Dingleberries are scawy. 
Every movie theater should be equipped with a kennel of dingoes into which should be deposited all toddlers and infants taken to any non-childrens film, and any film after 9:00 pm.
A site that reviews movies for sex/violence/cussing content to aid parents in making responsible movie choices for their young. But ya thinks the folks who’d take their 8 year old to From Hell would use it? My ass.
You can’t fix dumb.
Actually, you can fix dumb, but it requires holding the patient down and repeatedly applying a two by four to the cranial area in a swift fashion.
As an adult I am very prejudice when it comes to kids. I am an adult! A child is NOT my equal, and if you’re an adult, a child is NOT your equal either. Some things are not for your kid to enjoy. I’m damn tired of people who bring kids to ANY function which is set up for adults. Why the fuck are people bringing babies and little kids to PG-13 & R rated movies? Why the fuck do people bring their kids to places where gambling is taking place? In Wisconsin you can bring your child into a tavern and even let them drink. Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean you should do it! And weddings! Grrrr!:mad: Bring your kid to the dinner, but then leave! Little kids running around the dance floor at a wedding at 11 p.m. is a capital offense in my book!
If you can’t find a sitter for your child, then stay home! Don’t bring your baby to a movie! If this cramps your style, then you shouldn’t have had any kids!
Thanks for that link, Annie. I never heard of that site before. One of my coworkers sometimes asks if we think certain movies are appropriate for her two children, ages 8 and 6, and we don’t always have an answer. I’ll be sure to pass the link along to her. 
Please, please spread it around! Print the link on cards and give them to dingleberries who bring their 4 year old to slasher flicks. I like that it gives very specific details (spoilers, really) so the parent can interpret suitability for themselves.
**Kirkland1244, ** you have it backwards. It’s not the kids who should be put into the dingo pen, but the grownups who bring them! Then the kids could be given to childless couples who have been wanting to adopt, and will certify that, as part of the deal, the kids won’t see anything over PG until they are in, oh, junior high.
I dunno, Baker. That sounds workable. Except I really don’t like kids…
I dunno, Baker. That sounds workable. Except I really don’t like kids…
I dunno, Baker. That sounds workable. Except I really don’t like kids…
So, Kirkland, I gather you don’t like kids. 
I spent half of Jurassic Park quivering in the footwell of my theatre seat, because IT IS SCAWY! It has REAL LIVE DINOSAURS IN IT!
Ahem.
I stuck my head out from under my seat when the end credits played, only to find the 5 year old sitting two seats down from me clapping his hands wanting “More dinosaur! More now! Heee!”. At least a screaming child would be something less of an immasculating experience, the lil snot even liked the velociraptors.
Wonderfully said. People must be off their bloody rocker when they decide (if they actively decide) to have children. Screw 'em, they made their decision and now they can pay for it. Check your freedom and independence at the delivery room, you won’t be needing them for awhile. Welcome to slavery, meet your mewling little brat of a master.
Thankfully, most of the places I hang out, at the times I hang out, are naturally kid-free. Here in Missouri, you are definitely NOT allowed to bring anyone under the age of 18 into a bar after 9pm. Both of the bar/restaurants I sometimes frequent have a divided section: bar and tables on one side, dining area and booths on the other. You can drink and eat on both sides, but the bar area is treated like a bar, so no kids.
Movies and dining out early in the evening are the only times/places I still encounter kids. I could avoid kids by going to later movie times, but the discount for matinee is so good I still risk it sometimes. So like everyone else here, I just cross my fingers and hope that some parent won’t be stupid enough to take their 3 year old to the R movie…
Oh, and by the way. My wife and I had 3 kids (the youngest is 17 as of last friday) and we went through the sacrificing of our own nights out while raising them. So I think I am qualified to shoot my mouth off a little bit on this issue.
I’m just unimaginably angry with this thread. I can barely even type my vision is so turning red.
the person I care most for in the world… had a child this year… the father decided that he did not like this… after it happened… and that he would like to beat the crap out of her… steal all her stuff… and kill the baby… he made the first two… the last one luckly he failed at (he fails alot… the damn loser)
so nearly homeless… without a possession in the world and with a young baby… she is faceing the world… absolutely sure her life is ruined… that she threw away everything.
for the past two months… I have been doing anything in my power to get her to understand that things will be okay. and that she can go back to school someday… and that she can have a good life… that she is not worthless… (and shes not worthless… damn well fallen in love with her myself)
jackasses like you do not need to exist… great… I’m so so sorry someone ruined the mega classic that freakin minority report must have been. I am sure your crushed… and that you will never recover.
yeah… people should give up any life at all for 18 years when they have kids… just so whiney little babys like you are happy… because the world revolves around you so entirely.
I am sure you did the world a big favor… something I always say… is if the world needs more of anything… its parents who grow to resent their children because haveing them means that they never ever ever get to go out again or go on a date… or do anything but watch barney for the next juillion years till the kid is grown.
yeah… all the rest of you too… boo freakin hoo… your life is so tragic… a baby crying… heavens… the horror… nothing I hate like the sounds of the future of the very human race!
GRAR!
Eh… There have been some actually good experiences with this.
Case in point: Awhile back I went to see John Q. There were few people in a large movie theatre, but during the “preshow entertainment” (i.e., barage of ads) the projected broke down and we were ushered into a smaller, more cramped theatre. So, anyway, the movie’s going, and as the beurocratic doctor’s female assistant is talking to Q’s wife about how they’re all doomed, someone shouts out… “She oughta go and smack her right there!”
Well, I found it humorous.
owlofcreamcheese, I don’t think your story is germane to the discussion. It’s very tragic and horrible, and I’m sure there isn’t a Doper who wouldn’t agree that it a horrible situation that nobody deserves. However, it has nothing to do with the fact that it’s reasonable for adults to go to adult places (movies, weddings, fine® restaurants) without having the movies, dancing, dining experiences ruined by children acting like children. There are movies, parties, and restaurants appropriate for children, and some that are not. It’s not unreasonable to ask (or demand) that parents be considerate of their childless peers who have probably paid good money to see the movie or eat out. A little consideration and some manners go along way.
I don’t tihnk dragging your friend into a discussion about rude and inconsiderate adults is going to win you any points.
What pepperlandgirl said. What happened to your friend, OOCC, truly sucks on a level that I cannot even imagine.
But that still doesn’t make it OK for people to take their babies to the movie theater.
Wow, pepper, your story is really sad. That guy should get hit by a car. Or two. Or however many it takes.
But that doesn’t change the fact that when I pay $8.00 to see a movie at 9:00 pm, specifically going to movies at a time when families with little kids shouldn’t, and going to movies that generally aren’t kid-friendly, I deserve to see the movie, and not listen to some little brat scream.
Young children have no place in movie theaters after a certain hour (when they become more ornery and prone to squealing like a stuck pig), and certainly not at adult-oriented action films that are loudy, violent, with explosions and other things that might set off an annoying tirade of crying. Parents who take children to such films are inconsiderate of their fellow viewers, and should be kicked out of the theater with no refund.