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Originally Posted by Cerise  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. |
I do agree with you that if the restaurant is fancier, not a "faimly friendly" one, then you should be able to expect a more controled atmosphere. That's why I will only take my son to certain places until he's older. It's just that I've been in some family restaurants and gotten "looks" when my son was being totally fine, not misbehaving, just being excited and a normal kid, laughing etc. I also agree that it is the parent's responsibility to teach mannors and if my son is ever having a meltdown in public, we leave, it's partially how I teach him it's wrong.
Just to touch on the original topic then, I don't think it's fair to take a dog into a place where people expect a certain level of eatery "class" either. Some people are really allergic to dogs, even Yorkies. If dogs were allowed in that particular resaraunt, I'd take Alice in a purse carrier because then people who would be offended by it could avoid that particular place. Same thing as the difference between a fancy restaraunt vs. a family friendly one and the kid debate. No offence to anyone, just my opinion
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