Stanek weekend Q: Should babies be banned from certain events?
Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is said to want babies banned in the wake of being forced to sit next to crying baby North West at a runway show during New York’s Fashion Week last week:
A source told Radar Online, “Anna doesn’t think fashion shows are appropriate for very young children such as North West. The loud music, the lights from the show, along with flashes from all of the cameras, and of course all of the people, is just overwhelming to a toddler.”
What do you think? Should decisions such as where and when to bring one’s children to events be left up to parents or left to the discretion of organizers – which could extend beyond Fashion Week to weddings, parties, and even church services?
Feb.21, 2015 9:37 am |
Weekend question |
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Yes.
For instance, I think people should not bring babies on duck hunts.
I also think babies should be banned from spin class – the bikes are too high for them to sit on safely.
I also think babies should be banned from Nickelback concerts. First off, the music would be too loud for their ears. Secondly, Nickelback is horrible, horrible music that nobody should be subjected to without first signing a waiver – and babies can’t sign their names.
I also feel like babies should be banned from PARTICIPATION in the rodeo. I could see them going to watch though.
EGV,
You took the words right out of my mouth.
I really think North would have had a lot more fun at home in her nursery with her nanny. Not exactly rocket science but we are talking about Kim Kardashian.
Me and my ex took our first child to the taverns when he was seven days old. He was born on a Saturday and by the following Saturday, we were ready to show him off to our friends! It was during the day though, so it was okay and I didn’t allow anyone who was drunk to hold him.
When the baby was about six months old or so, I planned a night out with the girls to go see a band at a bar in a neighboring town after dad said he would stay home with baby. Around midnight, here comes dad carrying baby into the bar! He put the little fella on my lap and turned around and walked out. I can’t remember what the name of the band was but can remember the little pajamas the baby had on! Oh, memories.
Thank goodness, we matured a bit and by the time our next baby was born four years later, we figured out that bars might not be the best place for babies even during the day, so dad took the preschooler to the bars on Saturdays and I stayed home with our newborn. She would just have to wait until she got a bit older to enjoy a Saturday afternoon in the bars!
If you ever see parent(s) with their little one at a bar (or a duck hunt, at the gym, or a fashion show), strike up a conversation with them!
You never know what you might learn.
Not even this one, Ex-GOP? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrXIQQ8PeRs
“Not even this one, Ex-GOP?”
I know this wasn’t addressed at me, but I must ask. What difference does it make? All Nickleback songs sound the same anyway.
“All Nickleback songs sound the same anyway.”
Not to me they don’t.
“What difference does it make?”
To you nothing, I guess.
As a person who spent many, many childhood hours in the pubs with my father, I can say that it wasn’t much fun. It was boring and confusing and I would have much rather been at home or somewhere more kid- friendly. I never brought my daughter to a bar.
Now that my daughter is older, the threat of attending a Nickleback concert with me might be a very good form of discipline! But then I might actually have to go to one…
“I never brought my daughter to a bar.”
Sounds like your dad did a good job preparing you for parenthood then!
“But then I might actually have to go to one…”
You might want to take your daughter to a Nickleback concert before she is old enough to jump in a truck with a young man that reminds her of her good ole grandpa who will take her to a Miley Cyrus concert!
Sadly, my father left much to be desired in the parenting department. I loved him very much, but he was quite flawed. Thankfully I had other role models in my life.
I really have no idea what you mean by the second part of your comment? Unfortunately, she was never able to meet her grandfather. But the thought of any man even remotely like him going to a Miley Cyrus concert made me laugh. :). And she’s plenty old enough to jump in trucks with young men. But as long as she lives under my roof (when she’s not in the dorms) she has to follow my rules or face discipline. I think she would feel as though seeing any band I enjoy live as punishment, but at least one of us could enjoy the music. :).
Sorry Prax – no Nickelback. I jest of course – if you like Nickelback, that’s fine – I can GUARANTEE some of the music I like would get thumb’s down from people on this board!
There is a funny story – a guy from Relevant Magazine is raising money right now – he took pledges to listen to Nickelback, 24 hours a day for an entire week. Even while he sleeps and does his podcast. He’s raised a lot of money for wells though, so that’s good.
“I really have no idea what you mean by the second part of your comment?”
