Kids with rude parents in public.

Once again, a nice lunch out was nearly ruined by loud, unruly kids who were bothering everyone within earshot(meaning, the entire restaurant). Went to Pan Tai on Union St. with my mom, and 2 kids(I'd say 5 or 6 yrs), old enough to know better, proceeded to get up from the table, amuse themselves LOUDLY, while not once did either parent try to make them sit at the table or to be a little quiet, since they were out in public, not at home.

I understand that sometimes you need to bring your kids to lunch or dinner with you, but they should also be taught(at least at the age of these kids) to have manners because they are out in public and need to act differently than when at home.

What do you think? Am I being unreasonable, because I don't have kids, or should the parents at least make an effort to control their kids when out in public?

ps

I was with my mom, and she went over to the table to say something to them. She was very nice about it, just commenting that the kids were very loud and people were being bothered by it over the little divider between the tables. The woman was very nice and apologetic, while the man told her to "go away, don't bother me with this", while he went back to his cell phone conversation. Anyway....

wow thats crazy. the best way to deal with other peoples kids is to trip them when they run by. another technique is to slide an empty chair in their path. Or walk by them, accidentally trip and use them to break your fall.

Ok back to reality....the best way to deal with it is to get a manager.

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Hi-I agree with all you said and I love kids. But manners seem to not be taught anymore.

No, you are not being unreasonable. I have kids and it gets on my nerves to see kids that can not behave in public and the parents let them get away with it. Whats worse is a parent yelling the F word at the kid in public and saying they are going to get a beating when they get home.
Once I seen a woman yelling at a kid coming out of a store yelling the F word at her kid saying wait till you get home you are going to get a beating.
I stepped out of my car and said, "Listen here lady, I just took your tag number and if you don't straighten out and treat your kid better you will be getting a call from Social Services. Of coarse she got defensive and called me a bad word. The kid looked at me and whispered "Thank You"
Some parents are clueless on how to get their kids to behave and some parents themselves do not know how to behave in public. Maybe the kids do not know how to behave because the parents are to busy to give them some attention, hence went back to the cell phone. ERRR how about breaking the darn cell phone and paying attention to your kids.

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SLACKER i'M WITH YOU...I can't stand hearing parents cursing at kids. I mean come on now. I think there's a rule that you can't curse at a kid until they are 14...and even then you are to do it in the privacy of your own home.

Your are correct, this is why I do not go out to dinner anymore. I always thought there should be a LAW that kids under 12 can not be in a restaurant after 7pm. Ace you don't want to trip the I want to punch the parents in the face. I bet their parents never let them act that way.

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Yeah. I am thinking we need more "adult friendly" restaurants in DE! I read somewhere recently a post saying DE does not have enough kid friendly restaurants. Every one of them is, apparently!! Jeez...

Remember back in the day when Delaware had "NO SMOKING" sections in restaurants? I've always said that there should be "NO CHILDREN" sections.

My solution: If we're seating ourselves ... I scan the area for children (and avoid any area with children). If a host/hostess is seating us ... I ask him/her for a section without children (hopefully they catch on not to seat children near us). I refuse to spend my hard-earned money for a nice, peaceful dinner when there are screaming children nearby.

Myth: Teachers like all children and can tolerate ill-mannered ones, too.
Not in my world!