This is a terrible idea. As a former foster care parent, this policy would have been both insulting and inconvenient. No, we could not always afford a baby sitter, and eating in restaurants teaches children valuable social skills. The easiest solution is to manage each situation individually.
Incidentally, your friend is a narcissist, and I would not want to eat within 3 feet of him. :p. Just kidding. Seriously though, as a schoolteacher, I'm concerned when I hear adults say they hate children, because such a statement has significant sociological implications. The more we ostracize children, the more difficult it will be for our society to appropriately raise them.
Of course we should have child-free restaurants. Comparing age restrictions to "racial discrimination" and the 1964 Civil Rights Act is deplorable. We have age restrictions on many things, and unless you think toddlers should be allowed to operate a motor vehicle, vote, belly up to a bar and drink, buy tobacco products, gamble in a casino, party in a strip club etc., etc.... you're a hypocrite.
Is anyone else aware they have not paid the artists or vendors ?
76 people here didn't get the thanks Obama joke.... Haha
If you can't afford a sitter, you can't afford to eat at a sit-down restaurant.
First world problems to the extreme.
I would happily pay more to dine at a child-free restaurant. If you think banning children from a restaurant is discrimination, then using the same moronic logic, so is restricting tobacco and alcohol sales to minors. In most cities children aren't allowed in bars, strip clubs, horse tracks or on casino floors, are you whiny parents going to equate this to "racial discrimination", too?
When a parent has a child, regardless if that child has diagnoses', it is the PARENTs responsibility ALONE to parent that child and not force the world around them to deal with a child THEY chose to bare. If your child has issues, it is YOUR responsibility to make arrangements for that child while you go out. If you can't afford it, you do not have the right to force the rest of the world to deal with your life because YOU CHOSE to be a parent. Everyone knows having children is expensive and comes with sacrifices....so own up to what you KNEW and be a responsible parent - get a baby sitter or stay home and deal with YOUR CHOICE.
I wonder what MLK Jr. would think of his struggle being marginalized like this.
And uh, hello, if you idiots taught your brats how to behave in public, there'd be no need for kid bans in the first place. But oh no, that's personal responsibility and thus is too haaaaaard, and you'd rather the world cater to you and your spawn. HOW ABOUT NO. I wish there were a lot more kid-free restaurants!
I don't see what the big deal is. Some places are just not suitable for children, just as some places are not suitable for pets. Why the f**k would you take a toddler or preschooler to an expensive sushi restaurant anyway? They aren't going to enjoy it or remember it. Take 'em to Denny's or TGI-Fridays or any of those chains where they cater to families. I know many parents who would LOVE to go to a childfree restaurant so they can remember what it's like to be their own person instead of just a mom or dad. And to the stupid b**ch MomOf4...well uh FUC* no I don't want him throwing food at me. Who the FUC* wants food thrown at them? Do I want a 4 year old staring at me all night? Uh. NO Do I want a kid constantly running up and down the aisle, banging into my table all night? Again a big NO. Do I realize I have to put up with this if I want to eat at Golden Corral buffet or Denny's? Yep. But it's sure nice to know there are other, more upscale options that cater to ADULTS and not children. Because NO, not all adults LIKE children. We don't all see them as the "future of America" or the little "princesses" and "princes" that a lot of people do. We don't think drool is cute, snot is cute, or grubby hands are cute. We don't want to be "waved" at over and over again or cornered by a mom with a baby in her buggy saying "Say Hi" "Say Hi" "Say Hi" over and over and over again. Get over yourselves!!!
Children are NOT a protected class, and therefore cannot be discriminated against. People that are complaining about this are probably the same ones who have the rotten kids no one can stand to be around. Entitled, narcissistic, bad parents can be directly blamed for this trend. Start policing your own, people.
Also, if I'm ever in KC, I will be going to this restaurant.
Really, Momof4_83 - I should be prepared to go out and spend a lot of money on a restaurant meal and not only be prepared, but be EXPECTED to have your little brat throw food at me and sit at my table? No, it's YOU that is all that's wrong with America - and for the majority of Americans responding and disagreeing with you (how very dare they!) just where do you want them to go back to?
There is nothing worse than having your whole evening ruined by someone else's screaming brat, whose parents refuse to consider anyone else's rights, and getting a mouthful of abuse should you have the audacity to complain. YOU are what is wrong - YOUR parenting is at fault, not other people's desire to enjoy a quiet evening in adult company.
