No children in pub after 5pm

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My local banned children after 7pm a few years ago.

This seemed unnecessary to me, but I suppose that's after 'bed time' so I could sort of see the logic. Adult time etc.

On Saturday I went to stop there for a drink in the afternoon, and they have now banned children after 5pm.

This seems very odd to me given it's an area that people move to with their families. It's not some town centre boozer, it's surrounded by housing.

Is this just not terrible business? I do not get it at all.

It was almost empty, incidentally, at 5.15 on a Saturday afternoon.

I don't want children around when I go to the pub. I either visit after work or to watch the football. I do not wish to watch my language when I'm describing the filthy things that are donated to us or moaning about Nunez's complete inability to hit the back of the net.

Sometimes I like to go to an adult orientated place and bring my kids with me. Shocker, I know! Why should everything in our lives be child-centric? Sometimes we parents need a break

Thats one step forward and two steps back.

I tell you where it all went wrong. When we stopped sending them up chimneys.

Exactly!

What exactly is wrong with children going to the pub with a play area in the garden on a sunny day. My kids love to go, have a play and have pop and crisps. I did it as a child too and have fond memories of it.

I doubt the paying customers felt the same way.

Bring back national service. Young people have no respect these days. A good war would sort them out. All music is rubbish these days. In my day you just left the kids in the car for 12 hours outside the pub, with a bag of crisps and a warm bottle of flat Coke between 8 of the. and they were fine.
Did I miss anything??

@IcedPurple the said pub we go to has a family area and a quieter garden for those who want peace.

I’d suggest that anyone who doesn’t want to go to a pub with kids avoids pubs that have play areas for kids. It’s not rocket science.

Oh believe me, I do.

A 'pub' with a 'play area' is a bit like a vegetarian steakhouse.

The trouble is that there are so many of them now that it's getting harder and harder to find pubs that don't put families and children front and centre.

I'm from Spain
I always went to my parents for dinner when I was a child and this is a normal thing there.
Children are used to it and generally know how to behave (maybe is the frequency of doing this). Adults drink way less than the UK and Ireland.

What exactly is wrong with children going to the pub with a play area in the garden on a sunny day

Nothing at all, providing they're adequately supervised

IME the problems only start when folk confuse "family friendly" with licence to allow feral behaviour, and worse still allow it at times and in places where adults might reasonably expect a bit of peace

I'm from Spain
I always went to my parents for dinner when I was a child and this is a normal thing there
Children are used to it and generally know how to behave (maybe is the frequency of doing this). Adults drink way less than the UK and Ireland

Same in France on the whole, and if children do misbehave I've noticed there's every chance that others apart from the parents won't hesitate to correct them on the basis that "it takes a village" and all that
Try that in the UK and see how it goes ...

They can eat when they want but if they want to eat so a time when children eat rather than adults then shouldn't complain about the presence of children.

If the pub doesn’t allow children then it’s irrelevant what the time is.

Who makes people the arbiter of “when children eat” and “when adults eat” anyway? Different people eat at different times.

Apologies I meant I used to go out for dinner with my parents.
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Same in France on the whole, and if children do misbehave I've noticed there's every chance that others apart from the parents won't hesitate to correct them on the basis that "it takes a village" and all that

@Puzzledandpissedoff I agree 👍

The language used in this thread is very controlling - telling adults when they should eat and when they should drink and if they don't follow these instructions they shouldn't complain.
How about kids shouldn't behave disruptively in a pub or a restaurant and if they do their parents should encourage them to behave and their parents are ineffective in their parenting, they should take their children home and not subject everyone else one else to their poor behaviour. Problem solved.

What @HesterPrincess is describing was completely normal back in the day. My parents did the same, bringing me and my brother coke and crisps to have in the car. It was one of our favourite things to do.

I work in bars, have for years. I've seen loads of problems with women behaving poorly also. Honestly some of the worst people to cut off or kick out are middle age women. The entitlement is off the charts, as if they can't believe that I dare enforce the rules on them. Don't get me wrong, the men can be awful, but so can the ladies.

I have never heard of anyone other than on MN spending time in a car while their parents were in the pub.

I'm '70s child and I swear it was not a normal thing to do.

The only times I ever remember waiting in the car were in petrol stations and when he went into the bookies to put his line on. The slip would already be written out.

I haven't ruined your pub experience, OP, as my local doesn't serve food.

This thread however did make me laugh because recently, DH and I were heading out, mid-afternoon for a rare, child-free treat. We walked up to our local micro bar, which is a tiny venue with a nice relaxed atmosphere, only to spot a pushchair in the window.

A week later, I told the landlord that we'd swerved his establishment on account of him now catering to 'younger' guests. I hinted that DH and I were looking forward to sampling much of his exorbitantly priced wine offering, but were deterred.

The following week, a sign appeared on the door stating that the pub is now 18+. 😂

Anon you’ve basically answered your own original question.
ie…………Med kids v uk kids.

We sat on the wall if it was dry, and in the car if it rained. A packet of crisps and a Panda Pop. Summer 1878

Throw a few dogs into the mix and everyone should be happy right? 😬

Who is going to out the door first? Me or you? Phew! 😥 I’ll meet you in the child and dog free beer garden