If old farts want my kids’ social security contribution they should stop whining about the mere presence of children. There are definitely some selfish old people and childless people out there. Fine. They can care for each other in their final years and see how that goes for them.
Yeah, yeah, some kids are brats. That can be dealt with on an ad hoc basis. And I’m not for bringing kids into a nightclub or something. But it’s getting scary when kids are seen more as burdens than blessings. We, the mere “breeders”, need backing, not disparaging.
In school, you have to teach to the dumbest kid and the smart ones suffer for it.
In the military, you have to train to the slowest and dumbest soldier and the smart, in shape guys suffer for it.
In government, you have to legislate to the lowest of the low who commit crimes so the law-abiding suffer for it.
And in public, you have to make rules for the worst parents who choose not to control their kids and the good parents suffer for it.
It's not about kids, it's about indulgent parents who raise feral brats and are so wrapped up in themselves that they expect other paying customers to suffer in silence while their poorly raised children run wild in an expensive restaurant.
Of course, I'm sure that doesn't describe yours.
If someone's parenting skills are so non-existent that they can't raise their kids to behave properly in nice places where people pay big bucks for a quality dining experience, there's always Chucky Cheese and Mickey D's.
>>If old farts want my kids’ social security contribution they should stop whining about the mere presence of children<<
I think you’re being a bit dramatic.
I have NO problem with child-free establishments and I’ve raised four kids.
No one is going to be whining about the mere presence of your children unless your children don’t know how to behave and you do nothing about it.
I’d rather take my kids where they are going to learn HOW to behave. Dennys or Big Boy are perfect for little kids. You want to go to a fine restaurant when you have toddlers? Get a sitter. Same with movie theaters unless the movie is rated G.
It's not about being old and childless. It's about out of control snot gobblers running their parents, and the parents being terrified of trying to correct the worthless little $hits, because some Lib will have the cops with a tazer and DHS Social Workers there in 30 seconds flat. These are the same people who tear apart school playgrounds because little Monstro might scrape her knee on the swing.
This is just another result of the poison of Liberalism.
I could take my three to the 95th in Chicago, and no one knew they were in the room. But they also said, "please," "thank you," and "may I be excused?"
It’s not the mere presence of children, it’s the presence of hellions whose parents think their parental duty stopped at conception. They’re so prevalent now all kids are assumed guilty until they prove themselves innocent. And they can’t really be dealt with on an ad hoc basis, a restaurant isn’t going to kick people out after they’ve gotten their food and before they’ve paid, stores don’t have the staff to escort every PITA out. How we’ve wound up “dealing” with them is putting up with it and trying to end it quickly, sadly the parents of hellions probably get better service everywhere they go because the businesses want them out. So now there’s a new “deal”, and it sucks for good parents, but it also sucks for the aspirin companies because the rest of us won’t be using as much.
Yeah, yeah, some kids are brats. That can be dealt with on an ad hoc basis. And I’m not for bringing kids into a nightclub or something. But it’s getting scary when kids are seen more as burdens than blessings. We, the mere “breeders”, need backing, not disparaging.
It is his business and his decision. If you don't agree with it you are free to patronize another business. If his business suffers he may choose to change his policy. If his business improves others may choose to copy it.
That is how FREE enterprise works.