The owner of McDain’s Restaurant and Golf Center in Monroeville, Pa (outside of Pittsburgh) has decided that kids under the age of 6 are banned from dining at his restaurant. From the WSJ:
It has also sparked strong opinions among those who applaud his decision and those against it. Mr. Vuick said he had received 2,000 emails, running 11-to-1 in favor of his decision.
“I’m doing this on behalf of all the kind, refined people who have emailed me who have had meals ruined,” said Mr. Vuick, a former high-school sociology and psychology teacher. “I’ve decided someone in our society had to dig their heels in on this issue.”
I doubt that this is the beginning of a mass movement to remove children from restaurants. But there is no doubt (to me) that kids don’t learn how to behave in restaurants if they don’t get to go. On the other hand, parents should be sensitive to the fact that a kid who is inconsolable or loudly disruptive is disrupting a whole room of people and those people deserve some consideration too.
What do you think?