Should children be banned from restaurants?

[shortz]

If it's a nice place, then management should ask anyone with noisy children to leave. I don't typically take my girls to really nice restaurants, but every now and then, depending on the circumstances, I will. You would never know there is a 5 and 7 year old in the place though. They aer unbelievably well behaved children, and I don't like the idea that, because someone else can't figure out how to make their children behave, that I should suffer for their parenting faults.

 

[monsoon]

We've had people stop us in restaurants and tell us how well behaved our kids are. And that's when I think the e been outrageous and want to kill them. It's relative to how bad kids are in general because the parents allow it.
i feel like it was my decision or accident/poor planning to have kids, why should you have to tolerate them.

 

[shortz]

Just to add. A couple years ago, I had my girls at a restaurant. It was a pub/burger joint. My 3 year old was acting up. I was so embarrassed, I had the family pack everything up and we left. I refuse to let my child act like that in public. We got to the car, she got an ass whoopin, and we went home. That was the last time it ever happened. It doesn't matter how nice or slummy the place is; misbehaved kids need to be pulled from the environment they are in like that and taken elsewhere. That usually takes their control away.

 

[zedhed]

Little kids dont have to act like that. YES ban the ones that act like idiots and charge the idiot parents double. Not only in restaurants but everywhere! When me and the wife are in a place and thwre is a parent or parents with a well behaved little one I make it a point to tell them how much of a pleasure their child is to have there and that its a shame there are so few.

 

[Joliver]

Sure, ban them. Kids dont appreciate nice food or restaurants. No sense in trying to drag your kids toa place where they dont want to be and nobody wants them there. It's not like they are missing out.

I am a parent, by the way.

 

[graniteman]

Yes and from airplanes, swimming pools, shopping malls...

 

[DLTH]

Sure, ban them. Kids dont appreciate nice food or restaurants. No sense in trying to drag your kids toa place where they dont want to be and nobody wants them there. It's not like they are missing out.

I am a parent, by the way.

I'd love to have to find a babysitter every time I wanted to go to Applebees.

 

[shortz]

I'd love to have to find a babysitter every time I wanted to go to Applebees.

You must be really high class. Applebees is REALLY nice!

Just bustin your balls man. The other day we were at Chili's and you know almost the entire place was quiet except for one table of college girls bustin up laughing, almost screaming when they laugh and talking really loud. They didnt even attempt to keep their laughing at acceptable levels.

I think we should ban anyone under 21 without their parents.

 

[DLTH]

You must be really high class. Applebees is REALLY nice!

Just bustin your balls man. The other day we were at Chili's and you know almost the entire place was quiet except for one table of college girls bustin up laughing, almost screaming when they laugh and talking really loud. They didnt even attempt to keep their laughing at acceptable levels.

I think we should ban anyone under 21 without their parents.

I was trying to name the cheesiest restaurant I could cause it seemed like it would further my argument lol. I think some of are getting things mixed up, I'm all for some place banning kids, I'd be the first one to go but it sounded like people are talking about some statewide ban at every restaurant. That would be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. If we were gonna do that we should ban black people since they don't tip......ohhh no I just went there.

 

[schultz1]

It comes down to responsible parenting. If the baby is crying then the parents should remove them. Ive had to leave restaurants when my kids were younger when they were having issues. Kids cant learn proper socialization if always left in the house, look at stumpy

 

[parttimer]

I can't stand noisy whiny kids anywhere. Just yesterday this wench was pushing her kid around walmart and the kid was wailing the hole time. She didn't care, just kept pushing along. As for restaurants, nothing messes up my nice dinner faster that disrespectful children. Crawling up and over booths, under tables, the whole shibang.

 

[Lizard King]

My kids are decent in a restaurant but shit can go from fine to 1000% off the wall within seconds with 2 little kids. We purposely do not take then to nice restaurants and we usually ask for a table away from other if the restaurant is not full or a booth so we can contain them if they start to get unruly. You need to bring things to occupy them, little kids don't want to sit there and make talk and have a beer while waiting for their food.
Some parents let their kids run ape shit all over the restaurant, it drives me nuts and make my kids want to run with them. Kids wanna play so it's on the parents to take them to the appropriate place. I would not bring my kids to a steak house, waste of money for myself and anything I order for them.