When I was little my parents would not have taken me out to a restaurant if I acted the way kids today did. Todays' parents act like they don't see the bad behavior.
Ideally, one could ban the selfish and irresponsible parents who won’t control their children, but that’s not practical, because by the time you know who they are, its too late.
“I’ll whip your little ass right here in front these people …”. Was a phrase I sometimes heard. And it was no bluff.
There’s at least one “no kids” restaurant in Houston (nobody under 16.) It made the news when it opened as well back in 2014 and it’s still doing quite well.
On the fence. On one hand, I expect kids to be loud and rowdy cause they’re kids. On the other hand, I don’t have to work there. And on yet another hand, thank God the gathering of maskless people wasn’t completely abolished like the left wanted. Not a bad conversation to be having.
Hell i went to
New Orleans
Galatoires
Arnauds
Commanders Palace
Antoine’s
Broussards
Dallas
Ports o Call
Cattleman’s
Memphis
Justine’s
New York
Lutece
All a kid
Kids today are by and large poorly parented
Amen!!!!
“We reserve the right to deny service to anyone.”
I always wished that restaurants, if large enough to accommodate them, would offer a section where children and their parents could dine, and another section of the restaurant for people dining without children. My kids never got out of their seats, or ran around the restaurant bothering anyone else. My biggest complaint is someone’s kid sitting behind me, constantly kicking the bottom of the bench.
If my kids being trouble, I would take them to the car until they settled down
People think a restaurant is a babysitting service. And, the people with kids don’t tip well and don’t drink as much. A bottle of wine is not a choice with little kids climbing on the parents. And, they always want a kid meal or a free meal or a shared meal with two or three plates.
Take them to Chick Fil A and leave the Italian restaurants to the adults.
One of the worst dining experiences I’ve had involved a kid at the adjacent table throwing a tantrum and crying. I don’t mind kids in restaurants but if the parents aren’t going to control their kids then it ruins it for the rest of the customers.
Same with movie theaters.
What a wonderful idea. Especially avoiding infants. Even casual dining is wrecked by a screaming little one.
Bravo! More should follow suit.
They think it's adorable. The kids run wild in restaurants, ruining everyone else's dinner ear-splitting shrieks. The parents just smile proudly when other diners glare at them. They are the same with their dogs, letting them crap in your yard, run off leash against the law, etc... "Aww! Isn't he cute?"
If thats what they are going for, they need to put the ban to at least age 21. Vast vast majority of parents do zero effective discipline to their kids.
Today’s parents allow children to leave the table before a meal is finished. I had this experience with 2 nephews some years ago, who were given permission by their parents to run out of the restaurant halfway through the meal. My oldest son was about to follow until I interceded. After a period of silence, it was agreed that all would remain inside until the meal was over.
The restaurant could implement a cash deposit system for children: $50 non-refunded if one’s children make a big mess, get rowdy or run around. It would be almost impossible to enforce.
The parents need to get over their sense of entitlement.
15 years ago I found myself taking care of a 5 year old Vietnamese immigrant girl whose dad(probably not father- he thought she was 3) had run off her mother after fetching her to America. Dad was a very strong 70 year old whose only way to deal with small children was to hit and to yell. I judged him to be physically dangerous to Châu. He was strong but not fast and she would outrun him in the apartment and the yard till he called me and asked for help. I got her signed up for kindergarten and went around with him to translate at government offices. I made a point of staying with them in the daytime and taking them out to a little Chinese Takeout with tables a couple of times a week. Whenever she would do something unacceptable at the table I leaned over to her and said quietly, “Không tốt” - ‘not good.’ She never did that thing again. After a few such meals she was quite ready to go to an upscale restaurant. Châu came to look to me as a tutor for how to get along in this new society. Eventually I succeeded in reuniting her with her mother and they live at the other end of the country. Dad died of a heart attack a couple of years later while making love with yet another wife he went back to Việt Nam for. I told him when he went that he did NOT need the Viagra he insisted on as he had a weak heart.
Near our table was a group of two families whose four kids were literally running around the restaurant playing tag with the parents not doing a damn thing about it.
Finally I had enough and stood up and yelled at the kids to shut up and go sit down. My outburst surprised me as much as it did the kids but they went back to their tables and sat down then the families immediately got up and left.
Don't know if what I did was right or wrong but I was really pissed at their behavior and had to say something.
As a person with far more children than average, I support businesses’ making decisions based on their own circumstances. If I wanted their food, I would just get takeout.