Originally Posted by SunshineMama:
Age 31
Female
Married
Kids should absolutely not be banned from restaurants. Kids are people too. Look into other countries, and see how children are treated- in the US, we often see them as a nuisance.
I DO think parents have a responsibility to "think" about where they take their kids. I took my girls with us once to a $30/plate 3 hour dinner and they were fine. I actually had other patrons comment on how thankful they were that the children were so well behaved, bc they were worried that their mom's night out was going to be ruined by them. (I dislike being around crying children when I FINALLY get a girls night out and I have to listen to someone else's child).
I'd never take my son to a restaurant like that, however, bc I know he will act up.
It's on the parents, but I'd boycott a restaurant that disallowed children.
I totally respect your opinion, am not saying this in a disrespectful way, and don't necessarily disagree with you completely.
It's not from responsible parents like you or I that teach our children before we bring them into public, that give us this topic to discuss.
The reason we can have this topic is because of children that misbehave in restaurants and businesses, as well as other places....ummm child care.....and the parents that will not take ANY responsibility or action, leaving it up to others to raise or deal with their inappropriately raised children. These are the children that become a nuisance.
Some of these parents feel entitled, are on some warped sense of reality with their ideas on how to raise a child, or are just plain ignorant, and have no intention to change. Thrusting their misbehaved children into the public for us all to grin and bare it? Oh, heck to the no!
I think it's a good start to give businesses the ok to escort these children and parents out the front door before banning children first, but this is compromised by our sue happy society.
Giving businesses the right to ban children would be a set boundary, that the public would just have to deal with, and either chose to use that business or not.
How's that saying go?.......All it takes is one, to ruin it for others.