Shocked!!!

It's better than having a supervisor order them to get out of the restaurant if, their child don't behave. So much just like one of those airplanes did to one family when their child started misbehaving. Don't want to see this to happen in a restaurant.....

A lesson to learn for all parents.
 
dead money said:
personally that doesnt offend me at all. Times have changed, times have changed.

family time now? = whenever you can get it.
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if i have my own family, I would make sure that we have family time together.
 
VamPyroX said:
Perhaps, the child has ADHD or autism... and that was one of those things that would keep the kid calm?

I do know that some people who have wild kids can only calm them down with an iPod or a portable DVD player. The same goes for those DVD players in the car. :)
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So thats why my mom did that! I been wondering about that
 
Tousi said:
What did your mother do? What were you wondering? What do you now think she should have done, if you're in disagreement?
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lol no disagree i meant she did same thing to me when i was little I have adhd same :) i was always wondering why my mom was being so nice when i was being bad
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Well, As we know family time is not always centered at the table in this century. Time has changed, family time can be encountered with various arrangement such as a trip, gathering, events, so and on.

So, Yeah, In particular with the dinner time issue - it is also family time and I have nothing against it. As for the children behaving at the table, there are reasons to do that especially if the child has special needs or whatanot.

I rarely go out to a restaurant with my children because during the meal, they will eat but they will also not be able to sit still through out the meal. It is quite embarrassing when I get a lot of weird looks from other people watching us whenever my autistic son starts to act up, rather, starts to pinch or to bite me and gets into one of his "out of blue" crying session for no reasons. I've tried to keep him occupied (with coloring books, portable dvd player, Nintendo DS, etc) while waiting for the meal to be delivered to the table and not only that, when I try to eat, I can't even eat off my plate during the meal because that is when my attention diverts on to my son.

So, eating at home is much easier and it's less stressing for both of us.
 
if you ever want to point a finger at anything, blame television. Not some show on televison, just the concept of television in general. Before tv, there was radio and you could eat as a family and still have the radio on. Television simply just changed everything. In the 1940's and before people grew up just knowing only where they grew up/where they lived. Or photos. Or through reading. The whole concept of seeing something LIVE without having to leave your home? It was worse than the crack cocaine of the 80's. EVERYONE had to get a tv lol. Then prime time was introduced. Ofc prime time is when you expect everybody to be home so they will watch the best the netoworks had to offer.... but it was also dinner/supper time for most everyone as well. So slowly but surely it became everyone being at the table, listening to the radio communicating about your day to the invention of the tv tray and i love lucy while wolfing down your mamas roast beef. it was just a transition that got worse in the 60's 70's and 80's with cable and the invention of VHS machines/beta. Then came video games, walkmans to now where you can be entertained all day with ipods, iphones and portable televisions. Sunday dinner? What the fuck is that? Law and Order is on! Survivor is on! So yeah.

kill your televison.
 
jillio said:
Exactly. Many restaurants supply coloring books or placemats with puzzles, etc. to keep children entertained while they wait for their meal. Such restaurants haven't been accused of encouraging bad parenting practices.

Children are children. They do not have the ability to simply sit and wait for extended periods of time. They have not developed the patience of adults, and cannot be expected to behave as adults.
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And... they had to close Jack Astors. (Except for Canada.) :(

One thing I liked about that place was that they used huge paper for table cloths.

This allowed deaf customers to communicate with the server (if necessary) and also allowed everyone to have fun with drawings, games, etc. :)
 
VamPyroX said:
And... they had to close Jack Astors. (Except for Canada.) :(

One thing I liked about that place was that they used huge paper for table cloths.

This allowed deaf customers to communicate with the server (if necessary) and also allowed everyone to have fun with drawings, games, etc. :)
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Shame they had to close. What a wonderful, low cost, simple solution to several problems!
 
jillio said:
Shame they had to close. What a wonderful, low cost, simple solution to several problems!
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There's another restaurant that does the same thing, but with white paper for table cloth instead of brown like at Jack Astor's. I only ate there once or twice. It might have been Macaroni's. :dunno:
 
VamPyroX said:
There's another restaurant that does the same thing, but with white paper for table cloth instead of brown like at Jack Astor's. I only ate there once or twice. It might have been Macaroni's. :dunno:
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I haven't eaten in a Macaroni's Grille for a long, long time, but I think I do remember the white paper table cloths, now that you mention it.
 
jillio said:
I haven't eaten in a Macaroni's Grille for a long, long time, but I think I do remember the white paper table cloths, now that you mention it.
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Know what I realized?

Every time I went to Jack Astor's or Macaroni's with friends, our discussions often ended up being artistic or visual with anything related to paper. ;)

If only Jack Astor's was around, I could take my future children there and let them get creative while my wife and I chat. But then again, my wife and I might get creative too. ;)
 
VamPyroX said:
Know what I realized?

Every time I went to Jack Astor's or Macaroni's with friends, our discussions often ended up being artistic or visual with anything related to paper. ;)

If only Jack Astor's was around, I could take my future children there and let them get creative while my wife and I chat. But then again, my wife and I might get creative too. ;)
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Yep, another advantage. Inspires creativity in thought and action.

Be careful how creative you and the wife get in public, though!:giggle:
 
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