My 8-year-old DS got left in a movie theatre game room for two hours. I'm allowed to be upset.

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I have an 8 year old. I can't imagine ever leaving one of his friends unattended. I'd freak out from the stress of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised the movie place didn't call the cops since an 8 year old was left alone for hours in a strange lobby wathvimg trailers

My thoughts too. I'm going to give them a call and see if anyone in staff noticed him.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised the movie place didn't call the cops since an 8 year old was left alone for hours in a strange lobby wathvimg trailers

That occurred to me, too: Movie theatres and malls are not public spaces where kids can be left unattended; they're private businesses. I'm also surprised that in two whole hours, no staffer at the theatre noticed and spoke to the kid to ask who he was supposed to be with and what movie his family or group was attending. I"ve seen it happen -- kids older than the OP's son being approached and questioned by theatre staff because no adult was anywhere in sight. Frankly I'd probably contact that theatre's manager and talk to him about how the staff failed to notice an unattended eight-year-old -- they could have brought your son to the management office to call you , or gone into the theatre and pulled out that idiot mom to make her take your son inside. (I suspect they would have done those things before progressing to calling any cops.)

Yes, the responsibility lies with the host mom and not the theatre -- but she truly is not ever going to listen to anything you say, and alerting the theatre to its laxness might at least have some effect so that in the future, other unattended kids aren't left to wander around there and possibly wander outside. Again, this is on that mom but it's no use trying to make her see she was wrong.

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WAIT A HOT MINUTE. Your son is invited to a PARTY and they did pay for his ticket???? That is insane. I never give my kids money to go to a party..why would I ? Everything is paid for thats why its called a party.

I would be on the phone in 2 seconds flat giving this woman a piece of mind. I am really hoping this post is a prank of some sort, it cannot be real??? If it is you MUST call her and tell her how out of line she was on every count!!!!!!

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Forgot to add we are talking EIGHT DOLLARS here. It's hardly like a plane ticket..this woman does not deserve the privilege of being in charge of any kids including her own if she would do something like that. Outrageous.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised the movie place didn't call the cops since an 8 year old was left alone for hours in a strange lobby wathvimg trailers

That occurred to me, too: Movie theatres and malls are not public spaces where kids can be left unattended; they're private businesses. I'm also surprised that in two whole hours, no staffer at the theatre noticed and spoke to the kid to ask who he was supposed to be with and what movie his family or group was attending. I"ve seen it happen -- kids older than the OP's son being approached and questioned by theatre staff because no adult was anywhere in sight. Frankly I'd probably contact that theatre's manager and talk to him about how the staff failed to notice an unattended eight-year-old -- they could have brought your son to the management office to call you , or gone into the theatre and pulled out that idiot mom to make her take your son inside. (I suspect they would have done those things before progressing to calling any cops.)

Yes, the responsibility lies with the host mom and not the theatre -- but she truly is not ever going to listen to anything you say, and alerting the theatre to its laxness might at least have some effect so that in the future, other unattended kids aren't left to wander around there and possibly wander outside. Again, this is on that mom but it's no use trying to make her see she was wrong.

It doesn't surprise me, to be honest. Most theater employees are high school kids. The lobby is almost always busy, depending on the number of screens and staggered movie times. But the host parent absolutely should be responsible for an 8 year old and not let the kid stay in the lobby for 2 hours.

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Oh no she didn't. I would call her back and absolutely say the next call she gets will be from the family lawyer. She needs a reality check ASAP. This is just not ok. She could have easily asked you for the money when you came to pickup. Ridiculously poor people don't have birthday parties so I'm sure she had the money.

Seriously? You'd lawyer up over this? You'd have to prove damages and there weren't any.

I don't understand what a family lawyer would do or say. Nothing happened

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What are the theaters that have a game room? I wouldn't mind knowing for future outings. I am not that famililiar with this part of the country.

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Did she also give out unpaid for cake pops? I love when threads come together!

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Anonymous wrote:What are the theaters that have a game room? I wouldn't mind knowing for future outings. I am not that famililiar with this part of the country.

All of them?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the theaters that have a game room? I wouldn't mind knowing for future outings. I am not that famililiar with this part of the country.

All of them?

Yes, they all have a little room full of arcade games. IIRC, most of the games are for older kids (kids that don't less supervision).

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OP, don't let your son go on an Aspen ski holiday with this family.

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This is a troll thread. No way could the party have been for 7 hours. 11am to 6pm? No.

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Yeah, you don't have a 2 hour gap before lunch. And OP called it dinner.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised the movie place didn't call the cops since an 8 year old was left alone for hours in a strange lobby wathvimg trailers

This. Is it even legal for a child that age to be unattended? Think of all the stories in the area lately, the kids in Silver spring walking home, the toddlers left in the car while the parents went wine tasting, etc. I cannot believe this happened. Holy MF shit.