Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South Korea

Re:Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South ... by lgleason on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:13PM (#36470465)

Here's a thought. Allow kids, but require that they have manners and are well behaved. I love kids and have no problems with them, but hate kids that have no manners and are not well behaved because the parents are not doing their job. The same is true with dogs. Both take work, but as a parent and a dog owner those are part of your job.

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Re:Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South ... by bee_rider on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:24PM (#36470602)

How would you enforce that requirement?

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Re:Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South ... by teaearlgraycold on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:24PM (#36470600)

We could allow for social evictions. Include protections for protected classes.

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Re:Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South ... by analog31 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @02:15PM (#36471101)

This is actually self enforcing for the most part. Raising kids who can behave themselves in a modern restaurant (e.g., 100+ dB crowd noise, large open spaces, and hour-long waits) involves a certain amount of luck. It's hard to be the only person expected to sit still and be quiet with no explanation as to why.

But once you know the range of social settings where you can expect your kids to behave, you can opt out of certain situations. I have two kids, both are now college age. We rarely took them to restaurants. It was unpleasant for us, unpleasant for them, and expensive. In fact I live in a town that's known for being a place to raise kids, and most people don't take their kids to restaurants that are not overtly kid friendly.

At the same time, people being more tolerant of the normal range of behaviors exhibited by children, could also be a matter of parents doing their job.

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Re:Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South ... by Yoric on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:43PM (#36472903)

Interesting idea.

Just note that "noisy kid" may mean "parents are not doing their job" or "kid with ADHD" or "autistic kid" or "kid having emotional difficulties while parents undergoing divorce", etc.

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