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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where do people go to that they see hordes of kids running around and crawling on the floor? We take our young kids to restaurants a lot and I have rarely seen this kind of behavior. 
Kids should be socialized at an early age. Not only in spaces reserved for them, like daycare and playgrounds, but also and more importantly in the everyday world. That is what happens in a healthy society. Seeing adults interact and learning how behave in different social settings. Finding their place in society.
All over the world kids are welcome everywhere, restaurants, weddings, banks, cafes... In the meantime America is raising sociopaths. I'm not exaggerating much.[/quote]

I don't see it often out in public --maybe once a year-- but I did see it on Saturday.

I'm inclined to offer empathy and the benefit of the doubt when I can. Maybe these kiddos missed nap time. Perhaps the family was traveling from out of town to visit with friends, so they didn't have access to their usual kit of of toys and art supplies. Sometimes the children involved have invisible medical or developmental disabilities that it's not my business to know about. It [i]is[/i] the parents' business to know their children's limitations, though. If your kid isn't ready to handle this situation, don't make him or her do it. It's also the parents job to assess risk; loose supervision on a playground is very different from loose supervision on in a crowded space over hard floors around unstable metal furniture and glassware.

For the most part, it's nbd to me as a patron who was there without children that day. When I got tired of the kids banging into my butt, shrieking, and leaving the door open, I left. I was also more than a little freaked out that someone was going to crack a small head on the concrete floor or get hurt by pulling over glassware from a high-top table or toppling a tall metal stool; providing first aid and helping with accident reports is not my idea of a good time. I just think that, given that breweries don't [i]have [/i] to let children in, it would really stink if this type of behavior led to more establishments banning under-21's. It's already happened at least once in DC. [/quote]

OP, I like you. I agree on all points.

I'm a beer lover and have been to at least a handful of breweries around here and in Asheville NC-- some are very family-friendly, and some aren't. I say, plan accordingly.[/quote]

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