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Parents' shock after restaurant bill shows $4 discount for their 'Well Behaved Kids'
mailonline ^ | Lydia Warren

Posted on 02/07/2013 10:14:50 AM PST by Morgana

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To: Morgana

This is newsworthy?


41 posted on 02/07/2013 12:05:36 PM PST by petitfour
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To: Our man in washington

Yep.
Now that I have kids, I know the real score.
When I hear a baby crying on an airplane I think, “WTF do you thing babies do?”

No biggie.
Anybody that doesn’t understand should off themselves because they were squallering kids once, too.


42 posted on 02/07/2013 12:39:03 PM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: kevkrom

Apologies to all... my #39 was a bit aggressive and defensive. My point is that while there are lots of examples of bad parenting out there, don’t just assume that every child that acts up on the one occasion you see him or her is a case of chronic bad parenting.


43 posted on 02/07/2013 12:41:57 PM PST by kevkrom (If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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To: Morgana

Forget the children, here in Seattle, I’d be happy if people stopped bringing their dogs in grocery stores.


44 posted on 02/07/2013 12:53:36 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny ( 9iThought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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To: skinndogNN
It depends. When my wife and I go out to eat, she strikes up a conversation with kids at the next table as naturally as water flowing downhill. For the most part, they love it and enjoy a real conversation with an adult.

I will sometimes tease the kids by asking "Didn't your mommy ever tell you not to talk to strangers?" to which they will often reply something like "She's not a stranger, she's a nice lady, just like my Nana!" Mrs. Vigilanteman, of course, eats it up and has more fun than the kids.

45 posted on 02/07/2013 1:16:13 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: kevkrom

“So, as a parent of twins, both with severe autism, we can never eat out at a restaurant, on the chance that one or the other (or both) will have an “autism moment” lest they get labeled as “brats” and us as bad parents accordingly?”

Basically Yes.

I had the opportunity to view on youtube a woman who’s son is very autistic. This woman had posted thousands of videos over the years. Often she needed 2:1 help controlling the lad who was in his 20’s and quite strong. These videos were an eye opener and I will say I don’t envy this woman at all. I will say this however, I don’t want to be near or have my kid near her kid or any kids like those because I am afraid of these people and their “meltdowns”. I can’t tell by these videos what causes them or when they occur. I also don’t want the risk of me or mine being hurt by a “meltdown”.


46 posted on 02/07/2013 3:54:47 PM PST by Morgana (This space for rent.)
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To: richmwill
Good to see. I would also support an extra surcharge for unruly children. Recently while eating out, my family and I were “treated” to a family dining with children who considered the restaurant a playground, all to the laughs of the parents. At one point one of the children ran into and broke off a piece of the window blinds, while the parents did a slight gasp and said to the child “It’s ok, don’t worry about it”. If I were the owner, I would have added the cost to repair or replace the damaged blinds to the bill.


And any decent parent would have offered to pay for it and then put the child to work to pay it off. After a few weeks of mowing the lawn ect. with nothing to show for it they should learn pretty quick.

47 posted on 02/07/2013 4:30:24 PM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: Morgana

The mothers blog:

http://beeraftertea.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/well-behaved-kids-my-response/


48 posted on 02/07/2013 8:29:33 PM PST by lowbridge (Joe Biden: "Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy.")
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To: Teotwawki
a more generous tip to compensate for the extra clean up.

Waitress gets the extra tip, bus boy cleans up the mess?

49 posted on 02/08/2013 5:54:13 AM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: Psycho_Bunny
Forget the children, here in Seattle, I’d be happy if people stopped bringing their dogs in grocery stores

Illegal where I am, unless it's a service animal.

50 posted on 02/08/2013 6:00:29 AM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: Graybeard58

Same here. But “Feel Good/Center of Attention” trumps legality and basic civility in liberal-land.


51 posted on 02/08/2013 7:03:05 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny ( 9iThought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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