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.
I am a parent and now grandparent. Common sense will tell you that small kids have no place in fine dining establishments as neither the parents nor other diners will be able to enjoy their eating experience with a kid acting up. There plenty of family restaurants where you can take kids. However, I have fond memories of my parents taking me out for the first time to an old time fancy steakhouse in Omaha when I was about 12. I wore my sport coat and tie and my mother coached me about which fork to use for my salad and the proper way to hold the knife. I felt very grown up and was on my best behavior. Decades later my wife and I ate at that same restaurant and it brought back a lot of good memories.
I am a parent and now grandparent. Common sense will tell you that small kids have no place in fine dining establishments as neither the parents nor other diners will be able to enjoy their eating experience with a kid acting up. There plenty of family restaurants where you can take kids. However, I have fond memories of my parents taking me out for the first time to an old time fancy steakhouse in Omaha when I was about 12. I wore my sport coat and tie and my mother coached me about which fork to use for my salad and the proper way to hold the knife. I felt very grown up and was on my best behavior. Decades later my wife and I ate at that same restaurant and it brought back a lot of good memories.
Our favorite local dive pub has several signs. My favorite is the one that says “We are NOT Family Friendly!” There are 3 of them before you even get inside.
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My favorite movie theater (dine-in style) doesn’t allow kids. Mostly I’m sure because their expensive recliner chair would be dumb kid traps (I’ve seen a few dumb adults have issues), but also the atmosphere. It’s a place for adults to have a beer and a burger while they watch a movie. It’s quiet.
About fifteen years ago, we went out to Pizzeria Uno with guests from out of town, including their two boys who were ages four and six. The boys ran around the restaurant, crawled under tables, threw napkins, straws, and food, etc. Their parents were oblivious. Flash forward fifteen years and one of the boys is gay and the other thinks he’s a girl.
Agree the restaurant should be allowed to have a feral cage if the parents want to bring their crotch fruit to the restaurant or teach them how to behave in public.
Yup. They let their kids run around screaming.
I’d get my butt beat in the restaurant, in the car going home and again at home.