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    I agree what it boils down to is the parents who don't parent ruin it for hte parents who do and whose children know how to act or their parents teach them how.

    When DS8 was 19 months old we flew to STL to see 3dog2kidmom and several older people rolled their eyes and didn't want to be near him. But I made sure I had stuff to keep himm occupied and when we got off to get our luggage I had several people come up to me and tell me how well behaved he was. I just hate it when people "assume" the worst.

    Thankfully my kids have never overheard comments like that but we also tend to go to family oreinted restuarnts, bc I want them to be comfortable also.
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    It never even crossed my mind to ask a server to seat me elsewhere when there are children seated near me in a restaurant. DH and I do not have kids and we got out to eat at least once a week(it's usually 2 or 3 times a week). And in all those times we have only had 2 incidences involving kids that kinda ruined a meal for me. One was at the Chinesea restaurant in Epcot and another was at a local restaurant.

    Unfortunately, I have worse luck on airplanes with kids. On an 8 hour overnight flight to Ireland, there was an infant(seated 2 rows ahead of me) that cried the entire flight. I didn't sleep a wink(even with earplugs). But, there wasn't much I could do about that. I felt very bad for the parents. They tried to quiet her, but nothing worked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunshineGirl View Post
    That hurts my feelings. I try really hard to make sure that my kids don't annoy other people when we go out to eat. They know that they will be escorted out to the car and sit there the rest of the meal if they are ruining the dinner for everyone around us. It's one thing to say that sitting by unruly kids can ruin a meal but it's completely different to say that sitting by ANY kids ruins a meal.
    Fortunately, your kids are good at restaurants, never a problem, (and thats not a proud grammacindy talking, its the truth) but unfortunately, so many parents aren't diligent like you are about their kids behaving, so many look at it like its a night out for them so the restaurant can babysit them, or at least that seems to be the kids we get to sit beside. Its not the kids fault at all, it the parents. Its like people saying Rotties are mean, mine isn't, but he was trained better. I don't take offense cause I know there are a lot of mean ones out there, owners who make them that way. I'm not thrilled with unruly adults either, and in fact, just the other day we were at a restaurant and some lady was unbeliveably loud and bousterous, and I understand it was a bar type (Beef O'Bradys) but it was totally uncalled for, and I made a face at her a couple of times, but she didn't care, and I HAVE asked to be moved away from loud adults also.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kycha View Post
    Unfortunately, I have worse luck on airplanes with kids. On an 8 hour overnight flight to Ireland, there was an infant(seated 2 rows ahead of me) that cried the entire flight.
    Oh my gosh, this happened to me on every leg of my flights to and from Hawaii this summer. I felt sorry for the infant but especially coming back I was at the end of a very long, stressful business trip and really needed to sleep or at least have some quiet. There isn't an easy answer in that case as they didn't have the option to take the kid out, but restaurants are a different story.

    I would never take my kids to V&A even at 8 and 10, and am glad to know if DH and I sprung for a special meal there that there wouldn't be other children there who didn't behave properly.

    We do eat out frequently and our kids behave well in restaurants, but Disney is a different story. Kids are tired, parents are tired, everyone is cranky, and my kids bicker more than usual. In fact we had an ADR at California Grill and I thought better of it and canceled remembering that the trip is for them, too, and decided to eat someplace more child-friendly that night. No point ruining someone else's expensive dinner.

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    I didn't even realize that children had been allowed to dine at V&A's.

    Only on our last trip to WDW have we taken our boys (who were 11 and 9 at the time) to a "nice" restaurant. We brought them with us to Artist Point and they were well-behaved little gentleman. DH and I have eaten there before and been exposed to the worst behavior out of children (one episode included puking but I won't go there). Kids running around, jumping in chairs (while mommy tossed down her third or fourth cocktail) and other ill behavior.

    It all depends on the parents, IMO. Our boys know better than to show their behinds in public. If they "lose their mind" at the dinner table they are immediately escorted to either the bathroom or outside and told that they better do a 180 or we will ALL be going home and appropriate punishment doled out.

    Also, I've seen plenty of poor behavior out of adults, too. Too bad they can't check your attitude at the hostess podium, might save a lot of people some trouble.

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