Would you take your baby to a haunted house?
By Reesers
@Reesers (1387)
United States
October 12, 2008 6:41pm CST
Last night I went out with some friends to a local haunted theme park. As we got in line for the haunted maze, we noticed the guy in front of us was pushing a stroller. We all looked at each other and whispered, "Who brings a baby to a haunted house?!" We were shocked.
This baby couldn't have been a year old. I'm going out on a limb here but I think if you can spend nearly $60 to get the rest of the family in (mom, dad, and a pre-teen) then you should have enough to pay a babysitter. I can't imagine how disturbing it must have been. Although the baby was pretty quiet and maybe even sleeping, I'm sure it wasn't for long. I know if I were trying to sleep I would not want people jumping out from the corners and waking me up. Not to mention how hard it might be to navigate a stroller through a haunted house.
If dad had stayed behind with the baby and waited while the other two went through, then it would be a different story. Still, they knew they were going to a place that isn't ideal for babies. Wouldn't it be best to leave the baby at home?
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8 responses
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
15 Oct 08
I hope the kid was deaf because other wise they are going to be spending a lot of money on therapy, should have just coughed up the money it would have taken to hire a sitter. Seems like a rare form of child abuse, but in retrospect I'll be the people who were supposed to scare the guy backed off after they saw the stroller. Now this would have been cool to do, take a midget in the stroller and let him/her jump out at the people trying to scare you, now that's what I'd call entertainment!
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@mrsgoodygoody00 (895)
• United States
13 Oct 08
No, I would never take a baby in a haunted house. The dad must be kind of slow, but then the rest of his family must be too for letting him do such a thing. That is very irresponsible. If I worked at the haunted house, I wouldn't even let him bring the baby in.
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
13 Oct 08
That seems a bit insane to me. I can't imagine a baby being okay in that sort of situation, especially when most adults do not handle it good.
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@samijo719 (1052)
• United States
13 Oct 08
I could never imagine taking a baby into a haunted house! I am such a wimp myself and see how real they can make things look, I wouldn't want my child having those images in his mind!! And to scare a baby just seems so wrong!
@mscott (1923)
• United States
13 Oct 08
I would not take my baby or young children to a haunted house. I think that is pretty selfish on the parents part. If they needed to go that badly they should find a baby sitter. That sort of stuff at best is just a waste for a young kid and at worst it can really scare them. I do not know what they were thinking but I wouldn't take my young kids there. 
@hablue (37)
• United States
13 Oct 08
I have a 6 and a half month old little boy and I would never in my wildest dreams even think of taking him to a haunted house! I'd like to slap the family that takes a baby to a haunted house and doesn't even think twice about it. That child will probably have nightmares for a great part of his life. Ridiculous.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
13 Oct 08
I see the same thing at movie theaters. Sometimes there is a family type movie playing on another screen at the theater and they choose the pg-13 one. I think ppl are just selfish and don't want to sacrifice a little for the sake of their child's innocence. Makes me wonder what kinds of things they see at home.
@mykidsmom (15)
• United States
13 Oct 08
Grow up! You have no right to judge any one else. You have no idea what that childs temprament is like. I know my 2 1/2 year old LOVED the haunted house she went through. She thought it was funny. Children have no idea what is "suppose" to be scary. One child may view it as scary and another may view it funny. Shame on all of you for judging that poor father. Good for him for spending time with his child!
