NT
I always feel my stomach clenching when I read the children in public places rants.
1) Yes, children can behave terribly at any time without any sort of rational reason and sometimes without warning
2) Yes, it’s up to the parents to put the kibosh on unacceptable behavior and those who don’t are worthy of a dirty look
3) I used to curl my lip at folks who brought their kids out in public (especially those I had to wait on in my various restaurant jobs) … then I had kids
4) Josie’s comments and list are awesome and employed by *many* families
5) The folks who are reading this thread and feel the need to ‘stick up’ for families who choose to eat out are soooooooooooo not the folks who’s kids are running amok in restaurants. Those folks are too oblivious to have any sort of understanding/awareness/self-reflection about how they are parenting.
6) Making snide comments about people who choose to have kids (breeders??? really??) seems kind of shallow and short-sighted. Anyone can choose to have kids or not, however only those with children were childless at one time and can honestly claim to know what it’s like on both sides of the fence.