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Originally Posted by Jmo77011
We have two kids, ages 6 and almost 3, and another one on the way. I think it is fine to ban kids from certain restaurants. We usually go to family friendly restaurants, but when we do get the occasional "date night", the last thing I want to hear is a screaming child! My kids are usually pretty well behaved in restaurants, but we have definatley asked to have our meals boxed and left in the middle of a meal if someone has a meltdown. I wouldn't say that's good parenting, just common courtesy.
As a side note, I wish that airlines would have family friendly flights. We are a military family and we have to fly quite often. It would be so much easier if certain flights were kid friendly. Mine are pretty used to flying, but if there was a flight that offered a kid friendly movie, snacks, etc, I'd book that in a second! And every flight has the crying baby...I know, I have had the crying baby a few times!
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Not to derail this thread, but I was on a flight from Manchester to Philadelphia back in April of this year, and was sitting next to two kids, around the ages 6 to 8 years old, their mom, and their grandmother. They were headed to Disneyland in FL.
The grandmother was most definately "in charge" of the group and had packed an impressive "busy bag" of activities, books, puzzles, snacks, and kept the kids engaged the whole time. The kids were great - but they weren't left to sit and stare out a window or play video games - they were kept busy. Bored kids usually make trouble - those two little ones didn't have an opportunity to get bored or complain. (The kids had better manners and social skills than the flight attendant I encountered that day - whoo, lemme tell ya!)
Anyhow, I took notes and that encounter gave me ideas for keeping my own two boys from being the Destructo Brothers while we're out - whether its a day trip or something more. I learned a lot on that short flight!
