ladies, I was just wondering your thoughts on bringing young children to restaurants?
I read a article that said a owner of a restaurant would not allow children 6 and under to eat there anymore.
Would you agree or disagree with him?
I think it's fine to bring children to all kinds of restaurants. Parents can't controll their child's behaviour, and it's only anoying to me when the parents think it's cute or funny when their children are being rude and disrespectful. To me I don't mind unrully children as long as the parents are correcting their child's wrong actions, or after a while if the child can't behave they leave and take the child home. I mean we were all children once. You can't keep children behind the same four walls all day every day.
I don't mind taking my 2 year old cousin to Timmies. (even though people stare when she starts to get crazy, lol, me and Lazlow just try to talk to her and tell her that she needs to use her indoor voice).
Do you bring your children out to restaurants or on outings with you?

I've taken my son to restaurants, and sometimes it can be a bit of a handfull! I think maybe some of the 5 star restaurants perhaps aren't really the place for small children, but I don't think they should be banned! Sometimes you have to think about the other customers, but they also have to understand you can't always reason with a young child! lol.

It would depend on the type of restaurant. I wouldn't take my kids to an upscale 5-star restaurant, at least not until they're older, but most other places it's totally fine. I also agree that it gets kind of annoying when the parents think their child(ren)'s behavior is funny and they don't deal with it, but I understand that kids aren't perfectly behaved all the time.

I think that children of all ages should be welcome at any restaurant (barring ones that are adult oriented) before 11am and between 2pm and 5pm. Those are non peak hours in most restaurants and it is a great time to acclimatize a child to the more upscale environment. I agree with the restaurant denying children access because they have the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason.

I don't think there should be any restrictions on if and when a child can and cannot be at a restaurant. I think it's rude. Kids will be kids, no matter what. It's not like the parents know that their child is suddenly going to start crying, yelling, or throwing food haha. It only annoys me when a child is doing something he/she shouldn't be and the parents are ignoring it and not doing a thing about it.

I have no issue with that. A child should not be at a fancy restaurant anyway. If you want to bring your kid to a restaurant go to a family one. I don't want my child "just being a kid" and distrupting someone else's night. They didn't bring my kid so why should she ruin it for them? Now if t was more casual and for families I'd still care but I feel like it's not as "important" (Can't think of another word) because going there you'd expect families and not romantic evenings. KWIM?