If other customers are being hindered in their enjoyment? Yes, they should have to be kicked out. If you can't control your kids, don't go out with them to places where they hinder others. Get a babysitter, for fuck's sake. Your neighbour's teen is not expensive, you can probably hire her for a night for thirty bucks to look after that brat.conflictofinterests said:I'm on the side of parents here. Their lives already conform around the wants and needs of their children. You don't have to boot them out of a god-forsaken MOVIE THEATER for the one time they get out of the house for recreational purposes a MONTH.
And I see points of both sides: it takes just one couple who don't control their kids. In a restaurant with enough space for 40 people? That already has a big chance of going wrong. In a plane with a few hundred? Even more so. But yeah, if you can control your kid, it is somewhat unfair to say you can't do all of that. On the other hand: most of the current age regulations are unfair anyhow, and somehow people seem to be in favour of those.
EDIT: Most important thing: THEY CHOSE TO BE PARENTS. If they're not prepared to face the consequences of that, they should've used a rubber or something. And yes, those consequences may include measures like this.
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I go to a restaurant to have a nice dinner in a calm environment with friends or (grown up) family members. I have a problem with noisy kids whose parents won't correct them and no, that doesn't make me a whiny little baby (nice ad hominem, by the way).A Distant Star said:In short, if you have a problem with kids sharing a restaurant with you, I think you should grow up and stop being such a whinny little baby.