Screaming children will not be tolerated!

[Mermaid02]

What do you guys think of this restaurant policy?

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/offbeat/restaurant-bans-screaming-children-20100909

 

[si-am]

I think it's sad that a restaurant even needs to put up a sign stating what should be common sense. Nothing worse than sitting next to a screaming kid in a restaurant.

 

[golfgal]

What do you guys think of this restaurant policy?

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/offbeat/restaurant-bans-screaming-children-20100909

A policy like that would make me want to go there just because I KNOW I won't have to listen to someone else's kid scream through my meal

 

[DMass]

A policy like that would make me want to go there just because I KNOW I won't have to listen to someone else's kid scream through my meal

Amen!

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

The restaurant owner isn't banning children...just children that are SCREAMING. She said that wait staff would ask parents of misbehaving children to take them outside until they calm down. This is just common courtesy, and in my mind, if the wait staff has to ask, then the parents aren't really doing their jobs.

 

[Mermaid02]

I think it's sad that a restaurant even needs to put up a sign stating what should be common sense. Nothing worse than sitting next to a screaming kid in a restaurant.

A policy like that would make me want to go there just because I KNOW I won't have to listen to someone else's kid scream through my meal

I agree with both of you.

There is at least one Mom who has an autistic child who says it's wrong. I think the restaurant owner hit the nail on the head when she said she felt badly for the woman but it's not her problem. I know that sounds cold, but you could use the same argument for movies, plays etc.

 

[Jennasis]

I would eat there nightly.


Really, it's about time.

 

[Darsa]

I am a mom, and managed to keep my kid from screaming while in public places OR LEAVING IF SHE COULDN'T. There's no reason that parents need to "ignore" behavior like this hoping it'll go away, and I see nothing wrong with someone putting up a sign like this. Well actually, I do see something wrong with it. It shouldn't even be necessary to put up the sign; it should be common sense to remove a screaming child from a public place where other people are trying to live their lives.

And in regards to the autistic children; I can totally relate, however autistic children are certainly NOT constant screamers (I should know, I worked for several years among 20-30 autistic preschoolers!) and they can be worked with and controlled or taken out of the situation, if their parents care enough to.

IMHO, of course. YMMV.

 

[MushyMushy]

Love! It!

I can't even begin to understand parents who allow their children to shriek and wail in a restaurant. I've heard kids get so bad that you can hear them over everything, even across the room. These days it's getting noteworthy when parents take their kids out for distraction, and that's just sad. Oh, and they should also add to the sign, "No banging of silverware on the tables." That about sends me over the edge. Just recently, DH and I were sitting next to a mom and grandma where the kid was doing this and the grandma kept cooing how cute that was. Yeah, cute. The kid looked to be about FIVE.

(FTR, I think adults who cause disturbances in restaurants should be asked to leave too. I'm well aware that it's not just kids who don't know how to behave sometimes.)

 

[mhsjax]

I think all restaurants should do this. I don't know why some parents think it is ok to just let your child scream. I always took mine outside for a "come to Jesus meeting." I didn't want to hear mine scream and act up, I darn sure don't want to here yours.

 

[NMAmy]

I saw this on the news this morning and there were two parents who had their panties in a twist about it. During the interview, the baby started crying. I was thinking, "Seriously? You would stay in the restaurant while your baby was bellowing like that?"

The only part I find sad about it is that it was necessary for the restaurant to put up the sign. I'm a mom--I know babies cry. But these clueless parents need to suck it up and take the baby out of the restaurant. I've taken a lot of meals to go in my time and it's not going to kill you for a couple of years until your kid is old enough to be quiet at a meal or a movie.

 

[MushyMushy]

I am a mom, and managed to keep my kid from screaming while in public places OR LEAVING IF SHE COULDN'T. There's no reason that parents need to "ignore" behavior like this hoping it'll go away, and I see nothing wrong with someone putting up a sign like this. Well actually, I do see something wrong with it. It shouldn't even be necessary to put up the sign; it should be common sense to remove a screaming child from a public place where other people are trying to live their lives.

