Do Other Peoples Children Annoy You When Dining Out In A Restaurant?

Hi There,

I always like to bring my kids out with me to meals and am happy to say they are very well behaved. (of course they are older now...but they were when they were young too). I never get annoyed at the children if they are misbehaving in the restaurant, but I do get annoyed with their parents. Kids will be kids, it is the parents job to teach them how to behave..not let them run wild.

cheers,

yes i do bring my kids to eat outside and my son will behave well... its annoying that theres alot of kids running around the restaurant and parents doesnt care for it.,.

My children are now almost 24 and 27, so it's been a good while since I've had them in a restaurant, but yes, I took them and they usually behaved quite well. If they didn't, it was off to the bathroom or outside to talk with them. Occasionally my (ex)husband would take a hand to their bottom but it wasn't necessary often.

They were taught manners from a young age (and I pray they still have them). Like you said, kids do get bored but a parent can still at least make the attempt to correct them or find them something else to do. You can entertain most little ones fairly easily, but a lot of people just don't care and that annoys me terribly.

If I saw a child running around in a restaurant I would come right up and ask them where their parents are.

My kids may get silly at times but not to the point of disturbing other customers...I've been in restaurants where there have been some SERIOUSLY unruly children there and what makes it worse is the parents of some of these kids either just dont care or are totally unable to get a handle on their children..THAT annoys the crap out of me in all honesty

We have also taken our children out from an early age to eat in restaurants, we have four kids and so have our work cut out for us when going out for a meal. But they are a good lot, and never show us up when out. They are a real treasure to take out.

We go a lot to places called Wacky Warehouses that cater for kids, and other peoples kids are allowed to run riot in these places, I always look at other kids and feel proud at how well mine behave. I do not tend to take them out too late of an evening, simply because they get tired, and tired children become pests!!!

Yes. They sure do sometimes. I cannot stand it when a parent brings a child to a place to eat and they are not well mannered. I think I would have grabbed something for them to eat and take it home instead of messing with them in a place to eat and let the kids drive yourself and everyone else around them crazy while trying to relax and eat. When children misbehave, it gets on my nerves too and iof my child acted like that, I would not take them to spoil other people's enjoyments.

Good point Ellie. I always choose the place where I don't expect kids dinning in.
Don't take me wrong, I love kids, but......
In so called family restaurants where people are coming for breakfast, you can see kids running around and yelling.
I used to have Sunday breakfast in restaurants, but not any longer. Not only misbehavior makes me upset, but the way kids are eating. They eat like pigs and parents don't pay attention at all.
It didn't happen once but many times in few different places.
When I was dining in Chinatown, I was surprised to see Chinese kids behaving very well. It made me think....

The best behaved child will have

an off day and usually will

fall on an outting! lol

As long as I am not expected to

chase after them or care for them

I will have my meal and try to ignor them.

Most staff will not allow the kids to

get too out of hand so it's not my problem

I just feel sorry for them having been in

their shoes at sometime or other!

xoxoxoxoxo

I am also annoyed with that behavior, I don't understand why some parents will allow their kids to roam around the place and destruct other customers, I guess it is ok to bring them for exposure and socialization but, at the same time, parents will teach them too the do's and dont's inside the restaurant! But, most of the parents of these kids are having fun talking and maybe they just feel very at home!LOL!

My kids are grown now, but we did take them out to eat frequently - as we do with my grandson now. I never did allow them to misbehave in a restaurant (or any public place) If they were being disruptive then I would remove them from the situation.

I do get annoyed when others allow their kids to act up in public. All kids have meltdowns now and then, but the parent need to recognize the problem and remove them before it escalates. I was at a buffet type of restaurant a few weeks ago (with my 6 year old grandson). One couple was allowing their 3 small kids to run amok and one of those kids knocked over an elderly woman with her plate of food. They're lucky that the woman wasn't seriously injured! There should be consequences to that type of behavior or eventually someone will get hurt.