The problem is the parents who are raising spoiled, self-centered, self-indulgent, uncivilized brats.
Exactly. In many cases, the parents have no idea of how to interact with their children and do not teach them simple rules of behavior. Often, the child is dumped in daycare at 6 weeks, and the parents spend about a maximum of 2 waking hours daily with their offspring on week days.
“The problem is the parents who are raising spoiled, self-centered, self-indulgent, uncivilized brats.”
Exactly. The parents who will discipline and keep their children under control are the losers here, as the Dr. Spock parents who refuse to discipline ruin it for all.
Yup.
Yes.
I have a lot of grandkids. There is nothing wrong with a place that wants to cater to adults. There are plenty of places appropriate for kids.
Some of the finer dining places might want kids’ hours earlier in thd day to train up their next generation of customers.
Correct.
And it is not the village’s responsibility to raise a village idiots kid,
I found myself in charge of a 3 year old little Vietnamese new arrival who had no English. She was living with her 70 year old father who could not deal with her and kind of delegated it to me. I took Minh Chau and her father out to an Oriental take-out that has a few tables several times. Chau never made noise, being Vietnamese raised to that point, but did some other other things like industriously tearing a napkin into tiny bits which fluttered to the floor. I caught her eye and said in Viet,” Not good,” quietly. She returned my gaze for a few seconds then went back to eating. She never shredded a napkin again. We repeated the process with other social errors over several visits to the eatery and then Minh Chau was ready to go to any fine restaurant. I tried the same technique with my own grandkids. Didn’t accomplish anything at all.
Exactly correct!
Anyway, there were four or five little kids literally running around all the tables, yelling and playing tag while their parents (3 couples) sat and allowed them to play.
I finally had enough and stood up and yelled "get your asses back over to your tables, sit down and shut up! This is not a playground!" Well, you should have seen the look on their faces as well as the parents. As soon as they got back to their tables, the families got up and left without saying a word to anyone.
Those parents were most likely brats themselves.