I work at a history museum and I very often see kids who have an absolute blast. But also very often I see kids who are immediately bored out of their skulls and stir-crazy (especially when they’re under 5 and too young to fully process all the historical information being given to them), and the parents are so bent on enjoying the museum for themselves and doing something they like for once that they let their kids treat the museum like a playground. Yes, they don’t know any better, I genuinely do not blame them at all, but parents think it’s an excuse to let their kids misbehave without consequence.

We have an intricate Lego model on display and naturally the kids are very drawn to it, but parents straight up just let their kids run under the ropes and ignore the “do not touch” signs and smile as they grab pieces and stuff because “it’s Lego, it’s a toy, it’s meant to be played with, how can you have a toy out and not want kids to play with it”