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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid, and while I like her, and some/most of her friends, I don't, overall LIKE kids.  After my daughter spent a week with her godmothers, I took her out to a nice Italian restaurant [b](nicer than Olive Garden)[/b] Wednesday as a welcome home. She's 9.

We sat, we ate, we talked, she showed me pictures of stuff she did and saw on her trip via her iPod Touch, we had a great time. Except that often we had to stop talking to wait for the kids at the next table to stop screaming/whining "Daaaaddy! Daddy I want chocolate! I want chocolate! DAAADDY!"

When my girl was young, if she started getting loud or screechy or whiney or in any way annoying others I took her outside to pull herself together. I am a single mom and would just alert a waitress or hostess or whoever that we were stepping outside. Now, if she's getting upset or bratty I tell her to go out and she can come back when she's changed her attitude or pulled her shit together.  When she was throwing a fit at home over having to get dressed up about a wedding I finally told her I could RSVP that she won't be able to attend and I'll leave her home with a babysitter rather than have her negativity affecting the wedding, which isn't about her.

If on a flight she kicked the seat in front of her, once would be okay, followed by an apology. If she did it a second time and it wasn't an accident, I'd make her stand for the whole flight. I don't tolerate bad behavior, and am irritated by my fellow parents who do. [/quote]

You've just described every Italian Restaurant on the planet.  [/quote]

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