I'm taking a poll here..?

Question

If you were in a restauraunt and a child was crying and wouldn't stop would you say something to the parents?

Answer 1

It's not their fault. Just imagine being in their shoes, can you imagine how embarassing that must be. But, I would rather see a family together, than have them pawn their child off on a babysitter just for the convience of others. They have every right to be there. Just try to be tolerant and understanding. I am sure that they are doing the best they can to keep the baby happy.

Answer 2

It all depends on why the child is crying in the first place. For instance, if the child was hit (not spanked) then YES I would definitely say something. If the child was crying because he or she is hungry then I would not say anything at all. It really depends on the situation at hand. All children have a certain time of being crabby; it is called the crabby hour. I being a mother myself, have experienced this first hand. I figured out when the crabby hour was really fast and decided that would be the time I stayed at home so as not to interupt anyone elses time of being out.

Answer 3

How old of a child are we talking about? I have a 2 1/2 yr. old that doesn't always act the best in the world, but someone had better not criticize me about it, especially some one that doesn't know me and in a public place, cause you could be sure that if someone didn't get punched in the mouth they would get a peice of my mind for sure. When it comes to small children they don't understand anything but what they want at the time and if they're not getting it they will cry no matter what type of punishment you give them. I wouldn't say anything about that, but someone who can't control their older children is a different story depending on the type of mood I'm in.

Answer 4

No because I've been on the other side of that one. I'm not a parent but I was with friends who are. And at times there really isn't much you can do. If they're courteous at all they'll take their kid for a walk outside or something. But sometimes you just can't get a baby to quit crying.

Answer 5

Absolutely not. I suppose you have to be a parent or be around children often to understand this. Children cry for a variety of different reasons, they are hungry, tired, etc. they could be in pain, teething, toothache, just had a shot at the doctor.

I have 8 year old triplet girls, 6 year old daughter, 4 year old daughter & three year old son. They have been brought up in nice restaurants ( i am a big advocate of taking small children to restuarants as early and a soften as you can so they learn how to behave. Of course never start out at a fine dining rest., choose a kid friendly family rest. I can understand if my child was disrupting dinner and the table next to ours was occupied by a lovely couple on one of their first few dates, staring into each other's eyes etc., then it is my responsibility to remove my child.

What really pisses me off is when I am at a family type rest. (not shoneys etc.) but chilis applebees etc, where they serve booze, but not where you take a date for a romantic diinner. Once we were in a local rest., where my family has frequented for years (so often we have a house charge there) It was a Monday night (not date night) Monday night football just started so it was loud anway. the couplle next to our table of 12, was a couple. he was obviously on a first -5th date, trying to impress her by ordering the Lobster (definatley not the place to order lobster) My little girl was crying, I was speaking to her, she was not answering me (not being defiant but b/c she is deaf, she has a choclea implant but the battery was dead, so she could not hear me @all or anything else for that matter.
This very rude man said " you need to learn to gain control over your kids, they don't even answer you when you call their name& she is ruining my dinner. I normally never say anything rude, but i was mad. i said " No sir she is not ignoring me she is deaf, she had menagitis at age 2 and lost all hearing permanently, we are doing the best we can" then i said my kids are acting appropriate, we are sitting in the t.v. room for the N.F.L., Monday night game , you sir need to do your research on rest. b4 trying to impress a date b/c this is family night and this is not were you go for an intimate private quiet date. the girl laughed & he turned red as ham.

Answer 6

No, I wouldn't. Hopefully they are doing the best they can.

Bringing a small child in to an R rated movie however, is when I say something

Answer 7

If the crying continues, unabated for more than 3 minutes, ask their waitress if could ask if there is anything she could bring that would help quiet the child. If not the waitress/waiter, ask for head waiter or manager to see if they could assist. If not, ask for your check, have your dinner prepared to go, and leave. Be sure to tell management why.

Or, it this happens frequently, have some suckers in your purse/pocket to offer the family.

Answer 8

No. You never know the reason they are upset. An they paretns should handle it on there own. Plus if anyone should say anything it should be the manager of the restaurant. If it bothers then you should eat at higher priced restaurants where people dont take kids.

Answer 9

We take our son outside when he isn't behaving. He's four. Too bad more parents don't do likewise. Sure, it means either my husband or I don't get to sit through dinner, but the alternative is spoiling the dinner of 30-60 more people. I don't recommend confronting the parents. I would complain to the management, so they can talk to the parents.

Answer 10

If it kept up, i would have to say something to the manager. I hate it when people bring their young kids to the movie theatre! I'm trying to watch the movie, which i paid $8 for, and there's some kid crying his eyes out, because he's tired, or he wants more popcorn, or he's being bad, etc. People have no intelligence anymore!!