Posted on 09/09/2010 4:44:10 AM PDT by JoeProBono
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C.- A North Carolina restaurant said signs reading "Screaming children will not be tolerated" have brought in more customers than they've scared away.
Brenda Armes, owner of the Olde Salty restaurant in Carolina Beach, said she put up the signs after receiving multiple complaints from customers about screaming children and reception to the policy has been positive, WECT-TV, Wilmington, N.C., reported Wednesday.
"It has been a good thing for us," Armes said. "It has brought us in more customers than it has ever kept away."
However, some parents have complained about the signs.
"I've never seen a restaurant say, don't bring your screaming kids in here," said mother-of-two Ashley Heflin. "You can't help it if your kids scream."
Armes said the policy is to ask the parents of a screaming child to take him or her outside to calm down. She said no one will be asked to permanently leave the establishment.
I have 2 young children and I wholeheartedly support this restaurant’s policy.
I like that. I like that a lot.
;^)
I watched and episode of Pawn Stars the other day.
a guy who got a mini dirt bike when he was 3 told the Pawn shop owners how is father made him ride it and even when the bike fell on him and he got a burnt leg from the hot pipe, his father made him get back on and ride.
one of the pawn brokers said that ‘borders on abuse’,
to which the bike owner said...’Back then we used to called it making a man out of you”
Sure, children cry and they act up. But it’s up to the parents to do something about it. Trouble is, most parents now don’t want to discipline their children and they are too selfish to have any consideration for other diners and take the misbehaving children out of the restaurant.
Admittedly, I don’t have children of my own, but I go by the way I was raised. When I was a child, my family seldom went anywhere. For the most part it was because Mom and Dad couldn’t afford it. But my folks also recognized that there are situations where children of a certain age should not go. They don’t have the capacity to behave well in public. The other thing is that when I was a child, if I got out of line, a little corporal punishment went a long way to keep me from misbehaving in the future. Today, even looking cross-eyed at your child is considered child abuse, and there is this attitude that the children basically should raise themselves. Beyond providing the basic necessities of life, these parents won’t teach their children what they need to function in the world. The result is that they breed selfish, inconsiderate children.
So, parents, how about this? If your child can’t handle a particular public situation, leave the child at home with a babysitter. If you can’t find a babysitter, don’t go at all.
My parents always told me and my siblings that "Children were supposed to be seen and not heard". Screaming fits, especially in public, simply were not tolerated.....
I think the epidemic of screaming, undisciplined children began when women stopped being women and men, ....well.....
I have witnessed children racing through restaurants, attacking other people, knocking them over, and the asshole libtard parents look the other way and say nothing. If you don’t like the sign don’t go!
I wonder if that would work with democrats...
...said mother-of-two Ashley Heflin. “You can’t help it if your kids scream.”
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The crux of the problem.
"You can't help it if your kids scream."
My daughter was hell-on-wheels in general. However the only time she tried to act up in a restaurant I told her to shut up or I would take her out and sit in the car while her mother and brother had breakfast. She screamed and yelled and got dragged out to the car. After 2 minutes she said she'd stop and we went back in and never had trouble again. It's not a difficult problem to handle if you aren't a coward. Letting your kids push you around is a recipe for disaster.
However, I'm waiting for the restaurant that "says no" to loud adults.
Yup...heard that one, too.
[was there a ‘standard procedures manual’ being passed around back then or what?]...;]
“Just give the little darlings some Taser tots. ;-)”
Laced with Benadryl!!!
I always ask for the no baby section. They laugh, until they bring is a screaming rug rat and I leave.
You are exactly right. My parents raised us the same way, and that is how I raised my children. Many of today’s parents dump the kid in daycare at 6 weeks and leave the childrearing up to strangers for the next 15 years. The parents spend almost no time with the child, so there is no effort spent in attempting to civilize the kid.
Kids today are often not taught even basic manners, so forget about expecting them to be guided in building important traits such as honesty and respect.
“You can’t help it if your kids scream.”
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I can’t help it if I fart. But, I do have some control of that situation.
You handled it well. I had 4 boys — in the space of 5 years and 4 months — and they were boisterous and active. It was not easy, especially since I wound up raising them by myself, but I always taught them to be considerate of others in their behavior. Eating out was rare for us, but when we did get to go out I would not tolerate bad behavior. Once, we left a pizza place without even placing our order because of their behavior.
All my kids and grand kids understand Papa's STFU look....they don't get a second opportunity to ignore it....their respect is genetic.
Yes you can, & it is the height of inconsideration to do nothing.
I understand that toddlers cannot be silenced with a word or a look. But they can be taken outside or home if they do not stop screaming.
As for older children, if you cannot teach them to mind their manners, then don't bring them out to a public restaurant where other people have paid good money to have a pleasant meal.
Anyone, of any age, who cannot refrain from disruption in a public place, should be ejected from that public place or arrested for disturbing the peace if they refuse to leave.
Fox & Friends had a mother on this morning with an autistic child. She said she would refuse to leave the restaurant with her screaming child if asked by management. Clearly, she believes her child's disability supersedes consideration of EVERYONE else in the restaurant. She believes she is ENTITLED to disrupt everyone’s meal. That is hogwash!
I have a message for this woman:
This is a dangerous world we live in. There are people everywhere that can go “postal” at the slightest provocation. By allowing your child to be disruptive in public, you could cause someone even more inconsiderate than yourself to do you and/or your child serious harm. And they wont give a damn what your “rights” are, just like you don't give a damn about the “rights” of others in the restaurant.
People have long forgotten that good manners & respect for others were born in a very violent world, where failure to act appropriately in public could, & often did, get you killed. People did not tolerate a public nuisance. Acting properly in public was a matter of your own safety. It still is!!!
No, I'm not gonna go postal when this happens. If the management will not do something about the disruption, then I will leave & let management know exactly why. But the "Charlie Manson" sitting 2 tables over might not be so restrained.
Bingo. We never had a problem with our daughter after the first time she threw a fit when we were out for dinner.
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