To think if you can't keep your child quiet .....

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Don't come to the pub and ruin it for all the other patrons

Two children behaving beautifully (or as lovely as toddlers can be) one clearly just being a brat

Lol munemema the HH near me is known for being a bit “rough” too

So you're calling an 18 month old a brat?

Too many parents at my local don’t really make any attempt to get their children to behave well.

YANBU
There's no issue with children in the restaurant part of pubs when they are well behaved.
There's zero excuse for badly behaved rats misbehaving as their parents do nothing.

I think it's parent issue though OP. As you say, theyre probably the same people who would let their child talk through school performances, play running games inshops and so on

It's the same parents who let their child scream through school concerts

YABU for expecting silence at school concerts - no one wants to be at those anyway.

Long gone are the days when you could placate a wild toddler with half a shandy and a packet of pig snacks, unfortunately.

I don't mind children in pubs, but I hate noisy children anywhere. I was far too close to a squealing whelp in a motorway services the other day, but I think the kid had actually deafened the parents because they weren't clasping their ears like everybody else.

Pfft, I can think of far nicer places to take my kids than some shithole full of loudly guffawing pisssed up adults. Last time I had to go to the pub was for a PTA meeting and I couldn't hear a word that was said thanks to the large group of drunken hunting cunts screeching at the top of their lungs about how many birds they'd each shot that day.

I don’t agree with children being in pubs at all particularly pubs that are ‘drinking’ pubs. I think a pub/restaurant would be acceptable but they should be behaved for the safety aspect of staff carrying food around. I used to live near a pub. It was pretty quiet during the day but rowdy at night and the same parents would let their kids run riot in the beer garden whilst they get drunk.

Saying that, being a parent myself I know that absolutely no children are perfectly behaved all the time. Did the parent try and respond? My kids are hellars at times but I also try and guide them for theirs, mine and other peoples sake but they have been nightmares in public. I cannot stand parents who just let their kids run wild and be naughty without doing anything about it (this is coming from someone who often has the most mischievous kids ever)

It also depends on the time of day. If it’s day time you have no right to be annoyed but if it’s evening then yes maybe be annoyed 🤷‍♀️ The sound of other people’s kids don’t bother me too much though!

Very interesting that a local pub in my area (one of the new trendy types) - not long after opening - and having lots of kids come in the evening - think after 8pm etc, they suddenly put a notice up saying no kids after 7pm.

The area is quite well known for a fairly 'well heeled' but parent/child friendly area but also the numerous pubs attract a lot of adult patrons in the evening - I've been out myself several times and seen teachers and parents out who attend/work at local primary schools who are relishing kid free time!

Not to worry the parents have now given them tablets & phones to listen to at full volume so they can eat their meal in peace

We often go for a pub lunch with our DS. Last time, a fellow patron was chasing him around the pub, it was hilarious.

No it wasn’t. I’m willing to bet everyone else was pissed off.

I worked in a pub last year as a student summer job thing and felt so bad for the kids being dragged to the pub at 11am on a Saturday or Sunday whilst the parents drank beer for hours :(

It's definitely not a place for kids (unless a food/restaurant type pub thing with outdoor area).

YANBU

the brats ruin it for other children too!

YABU for expecting silence at school concerts - no one wants to be at those anyway.

if you can't even show some respect to your own children, what hope do everyone else got?

What a disgusting attitude. I don't disagree about not being fan of the concerts, but you can still be civilised - or you know, just not go?

Ah, I remember when a pub or bar was a place to escape child noise. Back in the day.....

If the pub caters for children then you have to expect noise.
If you don’t like it then stay at home and eat in peace.

I'd agree if the children in question were 8/9 but how can toddler behaviour be described as brattish?

Pubs are for adults, the families soon moan if there is bad language or unsuitable conversations, like the ones you go to the pub to hear.
Take them somewhere suitable or find a baby sitter.

YANBU. I hated being dragged to the pub as a child.

Not to worry the parents have now given them tablets & phones to listen to at full volume so they can eat their meal in peace

You don’t want noisy children, you don’t want children using tech, keep going - do you have a view on what they are eating too?

GF

fellow patron chasing him around the pub

No One apart from your family would be even remotely amused. That is what you call behaving like a nuisance.

I don't know where all these pubs are where someone's dining experience has been ruined by a child, I can't think of a single occasion that it has happened to us.

However we couldn't hear ourselves speak the other evening in the pub having a meal because a group of 60/70 something men were all several sheets to the wind and talking as if they were shouting across a large field. In my experience it isn't children who are a problem in a pub, it's adults who are old enough to know better. And mostly drunken men who think they own the place.

@SeriouslyEnoughAlreadyRantOver No need to get your knickers in a twist, it was a joke.