kids were running wild around the dining area, and again, their family was laughing at them.

I love kids, I really do! However, I just don't understand how anyone would think that was appropriate behavior in a public place. Some people are just selfish and rude.

 

[Magpie]

Gee... my daughter had an impressive set of lungs on her, and I remember getting VERY good at "grab and run". I could tell just by looking at her face when she was gearing up for a full-throated shriek, and I'd just tuck her under my arm and make a bee-line for the exit.

I sat outside restaurants, libraries, grocery stores, more places than I can remember. We did not sit in a car, or anywhere comfortable. We sat on the curb.

And when she was calm, we went back inside. No problem! I totally support this restaurant's policy. I think it should be common sense.

Now on the other hand, my son had trouble learning his "inside voice", in large part because he was mildly hearing-impaired as a little guy and couldn't judge his own volume very well. He could be exuberant. I spent a lot of time saying, "Little voice! Little voice!" and I did not take him outside for that. Mainly because he wasn't misbehaving or screaming or shouting, he was just talking. And he would try to use his little voice, whenever we pointed out that he was getting too loud.

Now ME, I got in trouble once at a museum.

I was reading the little signs to my then-6yo son while we were touring an Egypt exhibit, and we were discussing the artifacts. It was a busy day, with numerous tour groups everywhere. I was hardly hollering, but I was speaking very clearly and distinctly. A woman tapped me on the shoulder and said in a strangely disapproving tone, "Are you a teacher?"

Confused, I said, "No?"

She said, "Well, I thought you must be, you're speaking so loudly!"

At which point my evil side kicked in and I leaned close and said, in a hushed voice, "Oh, I'm so sorry! You see, it's my son... he's a little bit deaf."

She turned sheet white and immediately started apologizing.

She didn't bother us again.

 

[Carly_Roach]

Actually, we were there in August. The 20th through the 27th and it was packed. I believe that Southern classes were back in session then, but the place was full of NJ/NYC/Philly people. And Canadians--lots of them.

Disney was the second most crowded I've ever seen it, and I can't recall a single incident of kids misbehaving. When I noticed about other people's kids was their Princess costumes and hair-do's. The glitter spray and hair extensions are something else! I also noticed lots of loving gestures between family members. Parents holding their children, smiling at them, that kind of thing.

Screaming, yelling, destroying by kids--I don't know. I just can't recall seeing any of that.

But how many of these incidents are actually happening? Where are you people eating that a sign like this is actually necessary?

Sometimes getting involved in a Dis thread is like stepping into a parallel world. I don't see screaming, out-of-control 'snowflake' children at restaurants or grocery stores often; I read about them here a lot though.

I'm home two weeks now from a week at WDW. During six table service meals, I do NOT recall a single incident where a child was screaming and needed to be brought outside.

Bravo. I suggest you are either totally in control of yourself and are brilliantly able to tune out everything around you to the point of not being able to recall incidents that would normally irritate other people...

...or you have early stage Alzheimer's and should probably see a doctor about that.

To be in a crowded theme park and say you didn't witness even ONE SINGLE INCIDENT of any child misbehaving, yelling or getting out of control is, forgive me for saying this, unbelieveable. I wouldn't even believe a school-yard at recess has that kind of track record. Misbehaving, yelling and/or getting out of control is the nature of the beast that we call children. It is perfectly natural and happens all the time. The appropriate adult response is correcting, shushing and resuming control which, again, happens all the time and is perfectly natural.

Where the rest of us are having a problem is when the appropriate adult reaction either isn't employed or isn't effective and the child's behavior interferes with our enjoyment of a meal, conversation or experience.

I'm glad you are able to ignore this kind of behavior. There are many of us who either can't or won't. Especially when we either don't have children (like myself) or have gone to great lengths to discipline their child so that their child's behavior doesn't have a negative impact on the other people around them (as other posters here have done).

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

There's also a difference between slightly loud happy-kid noises and the dreaded full-blown, high-pitched, kid wail. I would take happy-kid noises or even crying any day over that wail. I swear, only those under age 7 are capable of reaching that pitch.

Children have to be taught what is socially acceptable and screaming in public is not socially acceptable.

 

[JerseyJanice]

To be in a crowded theme park and say you didn't witness even ONE SINGLE INCIDENT of any child misbehaving, yelling or getting out of control is, forgive me for saying this, unbelieveable.

I do have the ability to ignore and tune out annoying noise and behavior, but I don't go looking for it either. When I'm in a crowd, I don't seek out poor behavior; I stay focused on my own family.

IMO there are a lot of grouchy people who just hate kids, as well as many know-it-all parents who enjoy observing other people's kids so that they can talk about how much better their own kids behave.

 

[handinpocket]

I do have the ability to ignore and tune out annoying noise and behavior, but I don't go looking for it either. When I'm in a crowd, I don't seek out poor behavior; I stay focused on my own family.

IMO there are a lot of grouchy people who just hate kids, as well as many know-it-all parents who enjoy observing other people's kids so that they can talk about how much better their own kids behave.

AMEN, sing it sistah!

 

[Scurvy]

There's also a difference between slightly loud happy-kid noises and the dreaded full-blown, high-pitched, kid wail. I would take happy-kid noises or even crying any day over that wail. I swear, only those under age 7 are capable of reaching that pitch.

Children have to be taught what is socially acceptable and screaming in public is not socially acceptable.

Definitely! That wail ought to be used as a form of torture. Also, as much as I like seeing happy kids, that happy, high pitched squeal some kids have isn't fun to listen to in many places either. Kids squealing on the playground are great, but squealing like that indoors in very distracting. It's hard to have a conversation when you hear little high pitched shrieks every few minute.

I'm envious of the posters who haven't seen any misbehaving kids. Last time I was in Orlando I got tripped by a child who was running while pushing her sibling downhill in a stroller and kicked by a child who was crawling on the back of the booth behind me. And I hear shrieking, yelling kids fairly often, or see them running wildly around a restaurant or climbing on things in a store.

Five Guys is especially bad. It seems like every time I go there, a family is letting their kids sit alone at the counter along the back wall while the adults sit at a table somewhere else. That wouldn't matter except that the kids yell at each other since they are all in a row and can't talk easily except to the kid right next to them. Plus, every time at least one of them will stand up on the chair and lean forward over the counter in front of them, so the chair leans back on it's back legs. I spend half my meal worrying that a toddler is about to knock all his teeth out when the chair tips over the rest of the way. The parents are always oblivious. The other day I said something out loud to my husband about it without realizing I was sitting next to the parents. They heard me and the dad ran over and fussed at the kid and made him sit down, then came back to the table and tuned him out again. The kid was standing and leaning again when I left.