Smoking Ban Loses in Senate by 1 Vote

chipj29 · 03-21-2007, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Rose

Why would parents bring young children to a restaurant where the average price for a complete meal is over $50 per person? Get a babysitter. And certainly, don't let your children run around the restaurant screaming and doing a clog dance on the wooden stairs while you sit at your table yelling "Artemis, come here...Artemis, stop that...girls, behave." Why should my celebratory dinner be ruined because of parents who can't control their kids? And it's just teaching them that they can act however they want wherever they want.

My dog behaves better than that, and he's much cuter.

If one can afford to bring their children to a restaurant, why shouldn't they bring them?

Rose · 03-21-2007, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by chipj29

If one can afford to bring their children to a restaurant, why shouldn't they bring them?

I didn't say they couldn't, I said I didn't understand why they'd want to.

If their children are well-behaved, fine. But if they're not, they should stay at home with a babysitter until they are mature enough to handle it.

I know it's an old-fashioned notion, but parents need to set boundaries for their children, not coddle their every whim. Unless of course, those parents don't mind me imposing boundaries on their children when they infiltrate my mine.

EricP · 03-21-2007, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rose

I didn't say they couldn't, I said I didn't understand why they'd want to.

If their children are well-behaved, fine. But if they're not, they should stay at home with a babysitter until they are mature enough to handle it.

I know it's an old-fashioned notion, but parents need to set boundaries for their children, not coddle their every whim. Unless of course, those parents don't mind me imposing boundaries on their children when they infiltrate my mine.

I agree, there's way to much coddling out there now.

Sunrise Point · 03-21-2007, 07:25 PM

Rose, you're not too old to "get" it. Attitudes have changed in the last several years and I'm often not sure what to make of some parents.

I try to put myself in their shoes and wonder, are they too tired to deal with the children? Did the sitter cancel at the last minute? Is this restaurant meal the first contact they have had with the children since early AM when they left for work?

I don't know the answers.

03-21-2007, 07:25 PM	#4
Sunrise Point Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Meredith Center / Winnisquam Posts: 250 Thanks: 87 Thanked 34 Times in 21 Posts	Rose, you're not too old to "get" it. Attitudes have changed in the last several years and I'm often not sure what to make of some parents. I try to put myself in their shoes and wonder, are they too tired to deal with the children? Did the sitter cancel at the last minute? Is this restaurant meal the first contact they have had with the children since early AM when they left for work? I don't know the answers.