You are finally seated at your table in a restaurant and starting to relax for an enjoyable meal. You hear the screams from the children at the next table. Then there's the sound of the flatware being banged on the tabletop. Now the children are up and running around the restaurant. Oh my goodness! You try not to stare. Has this happened to you? I have certainly experienced this. In fact, if that behavior is going on in a restaurant, you can bet it's happening right next to my table! And...9 times out of 10, the parents are on the phone or chatting with their table guests and not paying attention to their children while all the shenanigans are going on. I realize that parents need time out...especially the Mamas! But I also think that more parents should make sure their children are behaving like civilized human beings in public.
An Italian restaurant in Washington state is concerned about the unruly behavior of rowdy children in their restaurant. They offer discounts to the parents of well-behaved children! How do y'all feel about this?
Listen to this...Lord have mercy, McDain's restaurant in Monroeville, PA has banned children from eating in their establishment. You can read more about this here.
Other restaurants around the country are posting signs reminding parents to make sure their children aren't screaming, running around the restaurant, or misbehaving in any other way. I have to tell y'all that my Daddy never needed to be reminded about his children's behavior in a restaurant. One wrong glance in the wrong direction and we were history! Seriously!
Other restaurants around the country are posting signs reminding parents to make sure their children aren't screaming, running around the restaurant, or misbehaving in any other way. I have to tell y'all that my Daddy never needed to be reminded about his children's behavior in a restaurant. One wrong glance in the wrong direction and we were history! Seriously!
Find a Babysitter recently wrote an article "How to Get Your Kids to Behave in a Restaurant." It is a very interesting post...explaining steps parents can take to prepare children for "Dining in public" and reiterates that parents are ultimately responsible for teaching their children how to behave in public.
So, how do you feel about parents receiving a discount if their children "behave" or what do you think about restaurants posting signs with "rules of behavior" or even banning children?
So, how do you feel about parents receiving a discount if their children "behave" or what do you think about restaurants posting signs with "rules of behavior" or even banning children?
