Quote:
Originally Posted by Britster  I am the first to admit that I am a dog person WAY over the fact that I am a kid person, LoL.. but with young siblings (3 and 7) and cousins, etc, I understand the fact that a kid is going to be a kid. So it doesn't really bother me... sure it'd be nice if every kid was perfectly behaved in a restaurant but kids have temper tantrums and bad days, it just happens. I hate when people give us glares or dirty looks if my 3yr old sister is for some reason acting up... it happens and if you don't wanna deal with it, eat at home or go to a place you know is going to be mostly adults!
And it's a LOT harder to find babysitters or pay for them and sometimes parents just want to go out to dinner and enjoy bringing their kids with them... dogs don't require a babysitter and we CAN leave them at home for a few hours. We can't just leave my 3yr old sister at home for a few hours when we randomly decide we want to go out to eat (tho sometimes I wish we could.... hahaha). So I do think it's a big difference.
I def. agree that my dog is MUCH better behaved than most children and wouldn't disturb or ruin anything inside a restaurant... I am not denying that!  But I think it's just the principle of it... I dunno. Like I said, I don't see anything wrong with running into a store (like Target, or Walmart, or something) with a dog in your bag if you can't leave them in the car. But when you KNOW you are going out to eat at a restaurant that does not allow dogs... just leave them at home. Just my .2 cents for whatever it is worth... this coming from a total DOG over kid lover, haha |
I'm really glad you made this point.
As a mom to 2 young boys, I sometimes find it a little offensive to see comments about kids being worse than dogs. I get that some people just aren't "kid people", I'm not either, but it makes going anywhere with them a little more stressful. My kids are 4 and 5, and they are well behaved. I get compliments from little old ladies about how good they are all the time.
BUT...they have bad days, and I can't control when and where they decide that they just are not having it, and have a total meltdown. There are consequences for a meltdown, but they don't always care at the time and there really isn't much I can do about it. Nothing is more offensive to me than getting judgemental glares over it, especially from people who do NOT have children and have no idea what it's like to be a mom who can go nowhere and do nothing without them. What other choice do I have? I can't afford to hire a babysitter every time I go somewhere, and I'm honestly not worried about putting out someone who finds kids annoying without knowing what it's like to have any themselves. They will get over it, and they will survive. I do try not to take my kids to really nice places, but sometimes people look their noses down at moms in McDonalds! That place is FOR kids, people! lol. My kids don't cause asthma attacks, so they can't be compared to animals. Sometimes it's hurtful to see comments and jabs made about moms with young kids who are having a bad day in public. Maybe the poor kid is tired, hungry and not feeling well? Maybe the kid is on the spectrum? Maybe they have some other personality disorder? You never know what the issue is. There certainly are those kids who have nothing but bad days and just need a good swift kick in hiney, but my kids are not those kids. I'm proud of how well behaved they are
in public, most of the time. At home is another story.
