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Mom says she and 'giggling' son with special needs were asked to leave movie theater ...
Yahoo Lifestyle ^ | April 15, 2019

Posted on 04/15/2019 9:51:00 AM PDT by EveningStar

Full title: Mom says she and 'giggling' son with special needs were asked to leave movie theater for 'disruptive behavior'


An Illinois mother was in tears after she was kicked out of a movie theater following complaints that her disabled son was making too much noise.

Jennifer Daly posted on Facebook after taking her two sons to see Dumbo Friday night at AMC Lake in the Hills in a suburb of Chicago.

One of her sons, Jonathan, has a rare form of dwarfism and Daly said it is a struggle to get him out for an excursion...

The mother said that, during the film, her 3-year-old son giggled twice “no longer than 20 seconds each.” But about 10 minutes later, a staff member told her somebody had complained about a crying baby.

“I looked at her and said he did not cry, he giggled twice,” the shocked mother wrote. “I was told I immediately have to pack up to leave.” ...

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1 posted on 04/15/2019 9:51:00 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Some people have no tolerance for human frailties.


2 posted on 04/15/2019 9:52:39 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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To: EveningStar

When I think about little injustices like this that used to happen in the days before social media... No one whined about them. You dealt with whatever, and moved on.


3 posted on 04/15/2019 9:55:40 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: Jonty30

Including me.

How do you know it was a few giggles for 20 seconds?

Because mom said?

And if it was recorded, how do you know that was the only time?

Give me a ####ing break with the holier than thou attitude.

Rent a movie for the kid and watch it at home.

Movies cost a lot these days. People deserve to enjoy what they paid for.

I didn’t know we had snowflakes here.


4 posted on 04/15/2019 9:55:58 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: simpson96

Why was spending 50 dollars for a movie and candy and wanting to enjoy it an injustice?


5 posted on 04/15/2019 9:56:35 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: EveningStar

And if she had ‘aborted’ her ‘imperfect’ child before or after his birth, she’d be lauded as a HERO to the Socialists around her!

*SPIT*


6 posted on 04/15/2019 9:57:58 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: EveningStar

Some guy was on TV the other day saying he took his two year-old daughter to see Dumbo, expecting the cartoon.

Instead, it was a dark I-Max thing that scared his daughter stiff. As they left the theater without seeing most of the movie, the other patrons looked at him like he was crazy for taking a kid there.


7 posted on 04/15/2019 9:59:36 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: EveningStar

We had a teen with a similar disability who attended our church. He would burst out every minute or so in a blood-curdling shriek. It was very distracting, and the anticipation of his next outburst put everyone on edge. Impossible to concentrate.

We had a cry room, but his behavior would send the babies into fits.

We avoided the services he attended, and eventually he stopped going altogether.


8 posted on 04/15/2019 10:01:56 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: dp0622

There is no place to rent movies anymore.


9 posted on 04/15/2019 10:02:01 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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To: EveningStar

Tourette syndrome?


10 posted on 04/15/2019 10:03:18 AM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Probably Tourettes. Poor guy.


11 posted on 04/15/2019 10:04:15 AM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Jonty30

redbox and netflix


12 posted on 04/15/2019 10:04:20 AM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: Jonty30
There is no place to rent movies anymore.

Sure there is. The public library has many movies to borrow. Also, there's a new fangled thing called "streaming".

13 posted on 04/15/2019 10:05:29 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: dp0622

The injustice was how they got treated.


14 posted on 04/15/2019 10:07:29 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: Jonty30

I wonder if parents would take their children who have vocalized tourette syndrome to a PGA golf tournament such as the Masters?


15 posted on 04/15/2019 10:09:30 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (ui)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

My daughter had one at her school. It was like having a fire alarm with a short in it.


16 posted on 04/15/2019 10:10:20 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Jonty30

“Some people have no tolerance for human frailties.”

As a mother of eight I have never, not once, insisted that my children have a right to impose their behavior on other people at restaurants, theaters, or any other public venue.

To the contrary, I have an obligation to make sure that my children are not a disruption to other people. And one of my kids is quite the talker and she does not get to go to theaters to see movies and we also don’t take her to nice restaurants.

She’ll eventually outgrow this but until then her problems are not everyone else’s problems.


17 posted on 04/15/2019 10:10:25 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: EveningStar

You think that is bad. Wait till the Commies take over and the kids are Shot in their seats. Liberals have so very much to learn.


18 posted on 04/15/2019 10:15:26 AM PDT by carmen2017
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To: EveningStar

At the theater in the town where I grew up (in the 50’s/60’s), there was a small, isolation room with a one-way glass...and it was soundproof. It was for “nursing” mother privacy, or crying babies, so as not to disturb the other folks...I always thought it was a good idea.

However, the last time I was at a theater was the year “Top Gun” (with Tom Cruz) was released, so I don’t know if such things exist anymore in those establishments.


19 posted on 04/15/2019 10:20:14 AM PDT by FrankR (Did I mention that NO Russian collusion was found...NONE....?)
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To: Jonty30
Some people have no tolerance for human frailties.

We were in a fast food place in Las Vegas where an autistic kid was absolutely screaming non-stop for at least 30 minutes. The parents were obviously aware of it but did nothing.

There is a balance point somewhere where his right to scream uncontrollably infringes on others rights to not have to hear this. The parents should have recognized this and done something other than staring at their food.

20 posted on 04/15/2019 10:26:03 AM PDT by pfflier
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