As the mother of more children than 99.9% of the population, I think this is perfectly fine. Freedom of association also means freedom of non-association, and taking little children to restaurants (or on planes) is something to be avoided as much as possible, anyway.
It would make Chuck E Cheese more tolerable.
The problem is the parents. I have had many dinners completely ruined by screaming kids...and I mean screaming that lasted 40 minutes. People bring their children out when they are tired and don’t care about other patrons. THAT’S the real problem.
I’m sure it is galling for someone like you who does get a babysitter to go out and have to deal with someone else’s little darings screming and running through the resturant.While it will ruin my night out I always feel more sorry for those who went to the expensive of a babysitter for a few nice hours together to have to deal with it then me who can go home to the quite.
I would setttle for resturants who banned little kids on Friday and Saturaday nights or even one nigth a week.I’d pay an extra few dollars just to go on a nght that wasn guaranteed not to have someone’s kid trying to take food off of my plate....yes this has happened to me before.
Isn’t it funny how people like us, with large families, don’t get distressed about this, but the ones with ONE precious little one gets all in a knot about it?