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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my kids has run around restaurants in the past (but is mostly just inappropriately loud at times due to his disability), and my other two kids have been better behaved.  But I am not "letting" the boy run around or raise his voice.  He is a sentient being.  I do not control what he thinks or does at all times.  If you do not understand that, you either do not have kids or are raising robots that will go totally wild the moment they get away from your protective gaze.  Thank you for your patience, and if you are not patient, I really do not care because my money is just as good as yours when my spouse and I are dining out and we probably tip better for any inconvenience of the server.  If you want to be away from children, you still have plenty of dining options in the DMV.  [/quote]

You managed to get to page 20 and have no appreciation of the safety hazard your child poses to himself and others in the restaurant when he runs around? Or did you just read the first post, ignore everything that came after and assume you'd be offering some brilliant new insight because you're just that amazing?[/quote]

I read the first page and the last several pages.  There was a lot of extraneous material.  If you had bothered to read my post which was right in front of you, you would note that I was referring to the past tense when my child moved around a restaurant (at least twice that I can remember and perhaps a few times more).  He does not do that any longer.  He used to go to other tables and smile or try to otherwise engage to get attention.  He never bothered the servers intentionally.  Most people seemed to think it was cute but certainly not everyone.  Some people do not understand that a human child can make decisions faster than even a dedicated parent can defend.       [/quote]

Are you for real? What makes you think that other paying customers want to be bothered by your child? Either you're clueless, selfish, or both.[/quote]

I would get him as soon as I could but he is a human being.  I do not control his behavior.  It could take a few minutes to get him back to his seat.  Through patience, this is not a problem any longer and has not been for years.  If you have mastered how to control the human behavior of others, I would be most interested in your brilliant insight.  Actually I wouldn't.  [/quote]

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