PS. Why do kids get to have the chocolate fountains and cotton candy to themselves? Having said that, I don't want to eat what your uncontrolled brat has just stuck his filthy hand in anyway....
The key word is 'well behaved'. That comes in all colors, shapes, sizes and ages. I quite enjoy visiting Germany, among other European countries. Dogs and children are permitted in restaurants and food markets. The dog and the children were best behaved on both counts. The only and I mean ONLY place I experienced a tantrum thrower was on the military base as my friend shopped. Yes. Shamefully it was an American's child that wanted a toy.
Whoa, whoa WHOA. Are you *really* equating not being able to take your kids to a restaurant with racial discrimination?
Wow.
Sorry, no. Your heart-tugging example of a black girl not being allowed into a restaurant is a bullshit comparison, because Queen Bey would be banned *for life* from that restaurant because of a trait she could not ever change.
All your kid has to do is wait until he/she is old enough to enter. Their being not old enough is not in any way an immutable trait. We put age-gates on activities ALL THE TIME, because it is well established that while maturity levels can vary, a base standard of conduct can be relatively (though not perfectly) enforced by limiting access to human beings with enough life experience. See: Driving, vehicle rental, access to films, smoking, drinking, voting, property ownership, credit cards, checking accounts, etc etc etc.
Essentially, what we're saying is "by [target age], the probability that an individual either can participate responsibly in, or will not disrupt an environment or activity is high enough to allow access" It's as simple as that. Even if your 5 year old is perfectly behaved at all times, unfortunately the vast majority of them cannot be counted on to have the same level of maturity, and alas, you'll have to wait.
So yeah sorry, your "THIS IS TOTALLY LIKE RACISM YOU GUYS" argument is hollow, and perhaps a little insulting -(but i'll leave that one to others to evaluate.)
Ban kids. Who cares. Blame faulty white parents who have entitlement issues. Kids should not be allowed to walk around restaurants or scream and throw tantrums in a place where people are trying to enjoy a meal. If you can't keep that stuff under wrap than its time for you to take your food to go and leave. There are kid friendly spots you can go but even then you should be able to keep your kids in check and if not its time to go.
I'm sorry, but are you really spending $30 a plate to take your obnoxious kid out for Sushi? No one is banning kids from Red Robin, so I would kindly have you step off of your pedestal on this one. If I am dropping more than $50 to go out to eat, drink my drink, and enjoy adult conversation, I don't think it is unreasonable to be in a kid-free environment. There are plenty, PLENTY, of kid friendly establishments that you can choose to go to that do not (and will never) ban children. Having a few options for the single adults (or adults with babysitters *gasp*) is really not asking that much.
I love it how anyone who sits back to judge the movie rather than enjoy it tends to forget what superman is. It's a movie based on a COMIC BOOK franchise not an academy award forerunner. This movie WAS the epitome of what a comic book movie should be. There was no reason to "kneel before Zod," because Zod was krypton's warrior, a defender of sorts. He was not some power hungry dictator.
Man of steel 8 of out 10.
Jonathan Swift's A MODEST PROPOSAL comes to mind.
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Re: “Restaurants that ban children? Really?”
How is banning children from restaurants is a form of age discrimation? Technically, restaurant ban children from their establishment is legal. It's just like selling alcohol,tobacco and lottery, some restaurants put on a age restriction is base on what kind of clientele that restaurant want to target more. Not all restaurants has a children's menu, so you're going to aspect to see an age restrictions at restaurants.
There are some restaurants that have signs saying no screaming allowed. We need parents to step up and taking action by taking their screaming child outside so they don't interrupt other patrons in the establishment. Parents, you need to tell you children that going to a restaurant is a privilege not a right and teach them proper etiquette and manners when they go to a public place. It seem to me that some parents today, are too lazy to teach their children anything or giving them any displine of any kind. What is this world coming to? There are parents today that think that their children have the right to be in any restaurant and allow their kids to display an unruly behavior in any public establishment and not do anything about it. I'm not saying not all parents are like that but some parents who let their children get away with everything should not only arrested but their children taken away. I'm sorry but having a child that is act so unruly in public is totally unacceptable, there are people in society that don't think children screaming and act up in public is cute. Children who throw tantrums and scream their lungs out with no reason are acting like a bunch of banshee, no offense but it annoying and irritating. But to the parents who teach their children manner, I don't have a problem with you, it these self-entitlement parents I have issues with. If you going to take your kid out anywhere, start at home then work your way out into the public.