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  i personally have no empathy for ignorant children
  
  Not unpopular on Reddit. Quite an average opinion here.
context: I always paid extra to use a gym with a daycare so I could work out and kids could be contained in a safe place so as not to disrupt anyone. >
  
  Bless you for this, I'm sure this wasn't cheap on you either. >
  
  An extra $20 a month. When I couldn't afford it anymore I just canceled the gym and worked out at home as best I could. No way was I having little kids running around a gym. That's insane. >
  
  Damn that's nearly a whole membership extra. Thank you, hopefully once they're a bit older you can just bring them along to get them started paying attention to their health. >
  
  That would be great. I have a local gym that offers a family membership for the same cost as two memberships. I can't wait to get one. >
  
  I have no idea what kind of gyms you attend. I have literally never seen a kid in a gym. What the fuck. >
  
  As a parent, I would use the gym as a place to get away for an hour. Wife would probably do the same.
  I also just collected unwanted workout machines from family, and bought some weights soon as I had my kid (I am male). Total collection is pretty small: rowing machine, mat, 4 pairs of dumbbells at different weights, punching bag. Between those tools and calisthenics, I'm actually in the best shape I've ever been! >
  
  I dont even want to see other human beings at the gym, let alone children. >
  
  I dont mind kids. During the pandemic when the gyms shut down I had to work out at the playground and I always had kids marveling over my weighted pullups. Asking how to be strong like me and playing with my plates. It really wasn't annoying at all >
  
  I've never been to a gym that allows children under the age of 13, and it is exceptionally rare to see kids under the age of \~16 in these gyms. Maybe this is a problem with where you workout? >
  
  It's been at every gym I've ever been to, but honestly this seems like the kind of thing that should be able to be avoided by just not being a stupid asshole >
  
  Entitled parents are everywhere. >
  
  I do. I like it. I get them to pose by me in the mirror so social media can really appreciate my gains. When I started, I could barely bench a two year old. After only 4 months and some creatine, I'm juggling fat first graders. They make me not so embarrassed in the showers, too. >
  
  If I could use kids as weights I'd welcome them >
  
  Never bothered me. Never seen someone let their kid wander around. They usually stick with their parent and its cool seeing little Timmy aspiring to go to the gym 
  I would just Ask the kid to leave if he bothered me and move on with my life >
  
  I saw a mom put her baby down next to the squat machine lol not even in a carrier. Just a little baby next to a very dangerous and heavy machine lmao >
  
  JFC does she just not like being a parent and hoping for an "accident"? >
  
  God I hope not lol a trainer came by shortly after and made her leave 😂 >
  
  This is not unpopular. 
  Kids don’t belong in gym. It’s annoying if it happens. >
  
  I work at a gym,  minimum age to join is 12. 12-15 must have parents on site. Most use the gym to shoot hoops. One dad runs with his daughter. Most of the kids are more considerate than the adults lol. >
  
  I'm pretty sure this is a popular opinion. >
  
  I’m always happy when I see kids (above a certain age, not unruly) at the gym. As long as they and the parents are being safe and respectful I think it’s a really good thing. Wish my parents built the habit with me early on. >
  
  There is strict ban at my gym. I mean, come on, people are dealing with heavy weights and machines and you want a kid to run around there?? No way! >
  
  i personally have no empathy for ignorant children and children whose parents arent responsible enough to care for them. if they pick up a 10lb dumbbell and it falls and slams into their feet, so be it. good lesson for both the kid and the parents. but i also understand your sentiment about not wanting stupid kids to ruin your workout session