https://www.isegoria.net/2017/08/if-parents-really-want-to-give-their-kids-a-movie-night-theyll-pay/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2017/08/if-parents-really-want-to-give-their-kids-a-movie-night-theyll-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-2571534 Faze Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:27:38 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=42275#comment-2571534 Two things I remember about seeing “The Exorcist” in its first theatrical run in the 1970s: The movie scared the living daylights out of my girlfriend and I (we left the theater, walked into a bar and ordered whiskey — something we never did), and an idiot couple had brought their 9 to 11 year old children, whose innocent faces gaped with horror as the action intensified, and who then began violently kicking the seats in front of them until their parents took them out of theater.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2017/08/if-parents-really-want-to-give-their-kids-a-movie-night-theyll-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-2571472 Watcher Mon, 14 Aug 2017 06:08:20 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=42275#comment-2571472 It’s not just movies.where parenting skills are lacking I was in a video store and a father with a five year old was pulling DVDs of horror movies off the shelf and saying to the little kid, “You’ll enjoy this one.”

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