To the Editor:
Childfree restaurants need to exist in today’s society. Why? Because it appears that parents have forgot to be – well, parents! I do not blame the child for crying and screaming. I blame the parents for taking their child to a nice restaurant in the first place. I understand that babies scream or a child throws a temper tantrum, but the parent should rectify the situation and inconvenience themselves by having to go outside to calm the child down. I should not have to make a sacrifice so you can go out to eat with your kid. Under no circumstances will I ever be empathetic in that situation. Another issue? When parents allow their children to run wild in a restaurant. Doing this at Chuck E. Cheese is one thing, but in a “real” restaurant it is absolutely unacceptable! You shouldn’t have had a kid if you weren’t ready to make sacrifices.
I was searching for childfree restaurants in the NoVA area the other day
and could not find one. There needs to be some restaurants with a
strict rule of not allowing kids into their establishment. Until parents learn that the world does not rotate around their kid and not everyone thinks their kid is cute, there will always be a need for childfree restaurants in this local area.
Reena Desai
Herndon