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Do You Get Annoyed When Parents Bring Their Children Out To Eat, And The Kids Are A little too Loud?

I have two little kids. a 2 year old and an 11 month old baby. Tonight, my friend and i decided to take the kids out to a fast food place, (Arby's,) to get something to eat. my friend has a baby who is 18 months. so we had 3 little kids. probably wasn't the best idea, to take them all out together at once. They were being kinda loud and getting restless, didn't want to sit still. any one who has that many little kids out together in public knows how hard it can be to keep them all completely calm. they are kids of course. lol. well, there was this couple across the restaurant eating, and they kept shooting me the meanest glares. It made me mad. first off, its not like i was at a nice, fancy restaurant, it was a fast food place. and 2nd, people shouldn't be so rude, they should understand that with 3 little kids age 2 and under, of course the kids arn't going to be all perfectly behaved and quiet. they are children. I tried the best i could to keep them calm and quiet, but i can only do so much in public, and with 3 little kids, my friend and i are a little out numbered. and we weren't being that overly loud and obnxious i didn't think. but it just bugs me, how other people can judge so harshly. they have that attitude, like why can't you control your children. but its not always the easiest. what do you think. Do You judge other parents when you see them with kids who are a little loud in a restaurant.

and i'm not talking a nice, fancy restaurant of course. i wouldn't be that rude, to ruin people's meal. but if its a small fast food place, like arby's, burger king, mcdonalds. I dunno. maybe i should never ever bring my kids out to eat ever again, if it bugs other people so much.

Update:

Oh yea. i was disciplining and doing my best to keep them calm. but when you got 3 cranky kids, its not the easiest. i don't think i'll be taking them all out to eat any time again soon. lol. Too much work.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Just ignore it. Your children will grow and they'll never learn if you don't expose them to those situations, even if it's uncomfortable and people are assholes about it for the first few years.

    As long as they're not endangering themselves or others (like running under waitstaff's feet) and you're not just inattentively letting them screech for an hour, just deal with it and know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and that this is only going to be an issue for a couple years.

    We live in a society that's deeply hostile to children, even parents are hostile to children. It's a swing we're in, and it'll go away at some point. It sucks, but what can ya do. They're going to glare at you no matter what, and so what? They're strangers. They don't know you, you will probably never see them again, so why care about their opinion or let their childish glaring bother you? Just ignore it and focus on whose happiness and opinion you really should be considering: that of your children.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    Not really unless I had a kid screaming right in my ear and the parent didn't even remove them and discipline them. I have a daughter and I know they can't always be perfect but when she starts acting up then I take her for a time out in the car.

    I have to ask why take them into Arby's? If your gonna go into a fast food place with little kids, then pick one with a play place lol. All the rest of the fast food places use the drive through lol.

  • 10 years ago

    I try never to judge anyone I don't really know.. and mostly it comes down to what the parents are doing at the time and even then.. I think of where I am at. if I were in a fancy restaurant I would just ask to be moved, or I would leave..

    its arby's so I would think much of kids runny around playing or driving everyone nuts...

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    That's so dumb people always are quick to judge. If you were just at arbys then they should get over it. I think what's most annoying is when the parents don't try to calm them down or are super loudly yelling at the kids. People will always give you dirty looks when you are with hyper kids the best thing to do is ignore them and know that your kids are just being kids!

    Source(s): Family!!
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  • 10 years ago

    i don't get annoyed easily with kids, mine or other people's.

    however, if my kids of any age were being loud in any restaurant (kid-friendly, fast-food, or otherwise) i would get them to quiet down immediately or i'd get up and take them outside until they were ready to try again. yes, kids will sometimes make noise, but i do believe as a parent the right thing for me to address it or take them outside. they learn pretty quickly, that way, too.

    so -- while i would not have shot you mean looks, i think next time you should get up, go out, and come back in when they're quiet.

    Source(s): spent some time in restaurant parking lots while my kids were very young ... but as a result, i can now take them pretty much anywhere.
  • 10 years ago

    I think if you want to take the kids out at this age its best to go to a place that caters to kids......where Arbys is perhaps better food they have no play place like McDonalds does, or go to a Chuck E. Cheese type place.

    Or if the weather is good - get the food and take it to the park.

  • 10 years ago

    Not sure why you would even try taking 3 kids that age to any restaurant. I would have gotten take out and eaten at home while they ran around free. Much less stressful.

    Source(s): 2 toddlers
  • 10 years ago

    Not at Arby's.

    It would bother me if it were a nicer restaurant.

    It does tick me off when parents let their kids run around any restaurant and step on the seats.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    it depends on how the parents handle it if they take the kids out, try to console them then NO but if the parents let the kids do what they want and its a its my kids i can control them so butt out type then YES

  • Ethel
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    It's fast food, they ought to know that is par for the course. You didn't do anything wrong, I have been around plenty of loud and unpleasant adults in many different types of public settings.

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