Why do you let your kid run around at a restaurant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just came back from our date night and one family with two kids ruined it for us at the restaurant. What you guys have been talking here was exactly right on the spot!

Well, what did they do to ruin it for you? Noisy? Come up to the tables and bother people? Running around in an unsafe manner? Also, where were you and at what time?

Based on this thread, I think a lot of people will have different reactions- from f-ing parents to get the rod out of your ass the world doesn't revolve around you - based on the answers as to what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ITA OP. My kids have been complimented a few times by patrons about how well behaved they are. They are just regular kids. Of course they like to run wild just like most other kids. But for most kids, it does require a lot of parenting to teach them to sit still in a restaurant for an hour, but I think most non SN kids can do it if taught to do so. It just requires a lot of effort. Though, I think some parents do think their kids deserve to do whatever they want whenever and wherever. I also hate it when kids turn around in the booths and look at us while we're eating. Sure, my kids have done the same, and I make them turn around.

Oh gosh, I have to admit that it bothers me when parents let their kids turn around and hang over the back of the booth and watch us eat. The first or second time they look over and smile/ham it up it is cute, but when it keeps going the whole meal without the parent doing anything to stop it, I find it a bit annoying (and I'm more irked with the parents than the child, who is usually just being their friendly self). I don't want to be a curmudgeon and ignore the kid/not return their smile, but at some point you have to do just that so you can focus on your meal and conversation with the person you are dining with.

[Anonymous]

Was recently at a restaurant in South Carolina and this couple had two young boys and a nursing baby. He baby nursed under a blanket and was quiet the whole time. The other boys played with crayons quietly and when the father asked the kid to scooch his chair in the boy said "yes sir" so politely. It was wonderful, those kids are clearly being raised right, from the very beginning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Is this thread about a stupid jasmine rice or kids in restaurants? Have all here gone nuts? WTF?

It is jasmine tea and kids running around in restaurants. Please stay focused.

So it's my fault now?

[Anonymous]

It comes from the steep-sloped island of Komodo. Nothing my to do with Komodo dragon but apparently very good with jasmine rice. Read the pp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the restaurant. Is it a fine dining establishment or Applebees?

It shouldn't matter. The kid should be taught basic table manners and how to behave in public places.

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Anonymous wrote:I was one of those who used to judge parents very harshly when the kids were not on their best behavior. And then I gave birth to a wonderful, adorable little boy with non-visible special needs. We rarely go out to eat, but sometimes my husband's relatives basically force us by taking offense if we don't come to their events at restaurants.

My son cannot sit still and becomes easily agitated. He calms himself by running up and down the aisles of restaurants and through tables. Everyone takes a turn going to follow him and make sure he does not get in trouble, but I know he still disruptive to other diners. He is trying his best and so are we, his parents. But it is very hard.

Your son's special needs consist of discipline and fit parents. Based on the above and your replies, you offer neither of these.

Now, let's talk about YOUR special needs. You need to find enough love for your son to place him in the hands of fit parents who will give him the discipline to help him become a functioning member of society. Then you need to sew your crotch shut. Then you need to get off the Internet.

Your special need is that you are a douche canoe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It comes from the steep-sloped island of Komodo. Nothing my to do with Komodo dragon but apparently very good with jasmine rice. Read the pp.

No its Jasmine tea sautéed with fried vegetables. Not jasmin rice as someone else pointed out.

[Anonymous]

Drinking tea in our house requires proper table manners. We were bought up in Oxford.

[Anonymous]

I get very annoyed when kids do not behave in restaurants. I am a mom of two. My first child was very low key and easy. We would take him everywhere and he was always well behaved. The second was just too active and difficult to control, so we never took her out to restaurants until she was older and had some self control. Every now and then, we would go out with some friends and their kids, and I would be appalled at how they would just let them run around the restaurant. It made for an awkward situation for me because I did not approve of the behavior.

If your child cannot control their impulses and you cannot control them, you should stay home or get a babysitter. Sorry, but most of us do not enjoy seeing your unruly kids disrupt people's evenings out.

[Anonymous]

I'm inviting my neighbors over for a ice tea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was recently at a restaurant in South Carolina and this couple had two young boys and a nursing baby. He baby nursed under a blanket and was quiet the whole time. The other boys played with crayons quietly and when the father asked the kid to scooch his chair in the boy said "yes sir" so politely. It was wonderful, those kids are clearly being raised right, from the very beginning.

Eh...I find children calling their own parents "sir/ma'am" to be pretty weird and off-putting. My guess is those kids are spanked much more severely than any kid should be (And I don't mean bc that's the only way they get them to use ma'am/sir. It's just the kind of thing that goes hand in hand with that (very southern) mentality)

[Anonymous]

We had very clear rules for our children from the time they were small: Either you sit quietly at the table, or you will be sitting with one of us parents in the car for the rest of the meal.

Then we followed through on it. There were a few stretches where we didn't go to any restaurants for months. We're talking fast-casual places like Baja Fresh here.

Children who won't sit quietly at a table in a restaurant shouldn't be inside the restaurant. Period. Take them outside if they will not behave, or do not go at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Drinking tea in our house requires proper table manners. We were bought up in Oxford.

Do you guys drink jasmine tea there in U.K.? One of my cousins live there and he says they drink strawberry tea in the mornings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF? Is this thread about a stupid jasmine rice or kids in restaurants? Have all here gone nuts? WTF?

It is jasmine tea and kids running around in restaurants. Please stay focused.

So it's my fault now?

Yes. You may want to have a cup of jasmine tea to calm yourself