As a senior citizen people who inflict their kids on other people are really annoying. I have never said anything but it really irks me. Come to think of it it irked me before I became a senior citizen. The little darlings that let out a ear piercing scream are the worst!!
I learned early on that if I needed to discuss something with my wife that might cause a shit-storm, the place to do it was over a restaurant table, where she was loathe to make a scene.
Ever lived in China - particularly South China?
Except for the highest end Western-style restaurants, kids are allowed to roam free in restaurants.
You will see them running, playing tag, crawling under tables, doting grandmothers chasing them around trying to get them to eat. I’ve even had them stop at my table and ask what I’m eating or where I’m from.
And stay off my lawn!
Not allowed. The little darling snowflakes are entitled to run loose lord of the flies style, and if you ask the alpha-mom or her beta-male cuckolded partner to keep their feral children under control, they will literally go ape-shit with indignation at the mere thought, and if you’re lucky, you won’t spend a weekend in jail for even suggesting such abuse as “manners” or “discipline”.
I almost never eat in restaurants where children are present.
Mathew 19:14
I've seen families walk in and the kids pull bikes and cars down off the racks and ride them around the store like it was a playground! It becomes their own personal playspace, and they leave the place trashed for other shoppers and the workers to clean up after them.
I would have lit my kids butts on fire if they ever misbehaved like that in a store, but it seems parental control of their kids is a thing of the past now...
I thought the children-haters were really only young snowflakes. You all have been smoked out of your snakeholes and sewer nests. Own up to it. Now we know who you are.
Back when I lived in Austin, Texas We used to go to The Montana Mining Company (Steakhouse) and the decorum was like being inside an old Mine. One of the signs posted inside the entrance said:
PLEASE CONTAIN YOUR CHILDREN, CONTAINERS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST! Thank You
Can't believe I'm the first to mention this.
But what of the impact to their future self esteem if you were wantonly allowed to stifle their creativity and self-expression at this critical point in their social development?
First, get the children off all the sugar and chemicals in food.
Second, use the rod (Bible): a fiberglass balloon stick; a ping pong paddle, a 3/8 inch wooden dowel rod, a wooden spoon, a long wooden old-style hotel shoe horn, etc.
Avoid hitting the head, the spine/backbone, skeletal joints. The fatty tissue of the buttocks and back of the thigh are useful for inflicting the rod——not for simple errors, or forgetfulness, etc.——but for obvious rebellion against parental authority, or lying, refusal to stop touching objects they are instructed no to touch.
At about nine months of age, or earlier, a child can be placed in a chair and trained to be still. Five minutes per day for a week. Seven minutes per day the next week. Ten minutes per day for ten days.
Soon, children will learn to sit still for one hour, then two, then three. They can be trained at home initially to be admired and even doted on by people in restaurants and waiting rooms for their good behavior.
Follow them to their car; get their license plate number. Find a shark. Sue for ruining your dinner.
I am not sure, do you know how to use a knife and fork?
It's Your Kid Not Mind,
Yes, it is a child, not a hallucination.
A sign I saw at a restaurant in Glen Wood Springs, CO asking parents to keep an eye on their kids, otherwise the children would be given expresso coffee to drink and a free puppy.
I’m rather fond of cute kids. I don’t blame babies for crying when they are young, and I enjoy watching kids of all ages if they are behaving decently for their age, which most kids do. Occasional brats show up, but they are the exception rather than the rule.