Noisy children in restaurants

[Mich the Tester]

Bonkers

This is CUK General you know.

[doodab]

I've also noticed how French and Italian people generally give their children the sort of upbringing that makes that a perfectly responsible thing to do, unlike many British, or worse still, Dutch parents.

French and Italian children are still noisy and run amok though. The difference isn't in the parental attitude so much as the attitude of people at large, who in "everyday" sorts of places are all together more tolerant than people in the UK.

[Gibbon]

In other words, the best moment was when the little buggers left home.

In one!

[MarillionFan]

Nice. Remind me never to have the misfortune of sharing public transport with you or your brood.

If you didn't think about the potential harm that flying can impact on a young baby, and also threatened the people in front of you with physical assault, then I'm surprised you weren't arrested on landing for being a danger to others. Others have been arrested for far less.

So you're saying that kids shouldn't be allowed on planes now then right?

[PrinceNamor]

French and Italian children are still noisy and run amok though. The difference isn't in the parental attitude so much as the attitude of people at large, who in "everyday" sorts of places are all together more tolerant than people in the UK.

Spot on.

[SueEllen]

French and Italian children are still noisy and run amok though. The difference isn't in the parental attitude so much as the attitude of people at large, who in "everyday" sorts of places are all together more tolerant than people in the UK.

I never seen French, Belgian, Spanish and Scandinavian children running around in and shouting restaurants in their own countries though when their parents, grandparents or another adult member of their family is present.

I have seen them noisy and running amok on their own particularly if they are teenage.

That's the difference.

[Halo Jones]

Over here this is common knowledge, so you have two types of places, the ones with lots of kids in where the clientele know what to expect and are a bit more indulgent and the ones without any kids in where they are quite rightly upset if you turn up with a noisy child. So basically, if you want child free dining go somewhere that doesn't have high chairs and a kids menu. Otherwise, be prepared to deal with children being children.

Make sense,

it's just not that simple as you will allways get people taking kids to where they are not wanted & adults wanting a quit life in a kid orientated place

[ChimpMaster]

Not everyone in the UK is part of a small nuclear family.

Unfortunately for some of my nephews and nieces they clearly have some of the same genes as me.

Was very amusing when their parents couldn't work out where a particular feature came from.

Hermaphrodite?

[Mich the Tester]

Spot on.

French and Italian people are generally more tolerant because they aren't subjected to so many chavs, jobsworths, incompetent ´helpdesk´ agents and other assorted gits every day. And the weather's better.

[GreenLabel]

In what resepct? Do you just dislike them in general? Were you ever a small child? I guess mummy and daddy always had you under perfect control. It seems society today is so anti children - its refreshing to go to Italy or France were its the norm to take children out with you for a meal.

I wouldn't describe the Italians as pro-children. Italy has one of the lowest birth rates on the planet.