Parenting

When my kiddo was small, he went everywhere with us, including restaurants. As soon as he could talk, we would ask him to order his own meal so he would feel comfortable speaking to wait staff. He was never allowed to run rough shod through any restaurant or store. If he started to get fussy, which was almost never, one of us would calmly walk him to a quiet place to talk it out. I have been in restaurants where kids are running around like wild monkeys and the parents don't seem to give two hoots about about it. Kids need to learn how to behave in all kinds of situations and to do that, they need to experience them. If parents allow their kids to go nuts in public, that's on the parents, imho.