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I feel sorry for the kids...having spineless,/weak/scared/ unconscious/stupid/uncaring parents who offer no "guidance" is a detriment to kids....they'll grow up to be like the parents!!!
The prices in a restaurant should make no difference on behavior. Bad behavior is BAD anywhere.
I feel sorry for the kids...having spineless,/weak/scared/ unconscious/stupid/uncaring parents who offer no "guidance" is a detriment to kids....they'll grow up to be like the parents!!!
Huh?
What "guidance" exactly should a parent offer to a 2-year old who is throwing a tantrum (as two year olds will do from time to time)?
Why so much anger toward parents? Your string of adjectives is just dripping with anger.
Just think kids will be kids and thank goodness it's not yours, lol
Yes I do. I normally don't go to restaurants that cater to children so I feel like I have some right to an expectation of a quiet meal. My child has never behaved that way, don't bring your kid out to a restaurant if they can't behave.
What "guidance" exactly should a parent offer to a 2-year old who is throwing a tantrum (as two year olds will do from time to time)?
Why so much anger toward parents? Your string of adjectives is just dripping with anger.
The "guidence" that you offer a 2 year old is to take them outside to the car and explain the error of their ways and let them know in no uncertain terms that they're NOT behaving properly and will not go back in until they do. I've had to eat a few cold dinners in a to-go container in my car while I settled down our son but that's the price of having a child and going out. After that few it never happened again.
Even when he was a baby and crabby, if he started screaming either in a store or eatery one of us would take him outside until he calmed down. We feel that we don't have the right to impose our "little darling" on everyone else who's paying for a meal or acting normally.
A 3 or 4 year old girl was crying in a restaurant and her mom was getting frustrated. The mom slapped the little girl up side the head and yelled "now stop crying!" I got up and told the mother that that was just about the dumbest damn thing I had ever seen or heard. You slap a small child on the head and actually expect them to NOT cry? She told me mind my own business. Turned out the little girl had an open safety pin sticking her in the leg and it was hurting her!
What "guidance" exactly should a parent offer to a 2-year old who is throwing a tantrum (as two year olds will do from time to time)?
Why so much anger toward parents? Your string of adjectives is just dripping with anger.
Why is anyone who disagrees with you "dripping with anger?
People who can't controltheir children are exactly as I described...they can choose one or two or more adjectives but they fit if they have the kinds of kids described in the OP which did not mention age and that doesn't matter anyway but it was nice of someone to direct you on how to handle a two year old.
I'm sorry you think NOT guiding children helps them in any way...it doesn't and I won't apologize for caring about these children having parents as described in my post.
A 3 or 4 year old girl was crying in a restaurant and her mom was getting frustrated. The mom slapped the little girl up side the head and yelled "now stop crying!" I got up and told the mother that that was just about the dumbest damn thing I had ever seen or heard. You slap a small child on the head and actually expect them to NOT cry? She told me mind my own business. Turned out the little girl had an open safety pin sticking her in the leg and it was hurting her!
Thank goodness it is not my kids...
Parents really need to know their kids limits.
Some kids are different than others and cannot sit down for whatever reason (most age 2-3). My child went through a stage like that. What we figured out is: we could do fast food "restaurants", buffets, or we could do breakfast in a regular sit down place. Cause breakfast is served a LOT faster and they would be hungrier at breakfast not having eaten before that. So they would sit for that.
Letting kids run around a regular restaurant is a pet peeve for me! Man, your kid could be seriously hurt if they run into a waitress with a tray of hot food. Or a coffee pot. Honestly, you don't see it happen too often.
And yes, when I went to DW I did see a lot of meltdown kids. Mostly because I think they were exhausted and very little kids. They really were overstimulated and need to take a nap.
I feel sorry for the kids...having spineless,/weak/scared/ unconscious/stupid/uncaring parents who offer no "guidance" is a detriment to kids....they'll grow up to be like the parents!!!
The prices in a restaurant should make no difference on behavior. Bad behavior is BAD anywhere.
Well, I guess what I mean is that at a Macaroni Grill type place loud laughing and a yell or two aren't really going to upset anyone....but at a quiet, elegant place, it will. Honestly, who brings their kids to those kind of places??
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