Kids at nice restaurants

[jubilance1922]

As long as the child is well-behaved, I don't see a problem with it. If you're doing something at the restaurant that you'd rather not have children see, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it in public at all.

My parents took my siblings and I took nice restaurants when we were younger, and they got lots of compliments on how well-behaved we were. If you teach a child how to behave in public, then it shouldn't be a problem.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by jubilance1922

If you're doing something at the restaurant that you'd rather not have children see, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it in public at all.

My parents took my siblings and I took nice restaurants when we were younger, and they got lots of compliments on how well-behaved we were. If you teach a child how to behave in public, then it shouldn't be a problem.

When I said "romance" over the candlelight, I meant talking and holding hands by candlelight, not "hitting it" right there and then on top of the table.

The trouble is, jubilance1922, too many people do NOT teach their children how to behave in public. They believe that their children can "do no wrong" and they ruin it for the rest of us.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

When I said "romance" over the candlelight, I meant talking and holding hands by candlelight, not "hitting it" right there and then on top of the table.

The trouble is, jubilance1922, too many people do NOT teach their children how to behave in public. They believe that their children can "do no wrong" and they ruin it for the rest of us.

That is entirely too true! Too many parents rely on teachers or other authority figures to teach their children manners. If I hear the phrase "quality time" one more time, I may have to take the "How Likely Are You to Go Postal?" quiz again!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by honeychile

That is entirely too true! Too many parents rely on teachers or other authority figures to teach their children manners. If I hear the phrase "quality time" one more time, I may have to take the "How Likely Are You to Go Postal?" quiz again!

I have a problem with parents who don't teach their kids how to behave, because while I'm trying my hardest teaching mine manners and how to behave in public, and she sees other kids running around like nutjobs she wants to know why she can't do that too. And making comments such as "Well, those children's parents let them behave like animals" WILL backfire, because I know my child WILL repeat that loudly at an extremely inopportune time.