And in regards to the autistic children; I can totally relate, however autistic children are certainly NOT constant screamers (I should know, I worked for several years among 20-30 autistic preschoolers!) and they can be worked with and controlled or taken out of the situation, if their parents care enough to.

IMHO, of course. YMMV.

I really hate the argument that some parents make that they can't remove the child because then they're just rewarding the bad behavior.

Well, tough! If that's the case, don't take them out to eat until they do know how to sit without screaming. Besides, don't make it a reward... make it boring and a punishment. Easy enough.

Sorry, I just feel strongly about this.

 

[mhsjax]

I really hate the argument that some parents make that they can't remove the child because then they're just rewarding the bad behavior.

Well, tough! If that's the case, don't take them out to eat until they do know how to sit without screaming. Besides, don't make it a reward... make it boring and a punishment. Easy enough.

Sorry, I just feel strongly about this.

Mine surely didn't find it a reward. I think these parents have the wrong idea. You don't make it comfortable for them. Geeze people, there should be a test for parenting.

I fell very strongly about this also. I am sure someone will tell both of us off at some point. lol

 

[Hannathy]

A policy like that would make me want to go there just because I KNOW I won't have to listen to someone else's kid scream through my meal

I second that amen!!!!

Make your kids behave or don't take them out.

 

[Heidict]

As a mother, I totally agree with the restaurant owner. Nobody wants to sit there and try to enjoy a meal while listening to your snowflake scream, cry and basically be a brat. I was lucky in that my DD never did anything like this, but if she had she would have been ripped out of that restaurant.

I think the people that have been interviewed about it and don't agree with it are the people that are being targeted here. They are the idiots that will let their kids make a scene and be noisy without doing anything.

 

[lovesmurfs]

I think all restaurants should do this. I don't know why some parents think it is ok to just let your child scream. I always took mine outside for a "come to Jesus meeting." I didn't want to hear mine scream and act up, I darn sure don't want to here yours.

Yep, and "wailing expeditions"!

 

[pilotwife_02]

I really hate the argument that some parents make that they can't remove the child because then they're just rewarding the bad behavior.

While punishing the rest of us sitting there listening to it

DH and I have had to leave a restaurant a time or two because our youngest had a meltdown in a restaurant when he was a baby. It's not everyone else's fault he was mad he couldn't eat the food we where eating (this was when he was around 6-8 months and would reach for our food and was too young for it and would get mad and not want the food we had for him).

I'd let DH take him outside while I asked for our food to be wrapped up, got our other son cleaned up and paid for our food. My kids are a little older but they know how to behave in a restaurant now and know we won't put up with screaming at a restaurant (or at home when we are eating).

I also remember as a kid my dad taking my brother home from a restaurant (they walked home since it was within walking distance) while my mom, my other siblings and I finished our meal.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

I think the people that have been interviewed about it and don't agree with it are the people that are being targeted here. They are the idiots that will let their kids make a scene and be noisy without doing anything.

I couldn't have said it better.

my wife and i don't have children yet, but i know when i was a child it was never pleasant for me when my mom or dad took me outside for bad behavoir.

 

[zachnsamsmommy]

As the mother of an autistic child...I'm all FOR it...although it shouldn't be necessary...just common sense.

My child is high needs, and I know it. I bring a whole arsenol of quiet toys, coloring books...whatever necessary...to get us thru a meal quietly. He gets upset easily...but we haven't had even a 2 minute crying spell in a restaraunt in over 1 yr. If he were to be disruptive, I immediately would take him out. My kids are usually so well behaved in restaraunts that I get complimented on by strangers...but I know that isn't the norm.

So having a 'special needs child' is no excuse to let your child behave badly in a restaraunt...

 

[MiniGirl]

My child did that once -- and only once. That was all it took for her to learn that sitting in the car while dad and her older sister enjoyed their meal was not fun. It also wasn't fun watching her big sis get to ride on the little mechanical horse as they left the restaurant and know, without a doubt, she did not get to because she did not behave appropriately.

I am so mean sometimes!!!!