http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/the-no-kids-allowed-movement-is-spreading-2516110/
This article on Shine claims that Foods is implementing "no kid hours" where they ban kids from certain times in the store. However, if you click on the link attached to that part of the story, you find that Whole Foods is not banning kids. Instead it is actually a service being offered to entertain your children for free as you shop:
http://chesterfield.patch.com/events/child-free-shopping-at-whole-foods-market
No mention of "no kids allowed" at all. The "child free shopping" headline refers to the parents who will be free of their children as they shop because the kids are being entertained for free by the store, not that the whole store will be child free.
Yeah I deleted my question because I was totally wrong after reading the link. They shouldn’t have been in that article at all since what they seem to be offering is not anti-child at all.
Edit: I think the article is incredibly misleading, it is entitled "the no-kid movement is spreading" and even states:
"Even running errands with toddlers may be off limits. This summer Whole Foods stores in Missouri are offering child-free shopping hours…"
I certainly think it falls under libel, a claim that is even implied to be fact is considered libel. I’m not a lawyer though…
Yes, it could.
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Yeah I deleted my question because I was totally wrong after reading the link. They shouldn’t have been in that article at all since what they seem to be offering is not anti-child at all.
Edit: I think the article is incredibly misleading, it is entitled "the no-kid movement is spreading" and even states:
"Even running errands with toddlers may be off limits. This summer Whole Foods stores in Missouri are offering child-free shopping hours…"
I certainly think it falls under libel, a claim that is even implied to be fact is considered libel. I’m not a lawyer though…
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no. the article is incredibly misleading and poorly done, but does not actually say that they are banning kids from the store.
*still, i did what i rarely do and commented on the article and i suggest others do, too. that’s really bad journalism and ought to be called out.
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No because it doesn’t state that children will be banned only that they are offering child free shopping which they are by providing a creche, the article is slightly misleading but not actually libelous.
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Am I the only who’s still in shock that Missouri even has a Whole Foods?
Okay, unfair stereotyping over. Misleading? Yes. A sue-able offense? I really hope that our world isn’t _that_ fukced up yet.
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I really hope they do!!
I actually clicked "report abuse" on the article and filed it under harassment! I said that yahoo is promoting an article that basically says it’s okay to think children are not human beings with basic human
rights. This gives power to child abusers. Extreme–but this article was horrible and I didn’t like the slant it had to draw out the child haters.
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I’m really glad I checked on Google for “Whole Foods no kids shopping” and found this article. I had heard about it on the radio and was about to post it on a friends Facebook page! I decided to check my facts before slamming Whole Foods; that article about “No Kid Movement” had made it to the news on the radio! I was so angry that I was going to boycott Whole Foods! Big lesson here for a lot of people, check the facts first!!