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[quote=Anonymous]...or is it more a matter of correlation than causation, or is it mostly random luck?

Just wondering-- I found an old thread about whether or not people take their kids (in this case, 5 and 8) out to restaurants. Many people said they did, some said they didn't at all-- and many said they only took them to, like, IHOP, so they didn't particularly enjoy it or want to make a habit out of it.

A lot of people prided themselves on taking their kids out early and often, and used that as a explanation for why their kids were so well-behaved in restaurants.

It seems to me that if your kid couldn't handle restaurants, you probably wouldn't take them out often, so it would become a self-fulfilling prophecy, unless you were really adamant about powering through a tough phases, etc.

OTOH, perhaps the true frequency makes a difference? My kid is admittedly "good" in restaurants, but we go out a LOT. Not once a week-- probably 3x/week. We have done this more or less from birth. She's medium energy in everyday life-- closer to climbing the walls than sitting docilely, but not extreme. Then again... Maybe it has something to do with the fact that she's an only child (and I'd have to think only children would be taken out more often than two+)-- and there's no one else to rile her up, etc.? So again, correlation?

What do you think?

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