A few thoughts......
As far as smoking goes...I can not say how happy I am to have moved to California, where smoking is not permitted in restaurants......I am severely allergic to cigarette smoke, and it puts me in bed sick for a week! I try my best to avoid situations that may put me in contact with smoke at all times. Even the fire that is raging out of control is giving me problems, so I am inside, and plan to stay there
Smoking at the parks has never been too much of an issue with me tho...most people are nice enough to smoke in the designated areas....so I avoid them all together...on the downside, both of my parents smoked the whole time I was growing up...the holidays were miserable for me cuz I was sick all thru the Holiday breaks...and My doctor has informed me that because I was pre mature, my lungs arent completely developed anyway...so the damaged caused by their smoking is irreversable
So please remember that an innocent child may be the victim of any second hand smoke...
As far as kids at the parks go....
I see grouchy kids all day long. I can usually get them to stop crying and fussing by playing with them or paying attention to them. No matter what the age...I think as long as parents pay attention to the childs needs they can all be happy together....Our niece has been going to the parks since she was born, and has a wonderful time each time she goes! I had a guest with a baby about 1 yr old, and they said whenever they pull into the parking lot she gets soooo excited!
They also were there for part of the day, and were out of the heat and sun, and she was the most adorable baby! They had her in their arms, and she waved and laughed and giggled the whole time( and she wanted my pin
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So each child is an individual case. There is nothing I hate more than to see parents fighting and arguing and screaming at their kids...they are at Disney...heck I get overexcited when I am there! Imagine a kid, with tons of sugar and caffiene in their system, and no sleep! Geeze!
So I think the one word we need to learn in alot of different cases is tolerance....If you are a smoker, just hang out by the smoking areas...as a conscious person, with a known allergy, I avoid those areas anyway....and kids will be kids, we all, especially parents out there...(I am not one...lol!) Need to make allowances for the small ones...hey, you made them, you decided to bring them, now have fun with them!
Ok, enough from me....carry on
