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Originally Posted by AlicetheYorkie

Just to touch on the "kid" topic with my 2 cents - I have 1 child any will only have one because parenthood has proven to be the hardest, most stressfull job in the WORLD and I know I'm not cut out to have more than one.

The only restaurants I've taken him too are "family friendly" ones such as Friendly's or Denny's or McDonalds or a pizza place BUT if you are in one of those type of restaurants, I really don't think it's fair at all to scrutinize someone's parenting. Yes, sometimes it's best to remove the child until the tantrum is over, it teaches them that if they behave inapropriatly, they don't get to enjoy the experience and will have to go to the car.

The only thing I want to touch on here is, please don't give ugly stares to parents of a kid who is loud if you are in a "family friendly" restaurant, I 100% guarantee that parent is stressed and embarassed and not enjoying their meal, but the only way to teach a child to behave in public is to take them out in public. Some people have different parenting styles and choose to ignore bad behavior. That's not what I do, but I don't think anyone should ever look down on the way someone chooses to parent, especially if you don't have kids and don't understand. Even the most well behaved child has bad days and even when they're not, they are just energetic and sometimes loud, they're kids, it's how they are. If you want a quiet dinner without any children just being children, go to a fancier restaurant. The only thing I really don't appreciate is when people take their kids to a restaurant and they're constantly coughing or have a runny nose or whatever. That I suppose, goes along with the dog thing too though. People have a right to eat in a clean environment. I get upset over someone with a cold eating in the same place I am way than I would a tiny dog in a carrier or a loud child.

I'll admit to not really being a "kid person" (my own drives me nuts most days ) but I do respect the fact that kids will be kids and we were ALL kids once and it's just not possible for them to behave like adults.

If you snuck your dog into a restaurant and one of those mothers had a "well behaved" child in there who was highly allergic to dogs, would that turn the tables at all????

Please take no offense to you personally but, the problem I have is the fact that I do go to fancier restaurants and places that are not "family friendly" and people bring their kids who have no manners and are outrageously bad to these places all the time. Its like an epidemic in this child bearing generation. Then they have the nerve to ignore the fact that they are disturbing everyone's meal and time.

I have raised three outstanding young men and taught them from their baby stage "manners" and how to conduct themselves in public. Children do love to talk and question and play but there is a proper way to do it in a public setting.

I have no sympathy for parents with bad behaving children because it is the parents fault. If they would nip that problem at home they wouldn't have such a hard time out of the house.