Kids in Public

This has always bothered me. I accept that there are certain family spaces. I don't go to Chuck E. Cheese (do they still exist?) because it's a family space. Likewise, I would like spaces for adults only. Years ago, I took a good friend to Tavern On The Green in New York City. They were having a children's birthday party and it was annoying because those children didn't appreciate the restaurant and were just running around.

Parents even take their children to R rated movies these days. Nobody under 18 should be allowed into an R rated movie, no exceptions!

I want adult only spaces.

Before everything was shut down, me and a gal pal went to a bar/restaurant and a couple was at the bar with their two fucking young kids. My friend always says "there's a baby at the bar" as loud as she can. Why do they not at least sit at a table. The bar is for adults.

[quote] I want adult only spaces.

They have these. They usually have signs that say XXX on the outside cause kids can’t read.

I worked in a restaurant where a boozy couple would regularly drink in the bar, with their baby in a stroller beside them.

It was so tawdry.

Anytime, after quarantine, you see parents out drinking and possibly driving with children I implore you to call the police for a wellness check for the safety of the rancid crotchfruit.

Where have you been, OP? It's been like this since the 90s.

This is OP in a past life

[quote]Where have you been, OP? It's been like this since the 90s.

That's exactly when I saw it start to happen. In the 80s, we still had child-free zones, especially in bars. Manhattan was still considered a singles city.

And this "kids in public" idea gave license to people bringing their dogs everywhere. Emotional support, my ass! If you can't go grocery shopping without your dog, you shouldn't be allowed in public.

BC -before corona- the last two times I ate in a restaurant there were kids running and yelling while the parents were eating and drinking and ignoring them. Kids are ok, but for God's sake teach them manners or leave them home.

In simpler times, when there was usually one parent at home watching the kids, a night out on the town without the kids was welcome relief. You'd pay a neighborhood teen $1 to $5 an hour to watch your kids and go out with your spouse for dinner, a movie, etc.

Nowadays, with both parents usually working and the kids are at grandma's or in expensive daycare, a night out with the kids is bonding time. And with babysitters charging up to $20 an hour, it gets too expensive. So they schlep their kids wherever they go, restaurants, bars, the movies, grocery store, etc. And that's become the norm.

I would rather have well-behaved dogs in a restaurant than kids. At least they just sit there watching their people eat.

R10 yet another thing destroyed by feminism. Also, a self-centered gripe before two-income straight households became common, gay men could live high on the hog with two incomes but now we compete with Ashley with her middle management salary (also she does nothing all day) and her side income of pyramid schemes.