Posted on 02/10/2023 10:37:06 PM PST by Morgana
A New Jersey restaurant has sparked furious debate after revealing it was banning children under the age of 10 from dining in.
Italian restaurant Nettie's, located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, caused a stir on social media after making the announcement.
In a Facebook post, a staff member said the ban would begin March 8, claiming its decision was due to rowdy children causing safety issues during peak dining times.
The new policy comes after another woman called for 'adults only' suburbs to have 'peace and quiet' without any disturbances from children.
Despite the growing calls for more strict no-kids rules to be enacted, the restaurant's announcement has come under fierce criticism from many parents, triggering heated discussion about the controversial policy.
'It's been extremely challenging to accommodate children at Nettie's. Between noise levels, lack of space for high chairs, cleaning up crazy messes, and the liability of kids running around the restaurant, we have decided that it’s time to take control of the situation,' the post read.
'This wasn't a decision that was made lightly, but some recent events have pushed us to implement this new policy. As of March 8, the day we return from our winter break, we will no longer allow children under 10 to dine in the restaurant.
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“When I got to high school in 1960, my mother gave me a $1.00 a day for lunch. “
That was a decent amount for lunch in 1960 for a kid.
I would rather go to a restaurant that allows people to bring their dogs in rather than one that allows children.
A friend of mine owns a restaurant. He does have a policy which says no children under 12 on Friday and Saturday nights. He feels that grownups should be able to have a date night and not have to listen to kids. There were no complaints by the community, so much so that on Friday and Saturday nights the restaurant is packed.
He even went so far as to put up a sign for diners that if they have teenage kids who want to babysit and earn a few bucks, they can reach out. Apparently it has worked very well.
When given lemons, make lemmonade.
Well patented children are not loud and rowdy. They are taught manners.
Intelligent parents know only to take a child 5 and under out to breakfast. Children between 5 and 9 breakfast or lunch out. And 9 and over are then well trained and can manage dinner. NEVER EXPECT A TIRED OR HUNGRY CHILD TO SHOP OR EAT OUT. ALWAYS ORDER A BREADBASKET OR OTHER IMMEDIATE EDIBLE WHEN SEATED.
I regularly took out single-handed using these rules.
Also before getting out of the car whenever we’re were going anyplace we chanted that we were going to be obedient, cooperative and polite.
We parented similarly. Kudos.
I regularly took out 4 children singlehandedly...
Better sign...”No Spoiled Chilren Under 10. Adults are spoiled children too, we hate our customers.”
What you did was right.
Jordan Peterson, 12 Rules for Life, rule 5: “Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them”
I don’t agree with the banning of any perticular group, as a group, but I see nothing wrong with telling customers to leave when they have children who cannot behave civily when out in a public restaurant.
In my day my dad would have taken me to the mens room, into a toilet stall and spanked my butt good.
There are plenty of housing organizations that don’t allow people under 55 years old.
When our daughter was a year and a half old we took her over to Wags restaurant, which is kind of like a Denny’s. We told her that we expected her to behave or we would leave. We ordered our food when we got it she began misbehaving in a manner that would be disturbing to the other patrons. We gave her one warning and then left, paying for our food of course. She got the message without being yelled at. I don’t recall ever having a behavior problem in a restaurant again.
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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Mine did, too! They taught me how to behave in public and polite society.
Our parents were better people than the current crop. They thought about and respected others; folks nowadays are selfish.
Seems like our parents were cut from the same cloth.
We were the lucky ones to have their example. Thank you for raising ladies and/or gentlemen. The world needs them.
and on flights!
There were plenty of crap parents back then and they were cast outs. Permissive society is the problem IMHO. I still go out to eat with my parents and we see people raising their kids right and wrong. No consequences for being the wrong.
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