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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here - wow, interesting posts. I guess most of the people here have never been to the BZ in the NBM. The BZ is for children - it's hands on and as member of the museum i can tell you that the great hall is often filled with running, skipping and playing toddlers and kids. Its a great downtown playspace on hot days and very cold ones. In fact on Saturday several of the kids and staff had a soccer game going.

As to my "out of control" child. As any 18 month old will do, she ran forward in excitement about two arms lengths ahead. I did ask "is this weird" to get a general sense of what others thought.  I doubt I will complain since we do go often and weekdays maybe a different vibe.

Thanks[/quote]

Former poster here. In that case, as I said before, I definitely think the woman overreacted and that she shouldn't have touched your daughter. And an 18 month old excited run is different from a 2-3 year old out of control run.

As to the other poster - I'm not a helicopter parent but I have the "arm's reach" or "hold hand" rule in public places, especially if it's crowded and/or I'm with all of the kids at once and I need to be able to reach a kid. I mentioned before that I did not allow my boys to run around in the great hall - it was our first time there and since it was mainly adults getting their morning coffee and adults taking pictures and getting ready to go into the exhibits I wasn't sure if sprinting around was permitted or the best idea. Plus, it keeps them calmer if we walk to our destination rather then run.[/quote]

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