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Said: We have seen a rise of this at our museum too, I am sadly, glad to see that we are not alone. We have started to combat this by having staff on the floor more walking around our exhibits & pop-up hands on activities. 
Said: We have the same behavioral issues here. I thought part of our issue was that most of our exhibits are 20+ years old and we're just trying to keep them running until our new museum opens, but if everyone is experiencing similar problems...
Said: We no longer have a guest wifi option. We also had to remove all the barstools from our front lego area because parents were setting up laptops and working with their backs turned!
Said: Yes! The kids using everything as weapons on top of climbing on everything! With little to no supervision!
Said: Thanks for your response! Misery loves company, LOL.  I felt crazy too! We had to remove our giant chess set because kids were using the pieces as weapons and hitting each other with them. I'm convinced there may be a component of ...