LOL. When you said “older” and “discipline”, I pictured a pre-teen/young teen and thought that her spending concert time with her dad (or are you her mom?) would be preferable (to you, not her) to her going to concerts with kids around her age. I thought Nickelback would be a much better concert for a young lady (or anyone) to go to than Miley Cyrus!
You never know, when your dad was younger, he might have loved Miley, or at least been willing to take a girl he was interested in dating to a Miley concert if that’s who she wanted to see. Miley wouldn’t be so popular if parents would put their feet down and not give their kids money to see her garbage.
My husband was recently talking to a mom of a teenager after church. The mom said, “I couldn’t get ‘Johnny’ to come with me to church. He wanted to finish watching the game.”
Our country didn’t get where we are at because of our great parenting skills I’m afraid. Legalizing, encouraging and enabling the killing of our unborn has been our biggest downfall imho.
If we don’t expect you to protect your own child in the womb for crying out loud, how can we expect you to get your child’s butt off the couch and get him to church?
If Anna Wintour is a proabort, anything she says about where babies should, or should not be, is absolutely hysterical. Babies are safer in bars, at rodeos and at fashion shows than they are in their mother’s wombs.
Maybe Jill could listen to Miley for a week to raise money for a prolife fund!
Is this guy on your list, Ex?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UjbxcDlp30 (:
He’s joyful and appropriate for everyone!
Prax –
Ha – love it – I’ve seen that before…so scary.
I believe children should be banned from –
-Being on reality television shows.
-Being in child beauty pageants.
-Being around Jimmy Kimmel.
-Going to Twilight movies, or anything else involving terrible actors and sparkly vampires.
-Car repair shops
-Miami
and my house at 3am when they don’t want to sleep and I have a migraine (thank you, my kids last night, lol).
I don’t know if it’s quite possible to listen to Nickelback for more than a couple days without going clinically insane…
In all seriousness, they aren’t THAT bad. They just have really pretentious lyrics and use like only two guitar chords. And Kroeger’s voice is just mediocre. I like them better than… um… Robin Thicke.
Ex you seriously crack me up!
Should decisions such as where and when to bring one’s children to events be left up to parents or left to the discretion of organizers – which could extend beyond Fashion Week to weddings, parties, and even church services?
Of course the hosts of weddings and parties should decide whom to invite to the event, and of course parents should bring children only if they are invited. That’s basic manners.
We Need Portable Cry Rooms. That is the solution.
I didn’t bring my kids to the bar too often and it really depends on the bar owner and how they run their establishment. Most bars and bar owners aren’t really interested in having kids around. I know of one bar owner though who kept a crock-pot with grinds warm on weekend afternoons and had kids playsets set up outside for the kids to play on.
Prax, that Russian guy has quite a range. My kids heard it when I played his video and they came into the room and said it was annoying…
We Need Portable Cry Rooms. That is the solution.
They’re only a solution if parents know when the presence of crying children is inappropriate.
“They’re only a solution if parents know when the presence of crying children is inappropriate.”
Like when is that Lisa?
Places like theaters that are supposed to be quiet should be respected by everybody including parents with crying children.
Babies should be banned from political events to stop candidates from abusing them by kissing them. Protect children from abuse: Protect them from politicians
“and said it was annoying…”
LOL. Now when your kids need a bit of discipline, you know who to blast from the speakers!
Like when is that Lisa?
IMHO, a parent should remove a crying baby from the room in any circumstance were talking on the cell phone would be rude, and hosts of private events (weddings and parties) as well as ticketed events have every right to not invite children who are so young that they cannot (and should not) be expected to behave in the same way that an adult would behave.
I disagree about the weddings.
I used to take my oldest to rock’n’roll/metal band practice, but my baby boy had to stay home with grandma and grandpa. I tried taking him once, but the drummer would get too antsy waiting while the lead singer had to break to breastfeed.
LisaC, of course hosts have a ‘right’ not to invite anybody they choose. I ‘hosted’ my sons wedding last summer at our house. It was beautiful. A crying baby wouldn’t have bothered a soul. imho anybody who has a problem with babies at a wedding is going through life irritable.
And when a loved one is in hospital recovering from major surgery and a visitor in the next room has a howling infant but won’t take it to the lounge area away from patients? What about then truthseeker?