Kids in family friendly restaurants

[Anonymous]

Get up and go outside here too until little darling calms down. We've never had a problem, yet and hope to keep it that way but once you start tolerating the behavior, it only gets worse.

[Anonymous]

We would get up and leave (or one of us). And I avoided restaurants when my son was overly tired. But I also probably wouldn't approach another parent - as I wouldn't know their story. We've all had bad days where we've just been worn out and have no fight left. Maybe you stumbled across those parents. Maybe their kid screams constantly and they barely notice. Or they just couldn't deal. Or maybe they are just rude. Either way, I'd be annoyed, but I wouldn't confront the parents in a kid-friendly restaurant.

[Anonymous]

I haven't really had this problem - I've been lucky - but if my daughter starts acting up in any restaurant, or looks like she's headed that way, we immediately get the check and to-go boxes and leave as soon as possible. Even if she's behaving, I generally have the server bring the check and a to-go box right after he/she delivers the food, just in case she starts acting up. it's generally just the two of us, so it's not a big deal. Eating with friends or family would be more of a problem, but I'd still not want to subject others to my kid's bad behavior.

[Anonymous]

I give a little extra leeway in a family restaurant, but as soon as I think someone else might be disturbed by noise/behavior, we're out of there, at least until the kid is calm.

[Anonymous]

If it were one parent with two kids, I'd have some sympathy, since the other kid needs to eat and shouldn't have to pay for her sibling's behavior... but with two parents there, it's so easy for one parent to take the other kid outside. DH and I do that all the time.

I also don't take my toddler out to dinner if he's tired!

[Anonymous]

Family restaurant or not, basic table manners (and basic manners in general) still apply - and there's a huge difference between general kid noise and full-on screaming. We haven't had a problem yet (knock on wood), but if we did, we'd pack up and get the check. As other posters have mentioned, we try to set our daughter up to be good - we don't take her out when she's overly tired or not feeling great, try to keep her busy while she's waiting for her food, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

cuzimawesome wrote:I would remove my child from the restaurant. Plain and simple.

Ditto. Doesn't matter the type of restaurant, even McDonalds. I would remove the kid.

Same. No question about it.