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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not a city or really country that likes children or cares about their general welfare, obvi. I haven’t taken young kid to Rasika and eaten outside on the street scape. I wouldn’t dine inside b/c of general hostility/tolerance for children in US. Do in Italy all the time. But am always prepared to leave if kid were to misbehave. [/quote]

The intolerance is for the parents who aren’t prepared to leave if kid were to misbehave.

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This is uniquely millennial problem. GenX parents just apologize profusely, put the kid on one shoulder and get a box to go. My 5 year can now sit quietly when crayons or a book - never given a phone or tablet, it takes one time leaving a place they really want to be with the consequence of leaving. [/quote]

No, it’s not generational. Arrogant parents, who think they and their children are perfect, are every age, everywhere. No doubt you are one of them, just in a different way. [/quote]

NP. It’s definitely generational. Millennials have been raised to question societal norms. That leads to some good things and some not so good things.

This particular topic is one of the not so good things. Not respecting norms in fine dining establishments. GenX and above wouldn’t take the kids to a nice restaurant. Baby boomers took the kids to McD’s or Pizza Hut and GenX to a chain restaurant like California Pizza Kitchen or a diner.

Millennial’s fancy themselves more like foodies and want what they want and see no problem with bringing young kids in tow.

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I partly agree with you. People who take little kids to fancy restaurants and then brag about their kid's refined palate are obnoxious. No matter the generation.

I agree families need to get used to going to family restaurants, and that a lot of parents of young kids now seem to think that's beneath them. We have young kids and some of our friends definitely look down their noses at some of the places we take our kids because they are more "downmarket" -- they have kids menus, they will give you a coloring placemat and crayons, they have restrooms that kids can use, and the staff are totally fine with dealing with children. These are not "cool" places and some people act like that's unacceptable. But when you have young kids, I think it's useful to let go of "cool" -- you are not in your cool time of life. It's okay.

On the other hand, I disagree that this means we have to confine ourselves to fast food and chain restaurants? That's so limiting, plus the food in those places is usually pretty bad. I don't mean "not refined enough" I mean literally bad -- bad for you, often poorly made. Plus McDonalds and Pizza Hut aren't really even dining experiences. At McDonald's you order at a kiosk or counter. Do they have sit-down Pizza Huts anymore? When we talk our kids out, part of what we are doing is training them to learn how to read a menu, order form a server, sit in their seat and behave. The places you are suggesting don't help you with that -- they are barely dining experiences at all.

Two things can be true at once: some parents are entitled about being able to bring their young children to fine dining establishments and unwilling to embrace the reality of parenting young kids and going places appropriate for young kids. AND it's important to have actual family-friendly restaurants, and it sometimes feels like they are hard to come by.[/quote]

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