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after they made the decision to place their child in this environment.
I wouldn't take it personally. People get glared at when they're at restaurants too, or anywhere really. And any sort of adult could glare at you for talking about something off-color at a bar. Does that mean they shouldn't be able to go?
Edit: I'm kind of playing devil's advocate. I also agree that toddlers should not be in real bars (i.e. dive bars).
There are times when my friends and I want to go out for a pleasant adult evening (and the parents in my circle of friends will arrange for a babysitter because they would also like an evening without kids -- theirs as well as other peoples!).
We'll often wind up going to a bar and spending much more money that we might have spent if we went to a coffee shop, cafe, or casual restaurant, or even to the movies. But we'll spend the extra money to help guarantee a grownup/childfree evening.
Anyone under the age of 21 shouldn't be in a bar in the US. I go to a bar to get drunk and have a rowdy time. I'm not going to be looking out for your 2 foot tall child as I'm stumbling my way to the bathroom, and I'm not going to clean up my language either. There are so many kid-friendly places, why bring your children to a BAR for goodness sake?!
This is also one of my boyfriend's biggest pet peeves, he's a bar tender. He absolutely hates seeing children in bars.
Soooo, you are saying NO, but at the same time ignore the fact that these people may be using the same language around their own children or getting just as stinking drunk?
NOT Chili's Bar & Grill or Applebee's or Champions Sports Bar at the Hilton or a shopping mall bar like Chelsea Street Pub.
An actual bar/bar where loud/live music is played and people are drinking and using foul language.
The kind of place that doesn't open until 4 pm and stays open til 2 am.
NOT Chili's Bar & Grill or Applebee's or Champions Sports Bar at the Hilton or a shopping mall bar like Chelsea Street Pub.
An actual bar/bar where loud/live music is played and people are drinking and using foul language.
The kind of place that doesn't open until 4 pm and stays open til 2 am.
I say no (not just for babies and toddlers but any children) for many reasons, even if you're OK with your offspring hearing foul language.
1. Loud music is dangerous to the ears of young children, which is why they also shouldn't be at rock concerts.
2. Who will be watching the child while the parent is drinking?
3. What constructive thing is there for a child to do in a bar? Arm wrestle with Big Mike? Shoot pool with Crazy Danny? Try to pick up a woman?
4. It's possible the parent will be in the bar past a healthy bedtime for a child.
5. Unless this bar is next door to the parent's house, one would assume that the parent and child arrived in a car. So the parent is drinking and then is going to DRIVE HIS OR HER CHILD HOME?
No, just no. And don't try to split hairs on this with ridiculous, unlikely scenarios, such as Bartender Mary just loves to keep an eye on the kiddies. Or I'm just there for one beer, so I'm legal to drive. Why do you think that even in the days when Las Vegas was rolling out the red carpet for families, people under the age of 18 weren't allowed in the casinos?
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Originally Posted by krawhitham
Anyone under the age of 21 shouldn't be in a bar in the US. I go to a bar to get drunk and have a rowdy time. I'm not going to be looking out for your 2 foot tall child as I'm stumbling my way to the bathroom, and I'm not going to clean up my language either. There are so many kid-friendly places, why bring your children to a BAR for goodness sake?!
This is also one of my boyfriend's biggest pet peeves, he's a bar tender. He absolutely hates seeing children in bars.
I thoroughly agree. Toddlers don't belong in bars.
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