Friday, February 1

 
Another Diatribe Against Screaming Children in Restaurants

Here's a paradox: I agree with the idea that parents must control their children in restaurants and that other diners should not have their meals ruined by out-of-control kids. That's the point this writer makes in her complaint against parents who allow their kids to let it all hang out and hang the consequences. I'm lucky that seven years of hauling Evan in and out of grown-ups' restaurants has produced a child who has never had to be disciplined or taken out for bad behavior. But she's so arrogant, so .... so .... pardon me, but "snotty" is the only word I can think of, that my only retort is, "Yeah, wait till you have kids and no babysitter and you can't face ordering one more dinner from a menu board instead of a waiter, then we'll see." Here's an example from her piece: "Restaurants are public places, not exercise yards for feral youngsters."
posted by Unknown 9:25 AM