rant: kids at le cellier

[Tink]

It would be nice if servers and other restaurant workers were allowed to return the children to the table and tell the parents to control the child or leave, wouldn't it?

We were in a local restaurant where two boys easily 10-11 years old were wrestling in the walkway where the servers came out of the kitchen with laden trays. Unfortunately for those boys, it was also the walkway to the women's room. I gave them a short lecture on public manners and sent them back to their table. The adults at the table were totally oblivious to the fact that those boys had been gone. Where the heck did they think they were?

I completely agree Slowhand. Children who are kept up for a late dinner (anything after seven in my book is late for children ten and under who have been up early and in a park and or swimming all day!) are not the ones to blame for the poor behavior. Again, when people choose to procreate, they will have to amend their lives for some time until the child/children are capable of withstanding the rigors of public appearance. (Wowweeee!!! Does that sound STUFFY or WHAT)?

[lisaw]

It would be nice if servers and other restaurant workers were allowed to return the children to the table and tell the parents to control the child or leave, wouldn't it?

We were in a local restaurant where two boys easily 10-11 years old were wrestling in the walkway where the servers came out of the kitchen with laden trays. Unfortunately for those boys, it was also the walkway to the women's room. I gave them a short lecture on public manners and sent them back to their table. The adults at the table were totally oblivious to the fact that those boys had been gone. Where the heck did they think they were?

I completely agree Slowhand. Children who are kept up for a late dinner (anything after seven in my book is late for children ten and under who have been up early and in a park and or swimming all day!) are not the ones to blame for the poor behavior. Again, when people choose to procreate, they will have to amend their lives for some time until the child/children are capable of withstanding the rigors of public appearance. (Wowweeee!!! Does that sound STUFFY or WHAT)?

Not stuffy at all Tink.

Mine are now 10 and 8 and we eat around 6pm for that very reason - it used to be around 5pm, as they have got older we eat slightly later, especially at the more adult restaurants.

[Tink]

Same here. When we have Seth with us, we have our dinner at 5-6 pm although when alone it's closer to 8:30 -9:00 pm. It's just what you do with little kids, eh?

[BevW]

I remember when I took my kids (aged 10, 6 & 4 at the time) out for a lunch with one of my friends and her son. Her child was AWFUL....running around, screaming, pushing stuff. My kids looked at me and they all said "Mommy, Please make him stop!"

My kids knew all about the "If you misbehave, not only will you not EVER be allowed to go with me anywhere, but you will be serverely punished when I get you out to the car"
Worked every time.

[Britchick]

i hate that, mine have been taught to behave in restaurants and there is nothing worse than dealing with other peoples little brats. I don't think you sound selfish at all Keith, i want a relaxed meal too and because not all parents are as conscientious- we have to suffer by not being able to go to some restaurants because they don't accept any kids.

[Johnie]

I think a child can be taught how to behave in public. Alysia was always a very good eater so meal time was always very serious around our house

I took her everywhere and taught her how to behave accordingly. The behavior as say Chuck E. Cheese is much more loud and boisterous than say a nicer restaurant. She knew better than to kick people's chairs, whine, have a fit, whatever. If anything like that happened, we were off to the bathroom or the car for a talking too. We only did that once. I don't tolerate ill behaved children well.

I figure if I was a 19 yr old, unwed parent who can teach their child how to beahve appropriately in public, surely all of the people who thought they were better than me could do the same thing.

[Taja]

We dined quite late with Lexie at WDW last year. Thankfully, her manners are impeccable. Her parents are like our members--very strict about public behavior (home too, but it's a bit more relaxed).

It also helped that our bodies were in an earlier time zone for the first five days and no one was interested in dinner until about 8:00 or 9:00 p.m.! Troy stayed on his normal schedule the entire time, so he went to sleep around 1:00 a.m. and woke up about 8:00 a.m.--with a diaper change and small feeding in between. Not bad for 14 weeks old! BTW, that isn't as bad as it sounds--that's 10:00 p.m. local time for bed.

[Tinkerbell]

(Wowweeee!!! Does that sound STUFFY or WHAT)?

Nope, not stuffy at all

[uscwest]

I have long advocated, that at least at signature restaurants, there should be an adults only section, out of both earshot and view of children. Now admittedly 9PM is late for us to be eating but we have done it occasionally.